Microsoft Backs out of Yahoo Deal Leaving the Shareholder at the Alter

As Microsoft Inc. Walked away from the negotiation table without a deal with Yahoo Inc., it is the Yahoo shareholder that seems to be suffering, at least for the short-term as the per-share price of Yahoo stock fell by 20 percent from their Friday close and 30 percent below the $33 per share price that Microsoft… Read

Blu-ray Won the Format War, but When Will Sales Pick Up?

Blu-ray sales are still lagging despite the victory of the format over HD DVD in the format war. Market research firm NPD Group released tracking data on Wednesday showing that sales of standalone Blu-ray players have for the most part, decreased in 2008. This does not include Sony PlayStation 3 or PCs with Blu-ray… Read

Hewlett-Packard Unveils New Memory Technology

Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday that a team of its scientists have designed a simple circuit element that they believe will enable computers that are small enough and powerful enough that they could imitate biological functions. The device is called a memristor and could make it possible to build extremely dense… Read

PETA Offers $1 Million for the Perfect Fake Meat

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, (PETA), is offering a $1 million prize for the first person to come up with the perfect fake meat. This would be meat commercially produced in viable quantities in a lab at competitive prices by the year 2012. This meat must be "in vitro" or test-tube grown, and current… Read

Microsoft Could Extend Windows XP if Customers Wish

Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said that the company really does listen to its customers and that is those customers want to extend the shelf life of its Windows XP operating system, then Microsoft will consider that extension. But Ballmer is still adamant that most people who buy new PCs today prefer to have… Read

Apple Makes Processor Company Acquisition

Apple Inc. switched not to long ago to Intel processors due in part to the heat dissipation. Intel's mobile processors offered better performance with less thermal issues that the mobile Power chips that Apple had been using. Reports are that Apple must see some of these same important characteristics in the PA… Read

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