Steve Ballmer gives billions to Nokia, and they both lose billions in market capitalization.
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Ballmer Gives Nokia Billions in Microsoft Shareholder’s Money; Both Stocks Lose Billions in Market Value
Posted on February 17, 2011 by dsarna
Google vs Facebook: The War That Isn’t
Posted on January 29, 2011 by dsarna
With all the snow in the East (and elsewhere), pundits are apparently staying inside, and are bored with themselves. So they need to write “provocative” columns to garner headlines. James B. Stewart’s piece in the Wall Street Journal reminded me of this need to be provocative to garner attention. Like so many others, he wants [...]
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Microsoft Lost $2.5 Billion Online in Last 12 Months; Google Earned that in Just Three Months
Posted on January 28, 2011 by dsarna
Microsoft Lost $2.5 Billion Online in Last 12 Months; Google Earned that in Just Three Months, Google is not going to cede the business market to Microsoft or the social scene to Facebook, not matter what the ancient but still breathing Microsoft “oldies but goodies” would like to believe
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Greed, Groupon, Google, the Rabbis, and Alexander The Great
Posted on December 5, 2010 by dsarna
Eric Schmidt was wise not to pay what Groupon was asking.
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Google’s “Inevitable Ruin” – Not
Posted on November 13, 2010 by dsarna
John C. Dvorak, John Dvorak, Cloud Computing, Creative Commons, Page Preview Mode, Google Image Search
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TEA Party for the Data Center Threatens Microsoft’s Pocket
Posted on October 18, 2010 by dsarna
The TEA Party (Taxed Enough Already) is all about citizens concerned with the encroachment of government into their lives, and about the high taxes exacted to support “big government.” For years, data centers the world over have chafed at the large taxes that Microsoft exacts. Of course, Windows is part of that. However, few corporations [...]
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Blodget Disses Google Over Development of Robot-driven Cars
Posted on October 10, 2010 by dsarna
Henry Blodget thinks Google should not spend four hours’ worth of earnings of developing robotic cars.
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Microsoft: Blogging Aren’t Us
Posted on September 27, 2010 by dsarna
Microsoft today announced that it was migrating users on its blogging platform to WordPress. One more piece of the Internet where Microsoft has failed to gain traction. As Microsoft’s director of product management for Windows Live Dharmesh Mehta told ReadWriteWeb last week, the company aims to integrate the best products instead of reinventing them. This [...]
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Protect the Poor Monopolist, Begs Microsoft
Posted on September 24, 2010 by dsarna
In 1998, Microsoft was found guilty of monopolistic practices in the US. Ditto in the European Union in 2007. Undeterred, the pot is now calling the kettle black. Microsoft, through its attorney, is accusing Google of monopolizing the search market. It begs the government to come to the aid of this poor $60 plus billion [...]
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Google’s Buying Spree; What’s Next?
Posted on September 21, 2010 by dsarna
Silicon Alley Insider has an interesting post about Google’s acquisitions. Look at this graphic: The companies Google has acquired this year, and possibly others may be in the works (we’re still in September) make for an interesting collection. According to Wikipedia, they are number 60 – 80. Number Acquisition date Company Business Country Value (USD) [...]
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