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McCain: Are Tech Empresses the Ticket?: Retiring eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman now joins ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina on John McCain's campaign and fund-raising trail. Hmm. Former and Soon-to-be former Empresses of Multi-Billion dollar dot-coms and powerful computer industry giants -- are we seeing a pattern here? Is it possible that we could we be seeing...; Tags: Meg Whitman, Industry, John McCain, CEO, Gender And Diversity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Human Resources, Investment, Finance, Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-03-16
eBay CEO Whitman eyes exit amid auction worries: eBay CEO Meg Whitman is reportedly pondering retirement as the online auction giant struggles with slowing growth. Makes you wonder about those fourth quarter results eh? The Wall Street Journal reports that Whitman is seriously thinking about retirement after a decade at the helm. That's a lifetime...; Tags: Meg Whitman, eBay Inc., Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Internet, Business Structures, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-01-22
Mass hysteria? It's not like Skype's died. It's just a really bad hangover: Of the million or so I told you so's that have already been written regarding eBay's confession that it might not get the return on its investment in Skype that it originally thought it would, I like Nicholas Carr's the best. Carr reflected on the words of eBay Meg...; Tags: Meg Whitman, Acquisition, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Nicholas Carr, Hindsight, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Networking, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-10-02
I drank Meg Whitman's Kool-Aid-but that was over a year ago: I drank Meg Whitman's Kool-Aid-but that was over a year agoDoh...I was skeptical when they bought skype, the price was very inflated for what they were getting. I can't speak for eBay as a whole, but I can tell you my wife buys on that site like crazy and has...; Tags: E-mail, Kool-Aid-but, Meg Whitman; Discussion threads 2006-11-14
I drank Meg Whitman's Kool-Aid-but that was over a year ago: When eBay announced back in September, 2005 that it was paying some $2.6 billion to buy Skype, I got it. Lots of "SkypeMe" buttons next to eBay adverts! Yes, I saw the same slides eBay CEO Meg Whitman showed eBay stakeholders.But more than a year later, I have to...; Tags: General, Skype, eBay Inc., Skype Technologies S.A.; Blog posts 2006-11-14

Meg Whitman in your inbox: Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, has personally reached out to over a million eBay members inviting them to “Please join me by clicking here right now to send a message to your representatives in Congress before it is too late.”CNET reports “This is the first time that eBay has used...; Tags: eBay Inc., Meg Whitman; Blog posts 2006-06-02
eBay's Meg Whitman says voice phone calls going to zero cost: eBay's Meg Whitman says voice phone calls going to zero costParsing MegMeg said "Our belief is that the winner in this space will be those that have the largest ecosystem," etcPlease notice the use of the singular "winner" and the plural "those that have the largest ecosystem".Who is going to...; Tags: Meg Whitman, eBay Inc., voice phone call; Discussion threads 2005-10-21
eBay's Meg Whitman says voice phone calls going to zero cost: During eBay's quarterly earnings analyst call yesterday, eBay CEO Meg Whitman rebutted criticism by a financial analyst that eBay's $4 billion purchase of Skype was too much.Whitman's reasons for this belief center around her perception that the revenues that come as a regult of the Skype acquisition will not come...; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., telephone, Whitman, Meg Whitman; Blog posts 2005-10-20
What eBay's Meg Whitman has in common with Eric Clapton: I am old enough to remember when sixties and seventies rock bands such as Eric Clapton's Creem and the Allman Brothers covered blues classics by dressing them in a rock beat. By doing so, they raised the profile of the great blues artists who wrote those tunes. Soon, lots more...; Tags: eBay Inc., Steven, Eric Clapton; Blog posts 2005-09-26

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My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born: Once upon a time, when Bill Gates still flew commercial and I was a budding journalist in need of a haircut, I had a number of opportunities to interview and otherwise interact with Bill Gates. It was often contentious, always intriguing, and more often than not frustrating as well. Part...; Tags: Web, Multimedia, PC, Bill Gates, Bill, Desktops, Hardware, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Video: Bill Gates' last day: Video: Bill Gates' last dayBill Gates Goodbye VideoVery good - and ONLY 26 Meg!Hey - isn't Firefox 3 only about 7-8 Meg?So, Bill Gates goodbye is worth 3 Firefox's ...; Tags: Corporate communications, Web browsers, Bill Gates, video; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
Giving Windows Vista another chance ...: Giving Windows Vista another chance ...tips? yeahWell first of all i don't suggest using ie for safe browsing, firefox or opera can be much better.Be sure to install an appropriate anti-virus and anti-spyware before anything, for me avira antivir personal and spybot search and destroy worked great.If you do have...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
Microsoft, HP ready XP SP3 endless-reboot patches: Microsoft, HP ready XP SP3 endless-reboot patchesThen there will be...a reboot to the reboot to the reboot to the reboot to the....Well, you get the drill.The people who brought you Zune, Xbox (love those thermals?), SPOT and WinMobile (looking for a WinMobile "Killer"?) now bring you endless reboots of (ta-da:...; Tags: Patches, XP SP3, endless-reboot patch, Microsoft Windows XP, patch management, Hewlett-Packard Co., reboot, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-16
Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?: Updated: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn announced an alternate board of directors for Yahoo in a move that could revive a Microsoft bid. Will Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer bite? As expected Icahn announced his alternate slate, which includes Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Content Protection madness on Vista: [UPDATE: For more on this issue, check out this post.] I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you pay for hardware, you should be able to make full use of it. However, DRM and content protection mechanisms are increasingly making this difficult for people. ...; Tags: Screen, Microsoft Windows Vista, Cintiq, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Will eBay's Craigslist gambit backfire in the court of public opinion?: Updated: EBay has gone public with the details of its lawsuit against Craigslist and its two shareholders Craig Newmark and James Buckmaster. While suit details alleged self-dealing by Newmark and Buckmaster and a rift over eBay's Kijiji unit, which competes with Craigslist, it's worth pondering the motives--and perceptions--here. ...; Tags: Craigslist, eBay Inc., Newmark, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04Change to an old ATi RagePro or nVidia card. Check your RAM as well as other hardware components. Linux should install on this system, but if there is any failing hardware, forget it. One thing Linux is less tolerant of faulty hardware than...; Tags: Linux, Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows, Video cards, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04, hardware; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Hardware 2.0 - Best software applications/tools/utilities: Hardware 2.0 - Best software applications/tools/utilitiesThanksI already use a couple of these (UltraEdit, Foxit Reader) and totally agree with you on their merits. Some of the other choices also look interesting - particularly the DVD-burning ones :)Keep up the good work.Isobuster as an alternative...... to Virtual PC has the...; Tags: applications/tools/utility, Hardware 2.0, Best Software, hardware; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
Question to Mozilla CEO: what do you fear?: Question to Mozilla CEO: what do you fear?That's what I said so......your point is???Yes but.......there is history here. I could have said:pot, kettle, black but then I would have been in TechCrunch territory. I hope this could be taken to a 'reality' level.If I were an iTunes user.....which I'm not...; Tags: Web browsers, Digital music, Digital media, Memory Usage, Mozilla Corp., Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Apple iTunes; Discussion threads 2008-03-22
Discussing talkback formats: Discussing talkback formatsI visit much less often.Just an estimate, I am getting my news from other sites, and typically only find things here due to RSS feeds. We keep getting told that the old "Blog" page will return that lists all blogs with the top 10 or so headlines....; Tags: Blogging, RSS, blog, advertisement; Discussion threads 2008-03-21