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Archive for October 2nd, 2007

Google To $2000/Share? Somebody Muzzle Blodget (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Google To $2000/Share?  Somebody Muzzle Blodget  —  Henry Blodget made his name by predicting outlandish price increases for Internet stocks in the late nineties.  A lot of people lost a lot of money (or, all their money) by listening to his recommendations.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/google-to…

Google To $2000/Share? Somebody Muzzle Blodget (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Google To $2000/Share?  Somebody Muzzle Blodget  —  Henry Blodget made his name by predicting outlandish price increases for Internet stocks in the late nineties.  A lot of people lost a lot of money (or, all their money) by listening to his recommendations.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/02/google-to…

Microsoft’s new Zunes: officially in 80, 8, and 4GB sizes (Ryan Block/Engadget)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Microsoft’s new Zunes: officially in 80, 8, and 4GB sizes  —  We love a good non-mystery around here, and Microsoft’s new Zunes are about as un-mysterious as they get.  But we also love a good product refresh, and now that the cat’s officially out of the bag we can really dig into the new Zunes […]

Microsoft to Increase Ad Business (Victoria Shannon/New York Times)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Microsoft to Increase Ad Business  —  Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, vowing that the company’s $6 billion plunge into the ad business two months ago was not just an experiment, said today that advertising would become 25 percent of the company’s business within a few years.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Victoria Shannon
Link: […]

Microsoft: Yep, New Zunes. And DRM-Free Music? (Peter Kafka/Silicon Alley Insider)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Microsoft: Yep, New Zunes.  And DRM-Free Music?  —  Our spy in Seattle (actually, 20 minutes or so outside of Bellevue) tells us that Microsoft did indeed show off new Zunes today - a $149, 4 gig version and a $199, 8 gig model, both of which use flash memory, and an $249, 80 gig version […]

Microsoft: Yep, New Zunes. And DRM-Free Music? (Peter Kafka/Silicon Alley Insider)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Microsoft: Yep, New Zunes.  And DRM-Free Music?  —  Our spy in Seattle (actually, 20 minutes or so out of Bellevue) tells us that Microsoft did indeed show off three new Zunes today - a $149, 4 gig version and a $199, 8 gig model, both of which use flash memory, and an $249, 80 gig […]

First RIAA trial gets under way with jury selection, opening statements (Eric Bangeman/Ars Technica)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

First RIAA trial gets under way with jury selection, opening statements  —  Duluth, Minnesota — Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas (the name of the suit changed after the RIAA dropped the sole Virgin recording from the case) got under way this morning in Courtroom One of the Federal Building in Duluth.

Source:   Ars […]

Steve Ballmer still doesn’t understand social networking (Robert Scoble/Scobleizer)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Steve Ballmer still doesn’t understand social networking  —  A few years ago I wrote to Microsoft’s leadership and asked them why they weren’t involved in the new Web 2.0 space.  I got an answer back that was about 2,000 words long and included the words “business value” 13 times.

Source:   Scobleizer
Author:   Robert Scoble
Link:   […]

Google to $2,000 a Share?* (Henry Blodget/Silicon Alley Insider)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Google to $2,000 a Share?  *  —  A reader complained that we’ve been nothing but negative of late—recession, Microsoft, Yahoo, newspapers, music, dying TV ads, etc.—so we’ll brighten your afternoon with some rip-roaring positivity.  —  Remember a couple years back when some analyst floated …

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Henry Blodget
Link:   http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/10/google-to-2000…

Google to $2,000 a Share? (Henry Blodget/Silicon Alley Insider)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Google to $2,000 a Share?  —  A reader complained that we’ve been nothing but negative of late—recession, Microsoft, Yahoo, newspapers, music, dying TV ads, etc.—so we’ll brighten your afternoon with some rip-roaring positivity.  —  Remember a couple years back when some analyst floated …

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Henry Blodget
Link:   http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/10/google-to-2000…