By podcast@zdnet.com (Dan Farber, Larry Dignan and David Berlind).
Entellium executives arrested by FBI for making up revenue figures. Software as a service company Entellium’s future is uncertain after its CEO and CFO were arrested by the FBI for inflating sales to land venture capital. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release that CEO Paul Thomas Johnson, 40, and Parrish Jones, 39, were arrested by the FBI for basically making up revenue [...]
Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.. The blogosphere was abuzz this morning with news of a sub-$1,000 Mac notebook - based on a price list that was given to retail stores (and subsequently leaked to bloggers). But where’s the confirmation from Apple? The company wouldn’t announce some sort of milestone - and a sub-$1,000 notebook is a milestone - without [...]
Churchill Club podcast: Irrational decisions and the rational people who make them. Renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, say that anyone–under the right set of circumstances–is capable of irrational action. But irrational behavior is not random. In conversation with Guy Kawasaki–one of the Club’s most popular moderators–the authors of, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior will reveal proven strategies to counteract [...]
By Dan Farber, Larry Dignan and David Berlind.
By podcast@zdnet.com (Dan Farber, Larry Dignan and David Berlind).
Economy-pinched semiconductor industry: How to ride the storm. The credit crisis and overall economic downturn is starting to hit the semiconductor industry, which saw 5.5 percent sales growth in August. Research firm iSuppli has cut its 2008 sales growth forecast for the semiconductor industry from 4 percent to 3.5 percent and potentially even more if economic conditions continue to worsen, according to a [...]
Facebook: Revenue plan by 2011; Growth is key for now.. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s more focused on growing the social networking site than he is in finding a way to monetize it - at least for now. In a Q&A interview with German blog Netzökonom, Zuckerberg has basically given himself and the company three years to come up with a revenue plan that [...]
News to know: Appleâs $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business. Here are todayâs notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look whoâs buying Vista Home Basic (hint: itâs not home users) Facebook: Revenue plan by 2011; Growth is key for now Robert [...]
The Apple II is baaaaccckk (via emulator). In the Friday nostalgia department, TechRepublic’s John Sheesley has unearthed an emulator for the Apple II. All you need is a browser and you’re off to memory lane. Sheesley writes: Unlike the TRS-80 Model I Basic emulator page, the Virtual Apple site doesnât use a Java machine. Instead, it uses an Active X control if youâre using [...]
By podcast@zdnet.com (Dan Farber, Larry Dignan and David Berlind).
Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projects. Forrester Research in a report is confirming that the credit crunch is beginning to hit technology services firms. The extent of the damage is unclear, but IBM’s lower-than-expected third quarter revenue (its earnings are stronger than expected) may indicate something worse is afoot. Forrester’s report indicates that customers are putting off new projects, trying to negotiate new [...]
Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM. A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.9 million shares, or 0.14 percent, of Yahoo, said Microsoft has a window of opportunity to act 1) while [...]
By podcast@zdnet.com (Dan Farber, Larry Dignan and David Berlind).
My three cents: Verizonâs text fee could cripple SMS services. Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. (Techmeme) Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that’s everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced to pay an additional fee [...]
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