Google (GOOG) has been offering spreadsheet, word processing, and other desktop software with data stored on its servers for some time. The Microsoft (MSFT) model for its OS and Office software is…
Yahoo! (YHOO) plans to make customer search information anonymous after 13 months. Microsoft (MSFT) and IACI’s (IACI) Ask.com are pulling together with advocacy groups to set up systems to safeguard personal data…
According to Reuters, Barclays (BCS) raised its bid for ABN Amro (ABN) to $93 billion. The Wall Street Journal writes that Yahoo! (YHOO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Ask.com are updating their privacy policy…
Barron’s makes the argument that SAP’s (SAP) shares are very cheap. The company is the world’s largest provider of business software. Last week the firm announced that quarterly profit rose 8% to…
(ACOR) Acorda COO resigned to pursue other interests.(AMD) Advanced Micro Devices traded up 4% after revenues were ahead of plan on processor sales.(AUY) Yamana Gold makes business combination offer for Meridian Gold.(BVF)…
According to TechCrunch, the EU has decided to fund a new search engine business called Theseus. The German government is putting up an extraordinary $165 million. The Associate Press writes that Theseus…
One of the pieces of information buried in Microsoft’s (MSFT) earnings report was the improvement in the company’s online businesses, primarily made up of MSN and Live Search. Revenue in that part…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Bernanke believes that subprime losses could hit $100 billion. Reuters writes that GM (GM) closed the gap between itself and Toyota (TM) for total unit sales in Q2. Reuters…
After looking through Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) earnings commentary and after listening to much of the conference call replay, it became quite clear that the company biggest miss on earnings wasn’t the slightly shy…
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) just posted EPS as $0.31 net, but that would have been $0.39 before the $1 Billion+ Xbox charge that had already been noted. It posted revenues of $13.37 Billion, and…
Douglas A. McIntyre Today is going to be a challenging earnings day, and it is no coincidence that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is reporting earnings simultaneously with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). Google has already trumped Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) as we…
Sony (SNE) is tired of having sand kicked in its face by Nintendo. The smaller company’s Wii game platform handily outsells the PS3 and will probably continue to do so, despite a…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that Don Mattrick, a former president at Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), will now lead the Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) which oversees the Xbox® and Games for Windows®…
Douglas A. McIntyre Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) reports after today’s close and this is probably going to be a different sort of earnings report than just evaluating the actual numbers. Estimates are $0.11 EPS and $1.24 Billion,…
New numbers from comScore show that Fox Interactive, the only portion of News Corp (NWS) had almost 53 million unique video streamers at its websites in May. Most of these are probably…