According to Reuters, Toshiba will drop its HD DVD format. Reuters reports that Blll Gates said Microsoft (MSFT) will target web search with or without Yahoo! (YHOO) Reuters writes that RIM (RIMM)…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) backed the wrong horse in the fight for high definition DVD disks and players. Redmond sided with Toshiba and its HD DVD platform and shipped the Xbox 360 with…
According to Reuters, China e-commerce company Alibaba will try to participate in the decision of the potential sale of Yahoo! (YHOO) to Microsoft (MSFT) Yahoo! owns 39% of Alibaba and there are…
Below are most of the equity holdings listed for Bill Gates’ own Cascade Investment, L.L.C. as of December 31, 2007. These were disclosed in a filing late in the week. Keep in…
According to a report in The Inquirer, the failure rate of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xboxs is running at about 16%. One retailer put the number as high as 33%. Most industry observers…
Douglas A. McIntyre After month upon month of being bested by the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), the Sony (NYSE: SNE) PS3 is emerging from the shadows. Sales of video games rose 11% in…
According to Reuters, Citigroup says UBS (UBS) may face another $18 billion in write-downs this year. Reuters writes that Alan Greenspan says the US is on the edge of recession. Reuters writes…
Nielsen has released its top aggregate sites by parent company for January 2008, and it starts getting even more clear why this super-merger on the web is being pursued. Below is the…
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) is in talks with News Corp (NWS) about an M&A deal but analysts say it is unlikely to work. Reuters writes that Paulson thinks the US economy…
It is not enough that Nintendo, Microsoft (MSFT), and Sony (SNE) are scratching each other’s eyes out in the game console business. It looks like Apple (AAPL) wants in. Given its new…
There is a recession over on Wall St. Bank where brokerage stocks are down 50% and losses keep mounting. But, a great majority of businesses in the US and Europe are not…
Google (GOOG) always had a problem trying to keep Yahoo! (YHOO) out of the hands of Microsoft (MSFT). The No.1 and No.2 search engine firms would have had 80% of the US…
According to Reuters, GM (GM) offered buy-outs to workers after posting a large Q4 loss. Reuters writes that Warren Buffett offered to insure $800 billion worth of bonds currently insured by monoline…
Rising short interest in tech stocks traded on Nasdaq shows the extent to which investors are willing to bet against the sector. The figures compare shares sold short as of January 31…
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) rejected Microsoft’s (MST) bid for the company. Reuters writes that Credit Suisse reduced its write-downs from subprime insrtuments. Reuters writes that RIM (RIMM) had a huge outage…
