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 »
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]
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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.
Additional Apple-related shenanigans from CNBC as they report on Apple stock “tanking” in January following Steve Jobs’ poor health: More »
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Sorry Jimbo, you shouldn’t have gone there.
newVideoPlayer("CNBC_iPhone_gawker.flv", 475, 376);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 »
