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Comcast Offering Faster Internet Speeds
Comcast is beginning to wake up and only because FIOS is in full swing from Verizon, which breaks the speed barrier. You can visit Verizon on the various packages they currently offer. (AP) – Comcast Corp. on Wednesday said it will begin rolling out faster Internet speeds over the next few weeks in selected markets [...]
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AMD CO FOUNDER, Ed Turney, has died of brain cancer at his old age home in Cupertino, aged 79. Turney, one of seven AMD founders, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1929. After a stint in the US Navy during the Korean War as an electronics technician, Turney turned his hand to chips in [...]
Full StoryService Providers Feeling The Credit Crunch
During recent weeks, we have seen some unprecedented events in the global financial markets that are having a profound impact on the tech sector, including the services business. Service providers are already seeing their clients and prospects taking proactive measures to mitigate the risk of coming under severe financial pressure themselves. Forrester Research in a [...]
Full StoryMySpace could be in Trouble
The financial markets continue to spiral downward and the tech sector is feeling the after shock. MySpace maybe just one of a few victims that will fall. We are going to lose some good companies.” That’s the warning cry from investors in tech these days. The problem is that being loved is no guarantee for [...]
Full StoryAMD to spin off manufacturing units
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will announce Tuesday it is spinning off its manufacturing operations as part of its cost saving strategy, The Wall Street Journal reported. Sunnyvale-based AMD said it will make a “significant corporate announcement” and hold a conference call with industry analyst Tuesday hosted by Chief Executive Dirk Meyer. It did not give [...]
Full StoryNewspaper Industry is to Blame
Many of the newspaper companies are cutting jobs due to the downward spiral of newspaper sales. The internet may be the leading cause of this collapse, but there’s also another side of this story that needs to be exposed. The truth is the newspaper companies shot their own foot by producing free content over the [...]
Full StoryNetflix Struggles with Delays and Outages
Netflix is scrambling to find answers over delays and outages. According to the company it is hoping to bring its systems online overnight. These issues will come with a price and cost Netflix roughly $1.8 million to $3.6 million in revenue a day, according to Citi analyst Tony Wible. On Thursday, Netflix continued to “to [...]
Full StoryHoward Stern Excited Over Sirius-XM Merger
It has been finally approved, but it comes with some fines as well. Howard Stern is a very happy man today as he has waited for this deal for a long time. The government regulatory debacle known as the Sirius-XM merger has officially ended as the Federal Communications Commission approved the deal after 17 months [...]
Full StoryeBay in Hot Water Again
After news that Tiffany company was taking eBay to court over counterfeit goods, it’s now the software industry telling eBay that it needs to do more to detect and delete listings for counterfeit goods–or else. I took the liberty to validate such claims by browsing through the many software titles offered at eBay, and to [...]
Full StoryGoogle Diggs It!
Google is looking to buy Digg (Social Network) for an estimated $200 million. It looks like Google is stealing Digg right from Microsoft’s grip. Once again Microsoft loses yet another battle, or at least it looks that way. However, sources inside and outside Google reported stories about a letter of intent signed between the two [...]
Full StoryMicrosoft and AOL Together Maybe
If you can’t buy the Mercedes, settle for the Buick. Microsoft is doing just that with AOL. Microsoft is meeting with AOL executives Wednesday to talk about the two companies combining AOL and Microsoft’s online division, according to a news report. Microsoft, burned in its recent efforts to buy all or part of Yahoo, wants [...]
Full StoryMicrosoft Backs Yahoo into a Corner
When is this all going to end? This battle for a take over will go on for a long time or until Yahoo’s board gets ousted. As described by Yahoo in a statement released late Saturday, Microsoft packaged its latest offer with activist investor Carl Icahn, a billionaire who is seeking to overthrow Yahoo’s board [...]
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