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Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz just gave the company’s entire search business to Microsoft for a song. Apparently, Bartz is fully aware that the ten-year agreement with Ballmer doesn’t bode well for Yahoo’s future. Just months before making Yahoo commit seppuku, Bartz made $2 million from selling Yahoo stock. [Read more…]
Originally posted on September 7, 2009 @ 7:22 am
News Corporation, which is just one of a number of publishers considering charging for online news coverage, should take note of a recent UK survey which revealed just five per cent of respondents would pay to access walled content.
Unsurprisingly, three-quarters said that if their favourite online news source decided to charge for access, they’d simply find another free site instead, while eight per cent said they’d just look at the service’s free headlines and forego access to complete content. [Read more…]
Originally posted on September 21, 2009 @ 5:23 am
The ASUS Eee PC made netbooks sexy. Now this girl is making the Eee PC sexy. Hot Asian model Momojing appears in ads for the popular little device, wearing considerably less than office attire.
There was a time when Linux and hot chicks didn’t mix. Now they’re stripping to their undies for Linux devices. Go figure.
Originally posted on August 31, 2009 @ 11:13 pm
Finally, someone at Apple has officially conceded what we knew all along — that the Mac OS X Snow Leopard upgrade DVD can be used to upgrade any Intel-based Mac, though the company frowns at such a practice and points at the licensing agreement.
After some squirming and question avoidance, Alan Eyzaguire, director of software product marketing at Apple EMEA, told Charles Arthur at The Guardian that customers could buy the SL upgrade disc and use it directly, instead of buying the four-times-more-expensive “Mac Box Set” that’s meant for users of Tiger and earlier operating systems.
Alan repeatedly extolled the virtues of both iWork 09 and iLife 09, which come in the full-blown box set, as reasons why Mac users will play fair and buy that version. [Read more…]
Originally posted on September 14, 2009 @ 12:26 pm
In a move described as “next generationâ€, Tesco (UK retailer) and Microsoft have announced a new deal whereby customers buying selected DVDs from Tesco stores will be able to download a digital copy of the same film.
Using Microsoft’s Silverlight technology, and with the backing of major film studios, this digital copy will be downloadable to either PC or Mac, offering a “virtual DVD experience†and promising a range of additional features including auto-updating trailers, exclusive bonus content, online chat and related merchandising.
Yes, it’s mainly aimed at making the companies involved more money — expect copious links to Tesco’s music download service and other partner web sites. [Read more…]
Originally posted on September 9, 2009 @ 5:15 am