| Galaxy Tab, IE9, and Intel's Sandy Bridge on PCWorld Podcast #91 Intel unveils its new chip design, Internet Explorer 9 goes beta, and Samsung announces the Galaxy Tab. Internet Explorer - Intel Sandy Bridge - PC World - Clients - WWW feeds.pcworld.com |
Gears of War 3 Delayed Epic Games admits the next game in the series is unlikely to ship until late 2011. Epic Games - Gear of war - Gears of War 3 - Microsoft - Games feeds.pcworld.com |
Goldman Suggests Microsoft Start Bending Spoons With Its Mind Paul Kedrosky submits: In a note Sunday night, Goldman Sachs analysts paddle Microsoft's (MSFT) ass for not living up to its expectations. They downgrade the firm to neutral, then say Microsoft needs to do the following to get back into Goldman's good graces: A materially increased dividend beyond the recent 23% increase, moving Microsoft into the top 20 dividend-paying companies in the S&P 500 in terms of dividend yield. We believe this would open the door to a larger investor base and keep the company more diligent from a spending perspective.A coherent consumer strategy that could involve paring back investments and/or divesting more peripheral assets such as gaming.Market leadership in Cloud. Microsoft has a strong portfolio of enterprise data center assets and could become a leader in Cloud deployments, but the competitive environment remains highly in flux, with Microsoft still not a clear “winner,” in our view. Oh, that's all? Just a giant increase in the dividend, a coherent strategy in a segment of the market that has had Microsoft bolloxed for more than a decade, and leadership in a new segment dominated by nimbler startups? Pulling this off would be like Microsoft learning Geller-ian magic tricks, the equivalent of being able to bend spoons with its brain. Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Click Fraud Incidence Shoots up in Q3 The click fraud rate rose to 22.3 percent in Q3. feeds.pcworld.com |
Oprah Publicity Stunt Showers Audience With Kinect, Xbox 360s In another stand-up-and-scream promotional giveaway, talk show diva Oprah Winfrey lavishes Xbox 360s loaded with Kinect motion-sensor on her studio audience. feeds.pcworld.com |