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Ballmer Gives Shareholders - and Dell - Cause for Optimism

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was all smiles at the company's shareholders meeting, as he touted the early success of Windows 7. Ballmer's cheer may have been contagious; after posting a massive earnings decline for the third quarter, Dell needed some ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Steve Ballmer,  Michael Dell,  Yahoo!,  Salesforce.com Inc

AA.com Sucks the Fun Out of Trip-Planning

Using AA.com to book a flight was a painful experience. Densely packed, disorganized information was displayed in an unattractive format. On the plus side, it did seem as though the deals American Airlines advertised were real and not mere ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, CRM Buyer,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: American Airlines,  Google Inc.,  U.S. Senate,  Salesforce.com Inc,  AT&T Inc.

Salesforce.com Pumps Up Volume of Workplace Chatter

Salesforce.com has developed a collaboration platform that puts social networking to work. Salesforce Chatter facilitates employee collaboration on projects through Facebook-like profiles, status updates, feeds and groups. The question remains whether ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, CRM Buyer,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Salesforce.com Inc,  Facebook Inc.,  NYSE,  Twitter Inc,  Microsoft Corporation

Senate Committee Flogs Big-Name E-Tailers for Sneaky Sales Tactics

If you don't carefully scrutinize each step of each online transaction, you might be buying more than you think. Many well-known e-tail operations have partnered with a trio of aggressive direct marketing firms that stick unwary customers with unwanted ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Omniture, Inc.,  AT&T Inc.,  Pew Research Center

Verizon Weaves AT&T-Bashing Witticisms Into Legal Doc

Verizon's aggressive ad campaign to belittle AT&T has found its way into court documents. The company apparently made a deliberate effort to use language that would translate well for a mainstream audience, rather than couching its response to AT&T's ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, MacNewsWorld,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  NYSE,  Verizon Wireless,  Federal Communications Commission,  Peter Morrissey

Road Warning: Swarms of Texting Teens Ahead

Efforts to persuade teens not to text while driving appear to be largely ineffective, judging from a new report from the Pew Research Center. The practice is as dangerous as driving drunk, studies have shown, but many teens apparently are unwilling to ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, TechNewsWorld,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Pew Research Center,  Omniture, Inc.,  Nintendo,  White House,  Twitter Inc

Ruling Snuffs Psystar's Mac Dreams

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has won a summary judgment in its copyright infringement case against Psystar. The Miami-based startup turned heads last year with its offer of a US$400 Mac clone -- that is, non-Apple hardware running the Mac OS X Leopard ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Apple, Inc.,  Steve Jobs

United Offers a Touch of Class

The first item to catch my eye was an unusual graphic. It was neither a 1) plane 2) automobile 3) hotel nor 4) iconic celebrity hawker. Instead it was a stylized drawing of a woman's outstretched leg with a big bow on her ankle. What message could this ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  16 Nov 2009

Dell's Mini 3 Android to Begin Global March in China

Dell has officially jumped into the smartphone arena, announcing that it will debut an Android model, Mini 3, in China and Brazil, with launches in other markets to follow. Though it may seem that an Android army is lining up against the iPhone, the ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, TechNewsWorld,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NYSE,  AT&T Inc.,  Maxis,  Gartner, Inc.,  Intel

Intel, AMD End Legal Hostilities

Rival chip companies Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) have forged an agreement to settle their legal conflicts. AMD has agreed to drop its litigation against Intel. In exchange, Intel will pay AMD US$1.25 billion and promise ...

From ERIKA MORPHY, E-Commerce Times,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AMD,  Intel,  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,  NYSE,  European Union

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