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Thursday, 19 March 2009

Facebook Could Take Out Google, IBM Goes For Sun, Time Inc. To Charge For Content

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Facebook Could Kill Google -- Analyst

Ross Sandler of RBC has done what every good analyst should do, which is say something interesting. What Ross has said is that, at its current growth rate, Facebook will surpass Google in size by 2011-2012. Read >

Pressure On RIM, Google, Microsoft To Catch Up To Apple
Music Apps Don't Get Much Help From iPhone 3.0



IBM May Finally Take Sun Out Of Its Misery
After months of knocking on doors at HP and Dell, Sun Microsystems may have found itself a buyer. Read >

White House Calls Vivek Kundra's 1997 Theft Conviction 'Youthful Indiscretion'
Should a crime committed 12 years ago stick with you forever?

That's the question being asked of America's CIO Vivek Kundra. Earlier this week, it surfaced Vivek pled guilty to a charge of misdemeanor theft (less than $300) back in 1997, when he was 22.
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Zucker Loves Hulu, But He's About To Kill It
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker is one of those old media bosses who likes to lament that analog dollars translate into digital pennies. But not at yesterday morning's Digital Hollywood keynote in midtown Manhattan. Read >

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Time Inc. To Start Charging For Online Content
Time Inc. publications including SI.com, Time.com, CNNMoney.com and EW.com will experiment with mixing paid and free content in the next 8 months, EVP John Squires told reporters gathered yesterday at the company's NYC headquarters. The reason: Too much ad inventory on the Internet. We caught up with John afterward and asked him to explain further. Read >


Microsoft's New Silverlight Already Out
The new version of Microsoft's would-be Adobe Flash killer comes out early. Read >


Aggressive Acquisitions Won't Help Lift Tech Stocks
In response to our argument that big tech stocks won't lead the next bull market, a number of commenters responded, arguing that big tech might be immune to disruption because with massive amounts of cash on hand these companies can buy the winners of tomorrow.

Of all the arguments in favor of big tech, this is by far the most specious. Read >


Protectionist China Keeps World Of Warcraft Off The Shelves
Mega-blockbuster World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King still isn't on sale in China, waiting on approval from Chinese censors who are nitpicking over "skeletons" in the game. And now it's looking less and likely Activision Blizzard's latest will get approval anytime soon -- China is vowing to make it harder and harder for games like WoW to get the thumbs up. Read >


NBC Boss Explains Why Boxee Users Can't Have Hulu
Why does the TV industry need to keep Web video off your big-screen TV? Not because it hates technology. But because it hasn't figured out how to many money off Web video yet -- and needs you to keep watching TV on your TV. Read >

Microsoft Wins The 2010 Olympics For Silverlight
Another Great Geeky NYT Art Project By Christoph Niemann
Sony Slashes Its Dividend
Hulu's Latest Commercial Stars Family Guy Creator Seth McFarlane

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