Apple Reaches Deeper Into PC Market For Holiday SeasonOpen in New Window
Apple has lowered the price of the entry-level, 13-inch white plastic MacBook by $100 to $999. Antone Gonsalves writes "The price cut is also important as PC makers head toward the Christmas season unsure of how the Wall Street meltdown will affect consumer spending." read more »
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Apple Sued For Monopolizing MP3 Music Player MarketOpen in New Window
Luxpro alleges that Apple has used illegal tactics, such pressuring Luxpro's retail partners to stop selling Luxpro music players like the Super Tangent. read more »
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EBay Turns To Analytics As A ServiceOpen in New Window
Richard Winter writes, "EBay's virtual private data marts have been quite successful--hundreds have been created, with 50 to 100 in operation at any one time. They've eliminated the company's need for new physical data marts that cost an estimated $1 million apiece and require the full-time attention of several skilled employees to provision." read more »
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Where are we going?Open in New Window
Dan Kimerling summarizes suggestions from IT gurus Tim O'Reilly and Dave McClure on surviving the upcoming economic downturn. read more »
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During Tough Times, The Echo Chamber Can Be Your Best FriendOpen in New Window
Brian Solis offers some great thoughts on using the economic downturn as tech startups. read more »
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Things left unsaid, in a recent interview with Sony's CEOOpen in New Window
Angela Gunn evaluates the highpoints of Charlie Rose's interview of Sony CEO Sir Harold Stringer and also raises several unanswered questions. read more »
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Wall Street's Wild Ride: Analyst Predicts Hope For TechOpen in New Window
K.C.Jones posts on InformationWeek that "U.S. stocks extended their losses as the Dow Jones industrial average closed down for the eighth day in a row, but the Nasdaq closed up slightly as tech stocks fared slightly better than others." read more »
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U.S. Navy Intranet Realizes Big Savings Through VirtualizationOpen in New Window
EDS has helped the military in consolidating 1,200 x86 servers down to 200, each hosting multiple VMware ESX virtual machines. read more »
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