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[2005-07-30] DVD Wars Looking For the 20th Century Fox
Blu-Ray launched another offensive in the DVD war in the form of the 20th Century Fox studio. Make no bones about it; it is a war as Sony, Toshiba and all the companies who've signed off on the respective high definition formats continue to look for an edge.
[2005-07-28] Surviving Website Identity Theft
Every now and then you read about identity theft. I am not talking about the theft of your personal identity, sure that happens too, I am talking about the theft of a website's identity. The big question is: What should you do if somebody with deeper pockets and more push creates a website similar to yours, stealing your limelight, and your hard earned visitors? Let me answer your question from my own experience.
[2005-07-27] AOL Mobilizes Search For Cell Phones
America Online (AOL) announced a new mobile search service for mobile phones on Wednesday. The news release said the AOL division of Time Warner is testing a new suite of services that give users access to Search, Pinpoint Shopping and AOL Yellow Pages.
[2005-07-26] Infineon Chokes On €240 Million Loss
Infineon Technologies added padding to their losses in the third quarter to the tune of €240 million. This hit more than doubled its losses of €114 million from the previous quarter.
[2005-07-26] Amazon.Com Likes Free Flowing Cash
Amazon.com announced second quarter earnings and their primary goal of increasing cash flow was realized. Free cash flow topped $486 million, up 37%. Amazon, the world largest online retailer has been fighting to maintain its grip in the wake of many retailers heading to the Internet.
[2005-07-25] Video Game Gadfly Goes After Sims2
So you thought the dirty video game scandals were over? Not by a long shot! Miami attorney Jack Thompson got a fresh horse and began his next charge in his never ending attempt to expurgate video games and expunge media in general of material he finds offensive.
[2005-07-25] Microsoft Looks Into The Vista
Microsoft's named their new version of Windows something other than the code name of Longhorn. Vista's the name of the new Windows, due out sometime in late 2006. I think liked Longhorn better.
[2005-07-23] Microsoft: Windows Vista Coming Online
Microsoft announced on Friday the name of its newest version of Windows best known as Longhorn. The new name, Vista, is the official name of Microsoft's newest operating system, due out in late 2006, probably around the holidays and a server version will be out in 2007.
[2005-07-20] Subscription Base Revenue Stream for Blogs - PixelPass
I just stumbled upon PixelPass - a method of adding an income stream to your blog where your readers pay a small monthly fee to subscribe to your content.
[2005-07-20] Broadband Speed Freaks Shifting To Overdrive
Broadband access through TV cable could smoke the competition shortly with predictions of 100 megabits-a-second download speeds as early next year. This is 50 time faster than average download speeds on the market now.
[2005-07-19] Microsoft Sues Google Over China Exec
Microsoft filed suit against former exec Kai-Fu Lee and Google claiming Lee and his new employer violated Microsoft's employee confidentiality and non-compete agreement.
[2005-07-18] So You Want to be a "Google Advertising Professional"
If you consider yourself a Google Adwords Expert and handle your own or other Adwords accounts for clients you may want to become a "Google Advertising Professional".
[2005-07-18] Business Website Content: How Much?
How much should you pay for web content? It depends on what you can expect to get back on your investment. A web content writer can increase your site's revenue 20% or more.
[2005-07-18] Apple Seeding New iPod
Apple announced their 500 millionth download and with it, 10 iPods and an iTunes gift card for 10,000 and free trip to go see Coldplay. Nice. This statistic show just how much iTunes is dominating the market over other download services. So what can Apple do for an encore? I want my iPodTV.
[2005-07-18] Big Business Web Design Disasters
When you think of the world's most successful businesses, what names come to mind? Most likely, consumer-oriented giants such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Sheraton, Disney, IBM, and General Electric. Not only have they spent billions on advertising to buy their way into your head. They offer convenient products and services that have made them a part of your life.
[2005-07-18] Web Analytics: Getting It Right
Understanding and using web analytics.
