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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 »
Business

Microsoft Profit Down 18%, Which Is Better Than Anybody Expected

2:47AM Matt Buchanan | Microsoft’s earnings don’t look rosy: Revenue’s down 14 per cent from last year, at $US12.92 billion, and net income’s down 18 per cent, to $US3.57 billion. But, that’s way better than anybody was estimating, which sent their stock up. Until CNBC screwed up the numbers, and immediately tanked the stock, costing people a lot of money. Fun time! [Microsoft, Alley Insider]
Business

There May Be A Touch Of Anti-Microsoft Bias On CNBC

7:00AM Adam Frucci | This exchange, as seen during a segment on Windows 7 on CNBC’s Street Signs this afternoon, doesn’t feature CNBC’s resident Apple knob-polisher Jim Goldman, surprisingly. But it might as well. Cable news, everybody! Consistently worthless.
Business

Even More Head-Scratching Apple Analysis From CNBC

6:00AM Jack Loftus | Additional Apple-related shenanigans from CNBC as they report on Apple stock “tanking” in January following Steve Jobs’ poor health: More »
Software

CNBC Is Ridiculous: Macs Come With Photoshop, PCs Need $US600 Extra to ‘Perform As Well As a Mac’

7:00AM Matt Buchanan | Regular people are probably confused by the re-inflamed Mac vs. PC ad war, which now focuses on price. Never fear, CNBC’s Jim Goldman breaks down the true cost of PCs. Wait, Macs come with Photoshop? More »
Press

Fakemodo: CNBC’s Jim Goldman’s Apple Sources Revealed

11:26AM Matt Buchanan | Sorry Jimbo, you shouldn’t have gone there. More »
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CNBC Goes on Cable BitchFest Thanks to Non-Access to iPhone

3:05PM Seamus Byrne | You think CNBC’s not bitter because they didn’t get an iPhone? Think again. Watch as solemn TV news voiceover meets an impudent teenage girl whose parents won’t…uh…give her an iPhone. Yeah, we didn’t think that metaphor through. More »