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- New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion
- Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...
- Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Success or failure equals government intervention
- Property Rights...I think the Government is just ignoring the idea of property and sticking thier nose where is doesn't always belong.Take Goldman Sachs - they made a mint this year because the market is very volitile and they are GOOD at their jobs (which is reading market swings and buying...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Recruitment & Selection, Insurance, government intervention, disarray
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Amazon same day delivery squarely aimed at brick-and-mortar rivals
- Amazon is using its distribution, information technology and shipping prowess to try and gain sales from brick-and-mortar retailers all the way up to Christmas. As Amazon continues to grow its rivals won't be Google and eBay as much as your local Wal-Mart, Target and Kohl's. Enter Amazon's...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Web Technology, Sales Force Management, E-business/E-Commerce, Sales, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Google's third quarter: Expectations are high
- Google's third quarter is expected to be strong and analysts are already busy raising targets for the fourth quarter. The search giant reports earnings Thursday and Wall Street is expecting earnings of $5.42 a share on revenue of $4.24 billion, according to Thomson Reuters. However, most analysts...
- Tags: Paid Search, Revenue, Google Inc., Analyst, Search, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Intel is ready for your fourth quarter business: Will you show up?
- Intel spent a lot of time talking about inventories on its fiscal third quarter conference call. The industry is stocking up on Intel chips ahead of server refreshes and the launch of Windows 7. The nagging worry for many analysts: Will businesses and consumers show up to drive the upgrade...
- Tags: PC, Inventory, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- RIM signals price war potential; Fallout could be substantial
- Thesis-changing?Potential MBAs racing to their pcs to start re-writes?RE: RIM signals price war potential; Fallout could be substantialWant to see consumers really scoop up smart phones? Have the carriers charge $5.00 a month for data plans... Some consumers don't see the value in paying $30 a month for mobile...
- Tags: Keyboards, E-mail, Smart phones, Handhelds, Research In Motion Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- Yahoo's sale of Alibaba.com stake opportunistic
- There's a fair amount of hubbub about Yahoo's decision to sell its stake in Alibaba.com, but it's really just an opportunistic trade. Reuters notes that Yahoo is selling its entire 1.14 stake in Alibaba.com, China's B2B e-commerce giant, to net about $150 million. The move makes sense...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Alibaba.com, IPO, B2B, Investment, Taxes, Financial Planning, Financial Services, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Report: Tech component inventory lean (perhaps too lean)
- Inventory levels of key items in the technology industry's supply chain are very lean, according to a report by Goldman Sachs. Is the tech supply chain ready for demand to snap back? by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Supply Chain, Inventory, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- Goldman goes ga-ga for Google, cites YouTube, Europe and display ads
- Goldman Sachs figures Google will come out of the downturn with revenue growth rates in the mid-teens in 2010. Goldman Sachs added Google to its "conviction buy list" with a 6-month target of $560. Overall, the investment firm sees Google excelling in Europe as travel and e-commerce...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Goldman, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Hey, baby, have I got a deal for you
- Cayman Islands tax protection. An office in Houston, Texas. Run by a veteran of the Enron successes. Sound like a Hollywood plot? Nope, just a verrrrry rich IPO for the old energy crowd. Nearlya billion dollars expected to be captured. It's the IPO of AEI, Ashmore...
- Tags: Natural Gas, AEI, IPO, Taxes, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Investment, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- Microsoft-Nokia: A dog of a deal born from weakness
- As I was pondering the Microsoft-Nokia partnership I was hit with some inspiration from the movie Hotel for Dogs, a favorite of the kiddiepoos. Remember the scene where the dogs were running in the street? Nokia and Microsoft were the big ones that were struggling to keep up....
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- BMC picks up MQSoftware, expands into middleware management
- BMC Software said Monday that it has acquired MQSoftware in a move that will expand its offering from mainframe and systems monitoring to middleware. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed statement. BMC positioned the move as a natural evolution to provide monitoring from the mainframe to the...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Mqsoftware Inc., Middleware, It Management, It service Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Target's departure from Amazon creates IT risk; Opportunity for GSI Commerce?
- Target plans to leave Amazon's e-commerce platform to build its own site ahead of the 2011 holiday season. The transition is going to be one of the more visible IT projects in the next two years. Amazon will take a bit of a profit hit from the...
- Tags: Information Technology, GSI Commerce Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Target.com, E-business, Target, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Retail, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM a friend; HP a foe
- As the tectonic plates shift below the data center the vendor lines are becoming more clear. HP and Cisco are on a collision course and IBM appears to be playing Switzerland's neutral act nicely. If you want to know how Cisco's move into servers has altered the...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?
- News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch said that the company will begin charging for its news sites. The details were a bit vague, but Murdoch said News Corp.'s big experiment kicks off in 2010. The larger question is whether this move is much ado about little revenue. We'll...
- Tags: Revenue, Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., Quality Journalism, Weinkes, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Cash for clunkers: one man's story
- THIS FROM AN EMAIL I JUST RECEIVED FROM ZDNET READER: I reluctantly traded a 1989 Ford Crown Victoria 24/32 mpg (city/highway)for a VW Jetta TDI which is supposed to get 29/41 mpg but actually delivers 38/50 mpg. I bought the Crown Vic used in 1991 with 10,000 miles and I...
- Tags: Income, Ford Motor Co., Government, Personal Finance, Taxes, E-mail, Insurance, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Operational Accounting, Finance, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Google; Hack attacks
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search) Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS, Keyboards, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Peripherals, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- It's official: Google and Apple are competitors (especially in mobile)
- The resignation of Google CEO Eric Schmidt from Apple's board of directors merely confirms what has been clear for some time---the two companies will increasingly compete in the mobile market. It's Android vs. the iPhone and the games are just about to begin. In...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mobile, Apple Inc., Android, Browser App, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...
- Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...In the US only.NTA year ago I would have saidso what? But, now that Dear Leader has given us 10% unemployment just like Europe, and a negative GDP, I'd say you have a point.
- Tags: Handhelds, Smart phones, Cellular phones, enterprise subsidy, BlackBerry iPhone, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., RIM BlackBerry, smart phone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...
- Goldman Sachs is increasing its smartphone forecast based on a consumer survey that reveals Research in Motion and Apple are the runaway winners in the field, but for vastly different reasons. RIM enjoys enterprise sponsorship, but iPhone's stealth business use campaign is working. The survey in many...
- Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
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