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- Microhoo mudslinging: Icahn says Yahoo distorts facts of offer; Microsoft agrees
- The Microhoo saga gets messier by the minute and will probably get worse as we near the Aug. 1 shareholder meeting where Carl Icahn tries to boot Yahoo's board and CEO Jerry Yang. We're back to dueling letters again and the saga is very messy Techmeme. On...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Search, Yahoo! Press Release, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 Percent
- Is the iPhone going to rule enterprise mobility? Consider this: a recent Goldman Sachs survey of its IT executives showed that 17 percent expect to support the iPhone 3G in the next year. That's a "very strong number especially at this early stage," says Goldman telecom analyst Jason...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, Goldman Sachs & Co., Armstrong, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- The Steve Jobs Standard
- The Steve Jobs StandardWell saidIn a world of greed, that last sentence was a breath of fresh air.Amen, Tom ntntThe unsung hero of AppleJohnathan Ive.An Apple product develops something like this:Jobs to Ive: Give me something sexy.Ive: Here you go.Jobs: Awesome.Gee - Maybe he should be a SaintNo doubt Steve...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Ive
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- High-tech trifecta dabbles in solar technology
- What is it with high-tech giants and solar energy research and development? Apparently, as it turns out, many of the same manufacturing and design ideas that people have been applying to computer systems and microprocessor technology matter in the world of solar. Intel is the third huge...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Transistor, Photovoltaics, Microprocessor, Technology, IBM Corp., Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?
- Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?Why is Crude Oil Price so High?Why is the Dollar so low?RE: Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?It's pretty easy. OPEC is made up mostly not all mind you, of countries that are not to fond of the US....
- Tags: Auto Industry, OPEC, Crude Oil, cartel
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Blockbuster can start due diligence on Circuit City
- Circuit City said Friday that it is exploring strategic alternatives and will allow Blockbuster and investor Carl Icahn to "conduct additional due diligence." Last month, Blockbuster announced a rather perplexing plan to acquire Circuit City in an attempt to take two struggling retailers and make one strong...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Diligence, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Has Microsoft lost its way on desktop computing?
- Based on recent comments by top Redmond strategists, it appears that Microsoft has no credible vision for the future of desktop computing. Apple appears to have skirted this strategic black hole and despite the distractions of its OS X-based mobile clients, keeps delivering powerful desktop hardware, a robust OS...
- Tags: Software, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Computing, Surface, Desktop Strategy, Desktops, Strategy, Hardware, Management, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Apple: All signs point to a more business friendly iPhone
- Apple has dropped some serious hints that its iPhone strategy will at least be tweaked--mostly in ways that will court business users. First up, Apple has sent invitations for the launch of the iPhone SDK next week and as David Morgenstern notes the device will have "some...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Microsoft: The desktop PC isn't dead
- The desktop PC is not dead; it's in the midst of a five- to ten-year-long makeover. So says Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, who presented on February 26 to attendees of the Goldman Sachs Tech Investment Symposium. (At an investor conference,...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Computer, Surface, Desktops, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Microsoft's Mundie: Lots of Yahoo, Microsoft redundancies
- There is "lots of redundant development" going on at Microsoft and Yahoo, especially in the search and advertising arenas, according to Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie. No kidding, say MicroHoo watchers. There's Microsoft adCenter and Yahoo's Panama; Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo Mail; Live...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Bank that censored WikiLeaks was preparing for IPO
- Correction: This post previously reported that there was a press statement from WikiLeaks; in fact, I did receive it from Wikileaks, but it turns out that email was forwarded, unattriibuted, a posting by Animats on Slashdot. Wikileaks has discovered Bank Julius Baer was preparing to take their...
- Tags: Asset, Bank, SEC, WikiLeaks, IPO, Asset Management, Mutual Funds, Financial Planning, Investment, Retirement Plans, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- With friends like these... how can Seesmic fail?
- Having secured $5.5 million of funding from investment group Atomico (Skype's Niklas Zennstrom, Janus Friis and co.), Loic Le Meur admits he didn't need the money. And yet he's enlisted a further twelve individual backers for his new startup Seesmic -- which has been described as "Twitter for video" --...
- Tags: Board, Connection, Image, Investor, Seesmic, Pendants, VC, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Seesmic raises $6 million in funding
- Video startup Seesmic has raised $6 million in series A funding as its video conversation experiment continues. Seesmic, now in closed beta, is led by Loic Le Meur and has backing by some big names--including Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, Steve Case of AOL fame, Michael Parekh, managing...
- Tags: P2P, Video, Seesmic, Corporate Communications, Peer To Peer (P2P), Marketing, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Economist Intelligence Unit on sustainability
- The Economist Intelligence Unit this week publishes a report on the state of business and sustainability entitled: Doing Good: Business and the Sustainability Challenge. (Disclosure: SAP was amongst a number of co-sponsors of this report) The report captures nicely the zeitgeist - most businesses have accepted sustainability as a mainstream...
- Tags: Sustainability, Truth, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Eight reasons SaaS will surge in 2008
- The coming year is going to be a pivotal one for anyone involved in software-as-a-service. For everyone else, it's going to be the year when SaaS becomes impossible to ignore. Here's why. It's all about services. I'll start my list by repeating the prediction I made at...
- Tags: Web, Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
- Will China manufacturing costs be a tech overhang?
- Goldman Sachs issued a research note Monday that may highlight an important technology theme: China's manufacturing costs are going to become an issue. In the note, penned by Goldman analysts David Bailey and Min Park, Goldman recaps an Asia tour examining the tech supply chain. The analysts came away...
- Tags: China, Hewlett-Packard Co., Analyst, Lexmark International Inc., Manufacturing Cost, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- External drives: The hot gift this season?
- Maybe there's just something about massive external drives that get geeks into the holiday spirit. Analysts are projecting external hard drives to be the must have gift this Christmas. Nearly every company on the planet has some online commerce hook today. Wal-Mart.com has deals aplenty. Keynote is...
- Tags: Multimedia, Hard Drive, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., Analyst, Keynote, ComScore Networks Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Pricing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- HP: Bearer of good enterprise spending news?
- When Hewlett-Packard reports its fiscal fourth quarter results Monday it'll be expected to deliver a dose of optimism about enterprise technology spending. After all, we know the bad news. Financial services companies are pulling back on spending with giants like IBM and Cisco. And if those two bellwethers are...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Document Management, Real Estate, Purchasing & Procurement, Financial Accounting, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- Collaboration consultant: the "vendors don't understand what we mean"
- Here at Fall Von 2007 we now have Chris Fine, vp-Global Technology Solutions for Goldman Sachs. Noting "the world is a workplace... working globally different timezones," Fine lists collaboration uses and how they can be improved: Desktop to desktop> Messaging, sharing, conferencing 1X1. Feedback:...
- Tags: Desktop, Collaboration, Trader, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- BEA: We're worth $21 a share
- BEA Systems' board of directors says it will negotiate with Oracle--or other third parties--with opening bids at $21 a share, $4 a share higher than Oracle's current offer. For those keeping score at home. Oracle made its offer Oct. 9 and the two have been volleying letters ever since....
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Board, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Construction, Free Trade, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
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