The Register - ManagementBiting the hand that feeds ITNvidia throws itself under the bus with chip defect, delays and lost sales- July 3, 2008 The $200m laptop failure surprise Nvidia issued some somber news for shareholders today, revealing a financial forecast cut short due to slowing sales, a delayed ramp for new product, and a hefty payout due to faulty laptop chips.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/03/nvidia_forecast_glitch/ Dell buys into Dell for $100m- July 3, 2008 He's a believer in pocket change Dell's rebirth as a technology juggernaut is well underway. Just ask Michael Dell.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/03/dell_mr_buys_shares/ Alan Sugar leaves Amstrad- July 2, 2008 You're retired Sir Alan Sugar is leaving Amstrad a year after he sold the set-top box maker business to BSkyB.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/sugar_leaves_amstrad/ eBay Australia faces PayPal fury- July 2, 2008 Aussies unconvinced by PayPal-only policy eBay Australia's attempt to force all sellers to use PayPal is failing to win over users and still faces a competition investigation.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/ebay_australia_paypal_batt... DoJ to probe Google Yahoo! deal- July 2, 2008 While Microsoft seeks partners for renewed bid The US Department of Justice is to open a formal investigation into Yahoo!'s partnership with Google, fearing it will reduce competition in the online advertising market.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/doj_probe_google/ How to beat AVG's fake traffic spew- July 2, 2008 A header to save the internet Updated As the AVG LinkScanner continues to spew fake traffic across the internet, web masters say they've uncovered a reliable means of filtering these rogue hits from their log files.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/02/linkscanner_fake_traffic_t... Microsoft searches for meaning with Powerset buy- July 1, 2008 Beats Google. Semantically speaking The rumors were true. Microsoft is buying Powerset, the San Francisco-based semantic search startup.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/01/microsoft_buys_powerset/ Google plays musical chairs with affiliate ad networks- July 1, 2008 Double Clickization Google has bagged one affiliate network in favor of another.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/01/google_juggles_affiliate_p... Google free to offload '$1bn' AOL stake- July 1, 2008 What does $1bn get you these days Today is the first day that Google can sell its stake in AOL, picked up in exchange for $1bn as part of a wider video and advertising partnership between the two signed in 2005.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/01/google_aol_stake/ US regulators lapse into state of approval for HP's EDS buy- July 1, 2008 Deal receives official 'meh' US regulators are letting Hewlett-Packard's planned $13.9bn purchase of computer services giant Electronic Data Systems (EDS) go through without much anti-trust fuss.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/01/hp_eds_no_us_antitrust_con... |