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- Waiting Game for Sun Micro
- Tech Confidential submits: The worker bees at Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) are biting their nails. As one Sun employee told me Tuesday, the EU's deadline to approve Oracle Corp.'s (NASDAQ:ORCL) $7.4 billion bid for the server maker is Thursday. Assuming the deal gets approval, "all hell breaks loose"...
- External links 2009-09-02
- Salesforce Quietly Backing Startups
- Tech Confidential submits: Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE:CRM) has quietly invested in several startups and wants to do more. Practice Fusion, a San Francisco startup that develops free Web-based programs to help physicians manage their practices, announced Wednesday that it had secured a minority investment of less than $10 million...
- External links 2009-08-07
- Bill Gates Speaks: On Physics, Terrapower, and Google Chrome
- Tech Confidential submits: In a wide-ranging interview with Cnet's Ina Fried, Bill Gates talks about some of the projects he's been working on since retiring from day-to-day operations at Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) a year ago, including a startup called TerraPower, which is developing a new design for nuclear...
- External links 2009-07-15
- Google Aims Directly at Microsoft with Chrome OS
- Tech Confidential submits: To be a fly on the wall at Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley, Idaho, confab as always would be an interesting experience. However, this year's event, while potentially overshadowed by the G8 Summit, promises to be as exciting as ever, especially in light of the...
- External links 2009-07-08
- What Software Theft Could Cost Goldman
- Tech Confidential submits: By now you've probably heard about former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) employee and ballroom dancer Sergey Aleynikov being arrested for allegedly stealing the computer codes for the firm's high-speed trading platform, but what could the theft actually cost the bank? Well, if prosecutors...
- External links 2009-07-07
- Is Nintendo the Apple of Steve Jobs' Eye?
- Tech Confidential submits: The Wall Street Journal ran an intriguing article about the brewing competition between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and video game company Nintendo Co. (NTDOY.PK). It is the latest in a vein of stories about Apple's efforts to crack open the market for casual, mobile games via...
- External links 2009-11-12
- Oracle vs. EC: Prepare for a Fight
- Tech Confidential submits: European antitrust regulators have come out with their objections to Oracle Corp.'s (NASDAQ:ORCL) pending $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA), as expected. Another not-so-big surprise: Oracle is coming out swinging.In a statement issued Monday afternoon in response to the European Commission's objections (which...
- External links 2009-11-10
- Microsoft Earnings Preview
- Tech Confidential submits: Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Friday morning earnings announcement on the results of its fiscal 2010 first quarter will cap a jam-packed week for the software maker, following the launch of Windows 7, the opening of its first retail stores, the unveiling a revamped online store...
- External links 2009-10-23
- Larry Ellison Pleads While Sun Bleeds
- Tech Confidential submits: Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison apparently just couldn't sit around any longer and watch his prey -- in this case, Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) -- suffer.Ellison, who said last month that every month the $7.4 billion acquisition is delayed amounts to a $100 million...
- External links 2009-10-21
- IBM Q3 Earnings Preview
- Tech Confidential submits: Analyst estimates for IBM Corp.'s (NYSE:IBM) third quarter have been rising over the last month, with the consensus now at $2.38 per share. The company reports earnings on Thursday."IBM has improved its gross profit margin in 19 of the last 20 quarters," reports iStockAnalyst. "That...
- External links 2009-10-13
- Microsoft Earnings Preview: More Layoffs?
- Tech Confidential submits: Will Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announce more layoffs on Thursday, when it is expected to report fiscal third-quarter earnings after the stock market closes? "We expect results to be below our revenue/EPS outlook, reflecting continued weakness in enterprise spending," writes Sid Parakh, an analyst at...
- External links 2009-04-23
- Here Come the Sun Lawsuits
- Tech Confidential submits: It was only a matter of time until Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) shareholders vented their frustration with the company's unwillingness to strike a deal with IBM Corp. (NASDAQ:IBM). A Reuters report said two securities litigation firms, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins and Cotchett Pitre...
- External links 2009-04-09
- Oracle Buys VC-Backed Virtual Iron
- Tech Confidential submits: Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) has bought another piece of the virtualization landscape, announcing a deal Wednesday to acquire Virtual Iron Inc.When we last wrote about Virtual Iron, in January 2008, it had just raised a $20 million round, bringing the total funding in the company to...
- External links 2009-05-13
- Microsoft to Buy SAP? A 'Random Rumor,' Says Ballmer
- Tech Confidential submits: Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) sold a $3.75 billion debt issue in its entrance into the U.S. corporate bond market on Monday, sparking speculation the company may be about to make a large acquisition of, say, SAP AG (NYSE:SAP), the German business software firm."It strikes me as...
- External links 2009-05-12
- Rosetta Stone Earnings Preview
- Tech Confidential submits: Rosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE:RST) will report its earnings after the stock markets close Monday for the first time since becoming a public company. All eyes will be watching how the market continues to react to Rosetta, whose successful IPO in April has led many to...
- External links 2009-05-11
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- Google: Considering M&A After All?
- Tech Confidential submits: Eric Schmidt has been making the rounds, it appears. The Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) chief recently sat down for a wide-ranging interview with TechCrunch, and now he's telling Japanese paper The Nikkei that the Internet search leader has "begun seriously looking at acquisitions again," particularly among...
- External links 2009-09-03
- OpenTable Won't Open IPO Window
- Tech Confidential submits: Online restaurant reservation company OpenTable Inc. is on deck to go public this week, and it's sure to create a bit more of a stir than the other recent new offerings.OpenTable hearkens back to the tech IPO glory days at the start of this decade....
- External links 2009-05-19
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