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…
Year: 2006
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…
Game Industry Worried: Gamers Giving It Up As They Grow Up
Mike Vorhaus is the managing director of the consulting and research firm Frank N. Magid Associates and is in charge of a fairly in-depth study of cRead More…
The Year of Cellphone Advertising: Paying for Services through “Opt in” Ads
The New York Times has an interesting piece outlining signs that advertising may be coming to our cellphones. The good news: guidelines have been esRead More…
The Google Scandal: Keeping $809K of $1.1M of Revenue Generated from Piracy (Allegedly)
So our friends at the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) are running multiple stories on Google today with reference to online video. At the Read More…
Microlibraries Project: 20,000+ books available on demand
The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning (COSL) has organized the Microlibraries Project, making over 20,000 Project Gutenberg books available aRead More…