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HP Reports Q4 Profits, Raises Expectations For 2010
8:00PM Dan Nosowitz | HP reported their quarterly earnings today, and managed to beat expectations across the board, almost half a billion dollars above analyst predictions. Due to the positive news they’ve ramped up expectations for 2010 by $US1-2 billion. Suck it, recession! [ZDNet]
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Dell’s Net Income Drops 54%
3:31AM Mark Wilson | Bad news for Dell. With quarterly earnings reports in, their year-on-year revenue has dropped 15 per cent to just shy of $US13 billion, and their net income dropped 54 per cent to $US337 million. Surprisingly, Dell’s home PC business is up 17 per cent from last year, but they’re making less money off it, with revenue in that sector down 10 per cent. [Electronista]
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1:40AM Jesus Diaz | This year’s Microsoft shareholder meeting wasn’t a lot of fun for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates, thanks to shareholders grilling him about Apple and the iPhone with questions like the above. Ballmer smacked him right back: More »
Apple Vs Microsoft Wars Reach MS Shareholder Meeting
1:40AM Jesus Diaz | This year’s Microsoft shareholder meeting wasn’t a lot of fun for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates, thanks to shareholders grilling him about Apple and the iPhone with questions like the above. Ballmer smacked him right back: More »
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AOL’s Slow Death Continues: A Third Of Staff Must Go
2:07AM Danny Allen | After telling its investors that $US200 million has been put aside to jettison a third of its payroll, AOL is looking for 2500 staff to take voluntary redundancies — jump now, or be pushed later. More »
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11:40AM Adam Frucci | Steve Jobs wanted to turn Pixar into one of the biggest names in entertainment when Toy Story was released, according to Pixar’s 1996 annual report. You can’t help but compare his thoughts on the Pixar brand and the Apple brand. More »
Steve Jobs On Pixar Circa 1996
11:40AM Adam Frucci | Steve Jobs wanted to turn Pixar into one of the biggest names in entertainment when Toy Story was released, according to Pixar’s 1996 annual report. You can’t help but compare his thoughts on the Pixar brand and the Apple brand. More »
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Answers To 15 Google Interview Questions, Makes You Feel Stupid
6:58AM The Business Insider | Interviewing for a job at Google can be a nightmare experience. Reading about Google’s ridiculous interview questions, however, seems to be quite a lot of fun. Either that, or our readers are gluttons for punishment. More »
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6:02AM John Herrman | The words of Sir Howard Stringer, Chief Executive and Lead Turnaroundologist at the listing company, where no amount of superficially revamped game consoles and Christmas holidays seem to be able to brighten Sony’s outlook. More »
Live, From Sony’s Recovery Effort
6:02AM John Herrman | The words of Sir Howard Stringer, Chief Executive and Lead Turnaroundologist at the listing company, where no amount of superficially revamped game consoles and Christmas holidays seem to be able to brighten Sony’s outlook. More »
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Microsoft’s Pseudo Sudo Patent
3:34AM John Herrman | So, how exactly did Microsoft end up patenting Sudo, a years-old Linux command-line tool, without someone stepping in to stop them? Easy! They didn’t. More »
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Apple Beats Nokia In Profits, Apple Doesn’t Beat Nokia In Profits
2:09AM Jesus Diaz | While Nokia still commands the worldwide market share, Apple has finally overtaken them in profits. At least, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. Things are not that clear, however. More »
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7:40AM Sean Fallon | Clearly, there is a mutual respect and admiration between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Both have been complementary of each other in the past, but Gates had this to say about Jobs on CNBC last night. More »
Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple
7:40AM Sean Fallon | Clearly, there is a mutual respect and admiration between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Both have been complementary of each other in the past, but Gates had this to say about Jobs on CNBC last night. More » 
