RIAA Sends “Pre-Litigation” Letters to 400 Students at 13 Universities
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) wants to give hundreds of college sRead More…
Month: June 2008
Blockbuster CEO Disputes $2.3M Bonus, Says He’s Entitled to $7.6M
Blockbuster today announced a dispute with its CEO over the size of his bonus. The company’s reported profit for the four quarter of last year fellRead More…
Costco Limits Return Policy for Electronics: It Was Only A Matter of Time
Looks like your friend and mine, the amazing Costco return policy, is on its way out. Apparently, it did enough damage to the already razor thin profRead More…
Google Apps Premier: Is this the beginning of the new “pick a side” battle?
In its latest effort to diversify revenue sources, Google now has a “Premier Edition” of Google Apps. The $50 per user per year is obviously much chRead More…
Dell Ex-CEO Gets $5 Million Cash for Screwing It Up While HP Profits Soar
Dell is shelling out $5 million to ex-CEO Kevin Rollins who stepped down on January 31 and will leave the company on May 4. The $5 million in cash wilRead More…
Behind the Scenes Details Leading to Google/YouTube Losing Viacom & CBS Deals
So the latest news in online video revolves around Viacom signing a deal with YouTube competitor/newcomer Joost. The deal is limited for now (no SouthRead More…
Finally, a Good Alternative To PayPal
Last year I wrote an article called Putting the “Pay” in PayPal, which was mostly an expression of frustration at how eBay and PayPal were being aRead More…
Just How Digg-Like Are They? Chart Comparing New Sites by Yahoo, Microsoft & Dell
The Yahoo Suggestion Board, Dell IdeaStorm, and MSN Reporter were all released last week and were all at least, shall we say, “Digg Inspired.” ButRead More…
Microsoft Warning of Underwhelming Vista Sales
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) has not one but two articles out today on Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s warning of underwhelming VisRead More…
Yahoo vs. Digg: Is Yahoo’s Move As Innocent As It Looks?
So Yahoo today released a Digg-like voting system as the backbone of the Yahoo Suggestion Board. Even though the Yahoo announcement credited Digg, theRead More…