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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

More Measly Gains for Bing

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

RIM to Nortel: WTF?

jim-balsillieNortel Networks has rejected Research In Motion’s bid for the wireless infrastructure assets Nortel is unloading as part of bankruptcy proceedings. RIM said Monday night that it intended to offer $1.1 billion for Nortel’s CDMA and LTE businesses, but was told it could do so only if it agreed not to bid on other Nortel assets, something it had intended to do.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Crazy Stevie’s! Prices So Low They’re INSAAAAAAAAANE!

ballmersalesman Launching Windows 7 with a steeply discounted preorder offer won’t eradicate all memory of Microsoft’s widely criticized Vista operating system, but it might ensure that it receives a better reception at market. And so the company today said that beginning Friday, “select markets” can preorder Windows 7 at a more than 50 percent discount.

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iPhone App Goes Topless

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

MySpace | A Place for Layoffs, Redux

largest-axe3jpg-150x150jpg1MySpace has extended its war on bloat overseas. This morning the company announced plans to close at least four of its offices outside the U.S. in a bid to reduce costs. Some 300 of the company’s 450 international employees will lose their jobs as a result.

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Insert Alliterative Bing Headline Here

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Early gains do not guarantee a long-term increase in search market share, and thanks to its experience with Live Search and Live Search Cashback, Microsoft knows this better than anyone. That said, Redmond’s new search engine, Bing, does seem to be making some solid progress.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Palm Pre to Debut in Canada Someday at Some Price or Other

bobanddougpreWell, at least the company announced something. Palm hasn’t yet announced a price for its forthcoming Pre handset. Nor has it provided an official release date. But today it did give those waiting with rapt anticipation for news of the device something to chew on: a new carrier. Bell Mobility has negotiated an exclusive on the Pre in Canada.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Motorola to Layoff Staff, Operating Systems

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Rogers: iCanada

The econalypse hasn’t stopped people from buying iPhones. In its third quarter, Canada’s Rogers Wireless sold 255,000 iPhones and added 191,000 new customers, helping to nearly double the company’s profit during a period of nasty economic turbulence. “Customers embraced the iPhone,” Rogers COO Nadir Mohamed said on a conference call. “The number of activations … is simply phenomenal.”

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

HP Declares EDS Employee Surplus

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Google to World Association of Newspapers: Sure Your Acronym’s Not ‘WAAAGH!’?

Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond says the company’s proposed search advertising partnership with Yahoo won’t increase Google’s share of search traffic. But no one appears to be taking him at his word. The World Association of Newspapers said Monday that it opposes the deal, adding its name to a growing list of critics that now includes not just Microsoft, but the Association of National Advertisers and European Union as well.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Microsoft’s Next Move Still Imminent

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

iPhone to Take Off, Eh?

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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper.

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