As you may know, I'm not a huge fan of the Second Life buzz and especially the now-cliche Second Life meeting-press conference-party-brainstorming session. My biggest hurdle: I just don't get the appeal for companies or gamers.
Oracle has a new customer relations front man: Former HP CEO Mark Hurd. Oracle’s move to name former Hurd as co-president is going to be interesting to watch from a customer relations perspective. Why? Hurd’s arrival coincides with the departure of Charles Phillips.
The Android 3.0 Honeycomb preview has landed and for good measure the mobile operating system, which is optimized for tablets, has a few screenshots that serve as nice appetizers for those waiting for quality tablets that can compete with Apple's iPad.
What started as a blog conversation weeks ago about the state of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health has turned into a groundswell of stories. Apple says Jobs' health is a private matter, but it's gone quite public with stories in the New York Times, BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal.
HP spent $30.41 million in total compensation for ousted CEO Leo Apotheker. New CEO Meg Whitman landed $16.52 million in total compensation.
SAP provided another data point on the health of the tech economy, outlining that its fourth quarter performance is on track.
Dell will float bonds as it raises money potentially for new acquisitions. Hewlett-Packard's stronger balance sheet enabled it to trump Dell and win storage vendor 3Par.
Best Buy, Corning, Google and a bunch of other companies are dabbling in prediction markets for corporate decision making and there may even be a little return on investment given that traditional forecasting methods aren't better.Prediction markets are speculation hubs where traders predict future events.
Dell CEO Michael Dell has acquired about a $100 million worth of Dell shares in the last three days. Guess Mr.
Hewlett-Packard will pay a decent premium for the security software company, the Wall Street Journal reports, but nothing 3Par-like.