For 20 years Microsoft has been trying -- and failing -- to pry customers away from those fugly old mainframes. So now they're turning to the government to fight this battle for them.
The Pirate Bay has been ordered by a Ditch court to close its operations in the Netherlands. The court noted that for every day the P...
In a related story, a new study commissioned by the University of Minnesota shows that articles with the words "oral sex" in the headline are three times as likely to be clicked on as those without.
It looks like the transition to digital television is going to be delayed for 90 days. My sources inside the Beltway tell me it's a done deal. Fear...
President-elect Barack Obama has joined the Consumers Union in asking congress to delay the digital television transition. Obama noted "inadequate f...
Intel's revenue for the fourth quarter fell 23% over last year. Intel had warned investors that revenue f...
In reaction to Jeff Zucker's comment that the old TV business is dying, CBS exec Les Moonves is adamant that "the model ain't broken. The model work...
Ten years ago Microsoft stock was $33/share. Today it's $19. That's a return to shareholders of -40%. Ten years ago Apple stock was $8. Today it's $91. That's a return, um, higher than -40%.
Sumner Redstone repeated his promise that he will not sell anymore stock in either CBS or Viacom. Redstone assured investors he has more than enough...
Steve Ballmer noted that Microsoft is not interested in acquiring Yahoo. Ballmer is quoted as saying "...
Why don't people recognize a really rich, important, wacky guy in charge of a huge, modern corporation, and who can be counted on to take a great, weird photograph?
I've attended all six D: All Things Digital conferences. Each year, the mood's different. If this year's conference is a metaphor, the economy was very much on the minds of the speakers.
What did Microsoft's presentation have to do with an operating system that helps us in business and fixes all the problems of Microsoft Vista? Absolutely nothing.
In what universe is throwing an egg not criminal behavior? If you've been fortunate enough not to have been beaned with an egg of late, it's not a risk-free experience.
A social network? Us? Could that be? Every day we have as serious a discussion of current business-related events as the facts warrant!
I personally have been part of a merger/acquisition scenario more times than I care to contemplate. It's like a flu. You feel it coming on. Then you either get it or you don't.