cnn money

Taking down the Apple and Google smartphone duopoly

Linux Today  Thu, 03/10/2011 - 21:02

CNN Money: "If apps were taken out of the equation, would you consider buying a Palm Pre? What about a BlackBerry Torch? Or a Windows Phone?"


 

BitTorrent Inventor Bram Cohen Talks to CNN Money

TorrentFreak  Sun, 01/16/2011 - 15:20

BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen talks to CNN money to discuss the rapid growth of BitTorrent in the last decade. Among other things he says that he never really considered that BitTorrent could be used to distribute video, because there wasn’t really any video online at the time.


 

Big Software has duped us for decades – Part I

Linux Today  Mon, 10/26/2009 - 01:04

CNN Money: "Here's how the software business really works: A software company charges your firm an enormous upfront licensing fee and locks you into escalating costs for decades to come, often using a set of hardball tactics."


 

Windows 7, like it or not

Linux Today  Fri, 10/16/2009 - 10:02

CNN Money: "When Microsoft launches Windows 7 next week, its biggest competitor — especially in the multi-user enterprises that are its target market — will not be Linux or Apple's Mac OS X, but Windows XP."


 

World Domination: The iPhone is #1 in Japan

Mashable!  Sat, 07/04/2009 - 14:40

iPhone ImageSince the release of the original iPhone in 2007, Apple’s smartphone has been on a steady climb upwards, taking huge chunks of the U.S. mobile phone market and giving even the BlackBerry a run for its money.

The arrival of the iPhone 3G S and the $99 iPhone only bring Apple one step closer to market domination.


 

Mob Wars CEO: Twitter Is Run by Hippies

Mashable!  Tue, 06/23/2009 - 18:49

Twitter LogoThere has been a very visible and public debate over how Twitter should generate revenue.

Clearly, Twitter has to make money or it will fail, but which path is best? Everything from social e-commerce to premium accounts have been thrown around as potential business models.


 

Obama vows antitrust crackdown

Linux Today  Mon, 05/11/2009 - 16:03

CNN Money: "President Obama's top antitrust official said Monday that the administration will aggressively crack down on antitrust violations, reversing a Bush-era policy that had weakened the government's ability to take on monopolies."