Yahoo! Finance In Trouble
When MySpace "founder" Brad Greenspan tried to buy Dow Jones (DJ) he suggested that the company could start a competitor to Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance. In his letter to the DJ board, he said Yahoo!…
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Hewlett=Packard (HPQ) has set out on a big campaign to get Web 2.0 users to make greater use of its printers. HP’s printer business is not only large, it’s profitable. In the last quarter,…
Another AMD Downgrade
If Wall St. keeps downgrading AMD (AMD), there will be nothing but "sells" on the stock and analysts will have no place to go if things at the chip company get worse. Barron’s writes…
Will Google Be Hurt By Housing And Credit Problems?
The FT believes that search engines and web portals will be hurt by the fall-out from the mortgage and credit card industries. Companies like Countrywide (CFC) and Bank One are big advertisers on Google…
Hewlett-Packard And Dell: The PC Virtualization Threat
A couple of years ago, no one had heard of virtualization. Now, the leading company in the field, VMWare (VMW) has gone public. And, the service is moving into the core business of HP…
Hard Drive Makers Competing With Flash Drives, With Flash Drives (STX, WDC, KOMG, SNDK)
It has hardly brought any real coverage today, but the flash drive competition to hard drives in PC’s and devices may have died before they were even walking on their own. Flash drives are…
Akamai, LimeLight, And Level 3: Is Internet Video Growth Slowing?
Shares in content delivery networks like Akamai (AKAM) and LimeLight (LLNW) have sold off sharply. So has the stock of internet infrastructure network Level 3 (LVLT). The market believes that fierce price competition has…
Report: Head Of AMD Sales Resigns
Hexus, the technology news site, is reporting that Henri Richard, the AMD executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer has resigned. 24/7 was unable to get an answer on the matter from…
Analyzing YouTube’s Revenue Potential
From Silicon Alley Insider So, Google’s (GOOG) YouTube will finally sell video ads. How much revenue will they generate? Most likely, not enough to materially affect Google’s overall revenue for at least a year…
Google: YouTube Goes For The Cash
Google (GOOG) has finally announced how it will make money on YouTube. According to The Wall Street Journal, the site will begin to run video commercials 15 seconds into the site’s content. The user…
Google Leads In Search Again
According to the new comScore measurements, Google’s (GOOG) share of the US search market is still growing, which does Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) no good. In July, GOOG share in the US rose…
Getty Images Stock Hits Multi-Year Lows (GYI)
We have covered Getty Images (NYSE:GYI) about how they are a business at risk, how they are going to lose market share, how their margins are going to compress almost routinely into the future,…
AMD (AMD): Is Its New Chip Late?
The Inquirer is reporting that the new AMD (AMD) multi-core Barcelona chip is shipping late. The chip was scheduled to go to market in mid-August, and it has apparently not shown up, nor has…
Dell (DELL): Another Partnership
Dell (DELL) has moved to sell its PCs through retail outlets like Wal-Mart (WMT) Now, it wants to help retailers run their businesses. The computer company has married itself up with the world’s largest…
Smart Ads: Yahoo! (YHOO) Late Again
Yahoo! (YHOO) is hoping that a new technology called Smart Ads will makes its display advertising more attractive to marketers. The product allows an advertiser to give a broad array of creative units for…