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Investing legends circle Yahoo; Does a breakup make sense?

The Microhoo saga has attracted a who's who list of investors to Yahoo in a big bet that Carl Icahn will force some sort of "shareholder value." The latest investing star to enter the Microhoo sweepstakes is T. Boone Pickens, a legendary oil investor, has bought 10...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Breakup, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-20

How to Get Your Ex Back (exe)

Have you been through a recent breakup? Find out how to get your ex back - regardless of how hopeless your situation appears. Discover a proven, step-by-step plan for naturally attracting your ex back into your life. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Breakup

Software downloads 2008-05-15

Fox Interactive and Google: Is breaking up hard to do?

Fox is reportedly thinking about terminating its deal with Google for search advertising and getting in bed with Microsoft. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is reporting the news based on what appears to be one source, but a potential Google-Fox breakup is plausible. It's also possible that this rumor...

Tags: Fox Interactive Media, Google Inc., TechCrunch, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Breakup, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Even air bubbles can be amnesic

When scientists do experiments, they obviously pay attention to the initial conditions involved. But in experiments on how fluids break up from underwater nozzles, physicists from the University of Chicago have discovered that the initial conditions didnt matter. Its even appropriate to talk about amnesia of air bubbles. As they...

Tags: nozzle, University of Chicago

Blog posts 2006-10-06

What's wrong with antitrust

What's wrong with antitrustThe problem is......that markets can be "gamed" and often are. Then, I am NOT "free" to choose. Basically, all companies try to game the system to limit your choice to only their product. It's all about lock-in and lock-out.i agree, We need to keep...

Tags: Vertical industries, Leadership, government, breakup, domination, antitrust

Discussion threads 2005-08-17

Must Love Dogs Trailer (must_love_dogs)

Watch the trailer for this romantic comedy staring John Cusack. Sarah Hurlihy, a divorced preschool teacher who has sworn off dating after her bad breakup, finds her family pushing her back into the dating world.

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Software downloads 2005-07-30

SBC, AT&T say Bell breakup doesn't work

SBC, AT&T say Bell breakup doesn't workWow could Bell be back?With SBC basically going around buying out the larger baby bells and then a merger with AT&T? This is interesting.And We want breakup of Microsoft???I know...I know...I know...Microsoft is hated by??...But breaking up is the remedy? Look at this Bell...

Tags: Modems, Telecom & Utilities, Leadership, Strategy, Telephony, WiMAX STEAMROLLER, Ma Bell, breakup, SBC, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-02-22

Oracle hits hard at Justice Dept.'s case

Oracle hits hard at Justice Dept.'s caseNow there's a double negativeOracle + lawyerWhyis the DoJ so concerned with Oracle's detrimental effect on the market, while it gave almost a free pass all these years to MS? The influence that MS wields on the market is much more accute since it...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., breakup, U.S. Department of Justice, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-06-07

Additional Resources

Would Microsoft ever split itself up?

Would Microsoft ever split itself up?they couldThey could, but they'll never do that. Micro$oft is too greedy. In my perfect world I want to see Microsoft as a software company and another branch as a hardware company for actual computers, Phones and other devices, like Music Players, GPS, and Car-Support.The...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Major Projects, Micro$oft, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Review roundup: Hands-free headset/speaker solutions from Etymotic, Aliph, Nokia and Spracht

In just over a month, you will not be able to use your cellphone in your automobile in Washington State without some kind of hands-free solution. Hands-free laws are in place now or coming soon to many other states and areas of the world so now is a good time...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Solution, Ear, Phone, Device, Microphone, Nokia Corp., Call, Controller, Headset, Bluetooth, Button, Cable, Spracht, EtyBlu, etyBLU, BLUmaxx, Battery Life, Aliph Jawbone, Earbud, Earloop, Noise Assassin Technology, Nokia BH-903, Phone Call Functionality, Aura Mobile BT, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-29

News to know: Hactivists; XO-2 laptop; HP; Virtualization

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Pro-Serbian hacktivists attacking Albanian web sites Over 1.5 million pages affected by the recent SQL injection attacks DoS Attacks Using SQL Wildcards Revealed Ryan Naraine: Secunia finds 'highly critical' Foxit Reader Flaw Are you wary of...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Network, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Sales Strategy, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Force Management, Sales, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2008-05-21

Investing legends circle Yahoo; Does a breakup make sense?

Investing legends circle Yahoo; Does a breakup make sense?So remember kids ...... that software license you bought has paid for the destruction of one of the Internet's US biggies. Whatever bit MS buy of of it with your money they'll be crashing and burning with.Higher food and fuel prices ahead...

Tags: Chihuahua, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?

Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?Leave it BeHey Icahn, leave it be. Yahoo has always been a healthy dose of competition for the likes of Microsoft. You, on the other hand, are just plain overly greedy. The world mostly wants it's Yahoo just the way it is... and NOT...

Tags: Financial accounting, Web technology, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo bid back, Yahoo Bid

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?

Every technology company has three main constituencies: Employees, customers and shareholders. Does that last category overwhelm the first two? Should it? These questions are worth asking--at least when it comes to putting technology companies in context. Vinnie Mirchandani and I had this back and forth about Wall...

Tags: Shareholder, Technology Company, Wall, Vinnie, Construction, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-09

AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?

AMD has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010, but the larger question is whether the company can actually deliver. Given that AMD has had a hard time delivering its quad-core chips and...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Management, Manufacturing, Processors, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Sun's open source strategy overshadowed by legacy businesses

Sun reported a nightmare quarter, elicited more cold Java analogies than I can count and announced layoffs due to a weak economy. Can open source move the needle at Sun and spark some growth? In a word: No. Following Sun's dismal quarter, Matt Asay asks whether open...

Tags: Strategy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-02

IAC: Shareholder value or money pit?

IAC reported its first quarter earnings on Wednesday and it's the usual mix of mental hurdles, GAAP reconciliations and imagining what it could be. The big question: Is IAC really worth your time? IAC, an Internet conglomerate that's Barry Diller's baby, is planning to break itself up...

Tags: Shareholder, IAC/InterActive Corp., Conglomerate, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Cheap Mac clone draws angry response

Cheap Mac clone draws angry responseMore cheap excuses for questionable changesAccording to the article the people who own/run this company are supposed to be experience business people. Therefore they should know how to run a business.The new excuse about why they are now using PayPal (a system known for...

Tags: Operational accounting, Operating systems, Ego, Apple Inc., Psystar, Cheap Mac-clone, angry response

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Verizon sues Time Warner Cable over advertising

Verizon sues Time Warner Cable over advertisingTelco monopolies aren't used to having competitionCome on now Time Warner. Verizon and other companies that have been granted monopoly status are exempt from having any type of competition. What happens when two monopolies decide to go at it? I see alot of comcast...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Time Warner Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

Big storage is watching you

Big storage is watching youCapitalism becomes communismWhilst Penelope and Rupert make off with your spoils.What is wrong with this message?"Big Brother doesn't get it."Big Brother has always gotten it. He just honestly believes he is smarter and wiser than the masses. He does all of this 'for our...

Tags: Vertical industries, Big Brother, Big Storage, erosion, industry

Discussion threads 2008-03-12