[2005-07-16] Discovery On The Internet
Many eyes right watch NASA and the Discovery as they work to resolve the fuel sensor problem and get the shuttle back in the sky. A best-case scenario would be Sunday but more likely it will be later in the week. Certainly less dramatic but certainly work mentioning is the fact that some eyes will be able to watch the mission in an entirely new way, over the Internet.
[2005-07-16] Groceries Charge Visa on Fees
A large group of national grocery chains have levied their lawyers at credit card monolith Visa USA claiming Visa's fee system is unfair in a federal antitrust lawsuit.
[2005-07-16] Technorati Versus Bloglines
So, back to Berlind's fact check -- then I'm taking off the rest of the day. Let's look. Bloglines wins: 8 times compared to Technorati's 5 wins, so overall Bloglines wins the link contest. Ties: 1 ...
[2005-07-14] Web Technology in Marketing: Friend or Foe?
Every independent professional should have a web site, an ezine, and an email marketing strategy, right? If you're not taking maximum advantage of web technology to market your professional services, you are behind the times, and missing out on huge opportunities. At least that's what most marketing experts would have you believe. But how valid is this advice? And is it for everyone?
[2005-07-14] RSS as a Change Agent
To better understand how RSS is changing the way companies and individuals deliver and consume content on the macro scale, let us first remember how content is traditionally delivered and consumed.
[2005-07-14] Crude Oil Tanks After Dodging Hurricanes
August contract crude dropped more than two dollars a barrel on reports that Hurricane Emily will completely avoid oil fields. Gasoline and heating oil, taking a hint also plummeted. These are lowest prices in over two weeks for oil.
[2005-07-12] EU Inside Intel: Antitrust Raids
Computing processor giant Intel continues to wade through antitrust and monopoly charges levied against them by AMD. Today, the EU antitrust authorities raided Intel's offices in Swindon, England and in Munich looking for evidence in the antitrust suit.
[2005-07-12] CNOOC Continues To Play Hardball For Unocal
The Chinese National Offshore Oil Company told the Financial Times they might just up the ante up and over their $18.5 billion bid for California based Unocal. The bid, China hoped would be just another business deal but as this saga continues, its international proportions continue to grow.
[2005-07-11] First Impressions Reduce Exit Clicks
You've done it all right …content, title tags, descriptions, keywords, advertisers, link partners and Google has approved you as an AdSense publisher!
[2005-07-08] Oil Traders Remember Dennis the Menace
Light sweet crude prices started cranking out hits this morning in a rally that's taken the price back up to $61.75 and gas prices will make you squeal as they hit $1.86 in morning trades. Brent Crude is back up over $60 on the IPE in London this morning. Traders shook off the bombing because they're much more scared of Dennis.
[2005-07-07] Crude Oil Plummets After London Disaster
Light sweet crude, after opening at a record high of $62.30, this morning plummeted to $59.05 after news of the London subway bombings on Thursday morning. The price started a rally but didn't go back above $61.
[2005-07-06] 2012 Olympic Battle Over: London Claims Games
London takes home the gold for 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made their announcement on Wednesday, just a couple of hours ago. The competition pitted cities like Moscow, Paris, New York, Madrid and London against one another to prove which city could do the best job of hosting the international spectacle.
[2005-07-06] Cotton Subsidies And The Bigger Battle Beyond
Much of the western world advocates free trade but they rarely seem to practice it. The WTO ruled against the United States providing subsidies for cotton farmers, saying the system violated international trade rules by giving massive financial backing that supports the higher prices of the U.S. cotton industry.
[2005-07-04] Deutsche Telekom Dumping T-Mobile USA?
The fourth largest mobile phone service company in the U.S. may soon have a for sale sign in the window depending on high level discussions within European cell phone giant Deutsche Telekom turns up.
[2005-07-02] AMD Out For Blood: Going After Intel In Japan
Advance Micro Devices filed suit in Tokyo High Court against processor powerhouse Intel for some $50 million. The suit accuses Intel of paying massive amounts of moolah to Japanese computer companies to keep them from using AMD chips.
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