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Google announced that it would pay 3.1 billion for the ad outfit DoubleClick.This is less of a function of the value but more about what it can provide Google (and what is could have done for Microsoft).DoubleClick has something that Google doesn't have; a vibrant advertising business for banners/display...

Environmental concerns are starting to become a bigger issue for data centers.Today this impacts only the big users, but soon everyone will be affected.Data Center Power consumption is on the rise.

Dell said its board’s audit committee had “identified a number of accounting errors, evidence of misconduct, and deficiencies in the financial control environment.”Dell also said it was working with its independent auditors to determine whether it would have to revise financial statements.Dell did not...

Motorola makes a quarter of the world’s mobile phones but it has been plagued over the last six months by sluggish profits.Motorola had tried to gain market share too aggressively, instead of focusing on better profit margins and innovative new features.

The wireless communications giants have long depended on minutes packages, broad coverage and trendy phones.Looking to help retain and attract customers, each of the major players is avidly inking exclusive content deals with sports and entertainment properties.The biggest issue for all the wireless...

Deal makes strategic senseOracle will be successful at being the lens through which SAP most important customers view and analyze data

NPD marketing manager David Riley offered to clear up some potential discrepancies with regard to how previous NPD launch week data for Windows operating systems has been reported.Some retailers surveyed provided NPD with monthly sales data rather than weekly. As a result, NPD decided to no longer extrapolate...

Bill Gates discusses the new operating system, Zune and his future.Discussion also included computing capabilities, Linux and the $100 laptop.Finally discussion points included Steve Jobs.

1. SanDisk is warning of declining margins2. More competitive landscape as the price per megabyte sold has declined 62% over the past year

1. Apple and AT&T will earn more after the sale than on it2. The cost of making the phone is not the cost of goods to providers