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Consumer Electronics
Sony’s (SNE) Playstation Pipe Dream
Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) PS3 may have a better year in 2008 than it did in 2007. That would not be hard. The game console was beaten like a red-headed mule by the…
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5:57am ET
Apps & Software
Microsoft (MSFT): Vista Price Cuts
No one in Redmond wants to admit this, but Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new Leopard OS may be getting the better of Vista, at least in enough cases to make it hurt. Almost…
4:15am ET
Media
Media Digest 2/29/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Paulson believes that the current proposal to help homeowners is too broad and may help speculators. Reuters writes that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has cut the price of Vista to encourage…
6:16am ET
Investing
The Tao Of The Dow (MSFT)(HPQ)(PG)(CSB)(NWS)
As The Wall Street Journal points out, the DJIA is up 6% in a month. That is because, if results from financial firms in the index are backed out, the rest of…
4:26am ET
Investing
Nasdaq Short Interest: Big Bets Against Tech And Telecom
The short interest for stocks traded on the Nasdaq as of February 15 shows that investors made very big bets against telecom and technology stocks. The numbers compare to those on January…
6:13am ET
Investing
EU Fines Microsoft (MSFT) $1.3 Billion
The European Union has fined Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) $1.35 billion for "failing to comply with the European Commission’s 2004 antitrust ruling," according to The Wall Street Journal. Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:56am ET
Investing
Yahoo! (YHOO) Assets: Worth More Than Money?
Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) assets in Asia, a piece of Yahoo Japan and one of China’s Alibaba, are valued at about $11 billion by most analysts. The board and management of Yahoo! should…
4:17am ET
Media
Media Digest 2/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, weak confidence and rising prices are fuelin stagflation fears. Reuters writes that the long fight between Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) over a takeover will help Google (GOOG).’ Reuters…
9:58am ET
Technology
Google (GOOG) Moves Toward 52-Week Low
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is down almost 6% today to just above $457. That is within $20 of its 52-week low.Twenty dollars might seem like a lot, but the shares would only have…
6:36am ET
Technology
As Internet Ad Revenue Growth Slows, Yahoo! (YHOO) Deal Looks Worse
All the thumb-sucking champions of internet ad growth were probably cheering when they saw that online marketing revenue jumped 25% last year to $21 billion. But, that was much less than the…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:10am ET
Apps & Software
VMWare’s (VMW) Shares Can Fall More As Microsoft (MSFT) Enters The Market
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) play a cut-throat game in almost every sector the software market it enters and investors at virtualisation software company VMWare (NYSE: VMW) know that. VMW shares have gone from…
4:03am ET
Media
Media Digest 2/26/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Siemens (SI) will cut over 6,000 jobs in its telecom equipment business. Reuters writes that MBIA (MBI) is moving to help bring stability to the credit markets. Reuters reports…
2:01pm ET
Technology
Google Search Almost Double Yahoo!/MSN Combined (GOOG, MSFT, YHOO)
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) search is now roughly 3-times that of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). To make matters worse, its "searchers" appear to be much more active in search. While Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is…
2:00pm ET
Technology
Microsoft (MSFT) Tries To Leap Frog Google’s (GOOG) Ad Targeting
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) claims that is has come out with the greatest internet ad targeting system since the beginning of time. "It said its new system, which it calls Engagement Mapping, will…
8:56am ET
Technology
Rumor Of The Day: Will News Corp (NWS) Walk Away From Google (GOOG)?
Techcrunch is reporting that News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is negotiating with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to get out of a deal which allows the big search company exclusive rights to sell text ads…