SAP Announces 2006 Preliminary Results
WALLDORF, Germany, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP - News) announced today that after a preliminary review of its 2006 fourth quarter results, it expects fourth quarter product reve...
Phone Shows Apple's Impact on Consumer Products
Apple's new iPhone appears to be the clearest statement yet of what Steve Jobs's impact has been on consumer electronics. — It is not that he invents new technologies. He refines existing ones. — ...
eBay to buy ticketer StubHub for $310 million
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online auctioneer eBay Inc. <EBAY.O> has agreed to buy sports ticket reseller StubHub for $310 million in cash, the companies said on Wednesday, confirming an earlier report ...
MPAA Caught Uploading Fake Torrents
It is no secret that the MPAA and other anti-piracy organizations track down alleged pirates by uploading fake torrents. Up until now it was always unclear where those files came from, and how to ide...
Gates: PS3 will never have graphics advantage
Speaking with journalist and Xbox guru, Dean Takahashi, Bill Gates offered several jabs to both Sony and Nintendo in the wake of CES. Speaking on Nintendo, Gates expressed concern that the novelty of...
Does The iPhone Need Patents?
from the questions,-questions dept — A bunch of folks have noted that Steve Jobs seemed mighty excited about the 200 or so patents Apple has filed around some of the technology involved in the iPhon...
Senator to FCC: Don't even think about a broadcast flag
Senator John Sununu (R-NH) has just announced that his office is working on legislation that would prevent the FCC from creating specific technology mandates that have to be followed by consumer elect...
Breaking: MTV in Talks with Ziff Davis
1UP.com may soon join GameTrailers as part of MTV Networks. A well-placed source informed GameDaily BIZ that MTV Networks and Ziff Davis Media are currently negotiating a deal. More within... At th...
Scoble: Netflix is Dead
I consider Robert Scoble a good friend, but he is way off when he writes Netflix is Dead. He probably didn't know that Netflix is expected to unveil a digital download strategy this month, so I think...
eBay buys StubHub, online ticket reseller, for $310M
StubHub, an online site for reselling tickets to events, has been acquied by eBay for $310 million, minting the latest Silicon Valley millionaires in co-founders Jeff Fluhr and Eric Baker. — The con...
@ CES: PodTech's Bloghaus: To See It Is To Believe It
As I write, I'm at one end of a vast conference table strewn with cables, laptops in every size and make, and enough cameras to set up an eBay shop. In the room beyond the open glass doors, people ar...
Planned features for Firefox 3
In today's Firefox 3 (code name Gran Paradiso) meeting, developers released a preliminary list of requirements for Firefox 3. The new target release date is sometime in the third quarter this year. ...
Rumor: MTV acquiring 1UP, adding to their collection
GameDaily.biz reports a "highly-placed" source says MTV is looking to purchase 1UP.com and GameVideos.com from Ziff Davis. This seems probable considering Ziff Davis is selling the Ziff Davis Game Gr...
New PayPal key to help thwart phishers
Additional password-generating security measure should be opened to beta users within the next month — Over the next few months, Ebay will be offering its PayPal users a new tool in the fight agains...
Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft all sued over game controllers
Who knew that game controllers were such contested territory? First Sony got sued for using rumble in their gamepads, and now Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony are all charged with patent infringement.
The Real Deal On Xbox 360 IPTV With Pics and Video
It seems that there's been a lot of confusion over what exactly IPTV on the Xbox 360 is bringing to the table, and moreover, what it'll take to bring it to your table. So I sat down with Microsoft to...
Apple Computer Is Dead; Long Live Apple
In a two-hour speech at Macworld, Steve Jobs redefined the iPod, the mobile phone and his own company. — Holy Trinity: The iPhone is a full-screen iPod, smart phone and Internet device—all in one —...