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- You can now purchase a technology trade-in plan when you buy a gadget from TigerDirect or CompUSA
- If you're buying a new consumer electronics product from either TigerDirect or CompUSA, you can now lock-in a trade-in strategy and some moolah or store credige by buying a Guaranteed Buyback plan from TechForward at the time of purchase. To refresh your memory, TechForward is an...
- Tags: Plan, CompUSA Inc., TechForward, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Odds for Yahoo-AOL deal may increase
- Yahoo's board reportedly set the stage for additional talks with Time Warner's AOL unit for some kind of deal. According to a relatively thin Financial Times report Yahoo's board approved talks with Time Warner about the future of AOL. Time Warner has been trying to unload AOL...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Another way to ditch your gadgets the green way and earn some money in the process
- For about a year now, a Web site that started life as Second Rotation has been buying back electronic gadgets including cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, laptops, GPS devices, gaming consoles, camcorders, satellite radios and portable hard drives. No matter how old. During that time, the...
- Tags: Site, Gazelle, TechForward, GPS, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Satellite Radio, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Nvidia: We underestimated AMD
- Nvidia had one ugly second quarter. It lost money. It took a charge for defective chips. And it's stuck with low-margin inventory it has to burn off. Amazing how a little price competition from AMD's ATI can magnify poor execution at Nvidia. Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Video Cards, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Sun's fourth quarter solid; Growth in fiscal 2009 remains elusive
- Sun Microsystems on Friday reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $88 million, or 11 cents a share, on revenue of $3.78 billion, down 1.4 percent from a year ago. Adjusted earnings in the quarter were $275 million, or 35 cents a share. However, Sun sees another tough year ahead....
- Tags: U.S., Revenue, Michael Lehman, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Open Source, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership
- I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronics, TechForward, Lebovitz, Retail, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statement
- Michael Dell's a believer: Makes a $100 million statementDoes that make him...?Just wondering if that makes him the majority shareholder now? Or could that be his goal, to make sure he retains control over Dell as a rule because he may be considering stepping aside as CEO to pursue something...
- Tags: Mortgages, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, believer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Is Apple a barometer of the consumer economy?
- During the investor conference call over Apple's December fiscal first quarter conference, analysts kept pressing executives about whether the Cupertino company is the bellwether for the consumer spending. But Apple's value proposition is different than the rest of the industry and so is its customer base, making it tough to...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Digital Equipment Corp., Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Is McAfee just asking for a lawsuit?
- Is McAfee just asking for a lawsuit?They should be suedover the quality of their product. About 7 years back a mcafee upgrade all but brought my users to a halt. There tech support was worthless. Changing products solved the problem. For their attitude and stupidity I won't use any of...
- Tags: Noone, McAfee Inc., open source, GPL
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Thanks for the memory
- If you're a do-it-yourselfer who likes tricking out your computer with more memory OR just a systems integrator with a green conscience, OEMPCWorld.com has started a buyback program to dispose of old RAM more responsibly. Apparently, computer memory modules contain high levels of lead, which means they...
- Tags: Computer Memory, Computer, Memory, Productivity, Retail, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Microsoft reports impressive fiscal first quarter
- Microsoft reports impressive fiscal first quarterWhat's not to like?Obviously the nay sayers proclaiming Microsoft is "going down" need to buy a clue.Will Google always beat forecasts?I guarantee that if either MS or Google misses earnings their stock will take a huge dive. When Google reaches the $50 billion mark then...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Investment, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., stock, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Tibco and why IT really does matter again
- I really should spend more time with my sponsors of SVW. I spent most of Tuesday at Tibcos user conference, catching up with the the companys business strategy team and having some great conversations, and thinking I really should spend more time with my sponsors. Tibco, Infineon Systems, Intel, Edelman...
- Tags: Enterprise IT, Disruptive, Business strategy
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- I'll say it again: Vonage will go private
- Fellow blogger Andy Abramson thinks that with the decline in the price of Vonage stock as a result of the federal court ruling denying Vonage the use of patented Verizon technology, the most advisable route is a sale.Andy mentions Verizon as a possible acquirer, but adds that there could...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., SprintNextel
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
- Vonage stock tumbles 14% percent; here's what I think will happen next
- Geez, man. If that grab up there were colored white rather than blue, it could pass for a mountain, and then a treacherous snow field below.But no. Thats the minute-by-minute depiction of Vonages misadventures on the Nasdaq today. A day in which Vonage ended at $4.17 a share. The...
- Tags: Vonage, General
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Microsoft hands out 37 million shares in bonuses
- Microsoft hands out 37 million shares in bonusesmeasurable criteria?[quote]James Cash, a Microsoft director who sits on the board's compensation committee, said in a statement that the awards were set using "measurable criteria" to evaluate job performance and that their size was in line with industry practices.[/quote]Clearly not their ability to...
- Tags: Investment, KARMA, Microsoft Corp., stock, bonuse, measurable criteria
- Discussion threads 2006-08-31
- Microsoft cranks up stock buyback program
- Microsoft cranks up stock buyback programFailure Big Time. Stock closed 5 cents lessLet me get this streight. Microsoft is paying 5 cents more than the closing price on Friday. That means the offer extracts wealth overall.Gates is Selling like an Enron ExecutiveSee http://insider.thomsonfn.com/Netscape/insider.asp?imodule=db&ticker=MSFT&ttype=Atell me this is normal. It is not....
- Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, stock buyback, stock, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-08-20
- Microsoft announced plans for massive stock buyback
- Microsoft announced plans for massive stock buybackTsk, tsk...there goes the cash hoard!!You know it's hard times when M$ needs to spend 1/2 of its cash to prop up its stock. lol Let the fun begin!Rep told me not to sell...My rep has re-affirmed his strong "BUY" rating on...
- Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., stock, stock buyback
- Discussion threads 2006-07-20
- A giant slalom course? No. Vonage stock decline? Yes.
- A giant slalom course? No. Vonage stock decline? Yes.Buyback Nope...I'm thinking Chapter 11 by next year.
- Tags: Investment, Vonage stock, No., Vonage Holdings Corp., stock
- Discussion threads 2006-07-10
- A giant slalom course? No. Vonage stock decline? Yes.
- While we don't usually talk about stock prices here, sometimes investor confidence or lack thereof can be gleaned from a read of the trends.Well, today, Vonage closed at $7.40 a share, their lowest ever, and more than half the $17-a-share IPO.Today's year-in-advance, free-calling-to-41-world-locales SunRocket announcement didn't help. Just shows...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-07-10
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