TechSheep (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Amazon bolsters battery life for Kindle; Adds native PDF reader — Amazon on Tuesday said it has improved the battery life of the Kindle and added a native PDF reader. — The statement appears to be timed to get holiday shoppers off the fence about the Kindle as rivals [...]
SeekingAlpha CE Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Barnes & Noble ( BKS ) said Tuesday that it will invest heavily on boosting production of its nook e-reader and that move will hurt future earnings. Barnes & Noble cut its outlook for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2010. The bookseller said that retail traffic “will remain challenged during the holiday season.” But we knew that already....
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
HP earnings, Google, a critical IE 7 flaw, Office Starter 2010 and Drobo are today's headliners. by Larry Dignan
Between the Lines (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
November 25th, 2009 The Big Question podcast: Will News Corp. really pull its content from Google?Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:00 amCategories: , , , Tags: , , , , ..., , , , , +00What exactly is Rupert Murdoch up to with his Google saber rattling? Jason Hiner and I handicap the week’s big question and figure out whether News Corp. would really pull its content from Google completely.The...
SeekingAlpha Hardware Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Here’s a tale of two PC titans: HP ( HPQ ) and Dell ( DELL ). One executes well every quarter. The other doesn’t. Both see big PC upgrade cycles ahead. Both are looking to ride a bump in enterprise spending courtesy of Windows 7. Place your bets. Complete Story »
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Install Windows 7 from a USB flash drive Bill Detwiler shows you how to install Windows 7 from a bootable USB flash drive created with the free DiskPart utility. by Larry Dignan
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Here's a tale of two PC titans: HP and Dell. One executes well every quarter. The other doesn't. Both see big PC upgrade cycles ahead. Both are looking to ride a bump in enterprise spending courtesy of Windows 7. Place your bets. by Larry Dignan
SeekingAlpha Internet Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: EBay ( EBAY ) is kicking off this key holiday shopping week with credits for sellers affected by a search outage over the weekend. The company on Saturday suffered a search outage “due to errors in some of our backend systems.” A search on products would lead to an error message or blank page. Six hours later service was restored mostly and...
SeekingAlpha Media Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Microsoft ( MSFT ) and News Corp. ( NWS ) are reportedly discussing a deal where Rupert Murdoch would take his properties and delist them from Google ( GOOG ). These sites would presumably wind up on Bing. The Financial Times reported that Microsoft and News Corp. have talked about de-indexing its news Web sites from Google. In addition: The Financial...
Between the Lines (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
SaaS and cloud computing: A look at the due diligencePosted by Larry Dignan @ 2:32 amThis is a guest post by TechRepublic’s Scott Lowe, CIO of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Lowe walks us through the software as a service and cloud computing due diligence. For more posts like this see TCloud computing, software as a service, outsourcing… to me, these are all synonymous terms....
SeekingAlpha Hardware Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Dell chief Michael Dell is projecting a Windows 7 upgrade cycle that could put PC growth “well into the teens.” What’s unclear is whether Dell will be able to grab a bigger share of the revenue pie or be outmaneuvered by rivals like HP ( HPQ ) and Acer. Following the company’s disappointing quarter , Dell executives said the timing...
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dell chief Michael Dell is projecting a Windows 7 upgrade cycle that could put PC growth "well into the teens." What's unclear is whether Dell will be able to grab a bigger share of the revenue pie. by Larry Dignan
CloudAve (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Larry Dignan at ZDNet makes an important point about the financial future of Mozilla Foundation. In his post, he points to Mozilla's over reliance on Google and wonders if it is good for its future. The financial for 2008 didn't show any downward trend. Rather, they showed a consolidated revenue of $78.6 million, up 5 percent from 2007. So, why is Larry worried about it then?...
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Google's Chrome OS from security to Web apps, Dreamforce wrap, AOL, Dell, and government IT lead today's headlines. by Larry Dignan
SeekingAlpha Hardware Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Dell’s ( DELL ) fiscal third quarter financials fell well short of estimates across the board. The company on Thursday reported third quarter net income of $337 million, or 17 cents a share. That tally is down 54 percent from a year ago. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 28 cents a share. Dell’s earnings included pre-tax expenses and other...
