MYSPACE LOVE$ FACEBOOK VALUE  —  If Facebook is worth $15 billion, then MySpace is worth $65 billion.  —  That’s the take of RBC Capital Markets analyst David Bank, who applied the $357 Microsoft ascribed to each of Facebook’s 42 million registered users in Wednesday’s deal …

Source:   New York Post
Author:   Peter Lauria
Link:   http://www.nypost.com/seven/10262007/business…

Fastest Growing Facebook Group Now Has A Million Members  —  Unfortunately, the fastest growing Facebook group ever is not a very spontaneous affair; it’s part of a US presidential candidate’s campaign.  However, the results are quite astonishing.  —  Responding to Barack Obama’s Facebook …

Source:   Mashable!
Author:   Stan Schroeder
Link:   http://mashable.com/2007/10/26/fastest-growing…

‘Naughty’ Facebook App Throws Real-World Parties  —  It turned the real-life sex-toy trade into a popular virtual diversion; now it’s turning it back again.  Naughty Gifts, one of the most used Facebook applications, is throwing a series of adult parties in the real world this week.

Source:   Wired News
Author:   Robert Andrews
Link:   http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2007/10…

Office and Vista: Can’t we give Microsoft some props?  —  Microsoft posts its best fiscal first quarter in years and Wall Street cheers.  But the angst goes on.  — Derrick Shields at SeekingAlpha asks how can Microsoft stay competitive.  The common refrain: The days of Office and Vista are numbered.

Source:   Between the Lines
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Omniture To Buy Visual Sciences; Sees Q3 Results Above Old Guidance; Both Stocks Jump  —  Omniture (OMTR) late yesterday announced that it will buy Visual Sciences (VSCN), one of its primary rivals in the online business optimization business.  Omniture will pay $2.39 a share in cash and 0.49 shares of OMTR stock for each VSCN […]

AT&T Wants $300 From Wildfire Victim - They didn’t think to grab their Dish network receiver…  I was hit hard by the floods in the Northeast last year, having everything I owned destroyed by eight feet of raging mud water.  At the time, I was pleasantly surprised to find that neither …

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Nintendo rules out Wii price cut  —  TOKYO - Fresh off bumper earnings, Nintendo Co. ruled out a price cut for its smash-hit Wii video game console Friday and announced the company will being selling the Wii in China next year.  —  Profits at Nintendo have surged on the runaway success …

Source:   Associated Press
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Merrill’s Chief Is Said to Consider a Bid to Merge  —  Facing billions of dollars in losses from the subprime mortgage crisis, Merrill Lynch chairman and chief executive, E. Stanley O’Neal, floated the idea of a merger with a large bank, a foray that angered Merrill’s board and could cost him his job …

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More Goodies in Apple’s New Operating System  —  In today’s Times, I reviewed Apple’s latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard.”  I noted that Apple claims to have added over 300 new features.  —  Trouble is, if I tried to describe them all in my 1,280-word column, I’d have 4.3 words to describe and […]

Exclusive First Review: Asus Eee PC 701  —  Pound for pound, the best value-priced notebook on the planet.  —  Price: $399  —  This past weekend a circular advertised a Vista-powered laptop equipped with a Celeron processor, 14.1-inch display, an 80GB hard drive, and a DVD drive for only $399.

Source:   LAPTOP Magazine - Product reviews, […]