Archive for July 12th, 2006

Can the AOL debacle get any worse?

July 12, 2006
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Can the AOL debacle get any worse?

Late yesterday Time Warner confirmed that it would disclose its business strategy for the Internet unit AOL – at the same time Time Warner dismissed a report in the Wall Street Journal that it will lose up to $1bn over the next three years with its change in strategy. The statement said – Recent...
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Microsoft – they just fined ‘em again – $357m

July 12, 2006
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Microsoft – they just fined ‘em again – $357m

After many years of wrangling with the DoJ, in 2002 Microsoft agreed to a watered down ruling that ordered it to share information more openly with its competitors and stop abusing its monopoly. Or so everyone thought, as usual Microsoft consented but did not deliver, so in May of this year a district judge...
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Battle for power down under

July 12, 2006
By invandbiznews
Battle for power down under

The Australians pride themselves on being – the lucky country – god’s own country and ‘Best bloody place on earth, bar none, strewth’. But if you’re a politician it can be a mean place to live. In the last Australian election in October 2004 it was widely held that the young up and coming...
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