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Microsoft Using Free Xbox to Spur PC Sales, But Will it Work?
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 2:28pm | 249Read More...Starting May 22, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will begin giving away free Xbox 360 consoles (the $200 four-gig version) to students who spend $699 or more on a new Windows PC. According to Mashable, this deal – which will be available at Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), the Microsoft Store, Dell.com (NASDAQ: DELL...
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Should Apple Brace Itself for a Nook Invasion?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 2:05pm | 760Read More...You wouldn't think that Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), one of the most embattled retailers in the nation, could ever pose a threat to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). But after gaining nearly 30%, B&N announced that its new app store had sold and/or given away one million apps. Compared to Apple's App...
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Should Apple Become a Game Developer?
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 5:32pm | 861Read More...In the game industry, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has become a lot of things: a facilitator (the App Store allows virtually anyone to develop and release games for the iPhone), a distributor (the App Store also guarantees that millions of average Joes are exposed to games they wouldn't have otherwise seen...
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News Corp.'s Jon Miller: “I Have Three Jobs: Surgeon, Midwife, And Astrologer”
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 12:13pm | 145Read More...At the IGNITION Conference in New York City, News Corp.'s Jon Miller spoke to Business Insider about companies like AOL and Yahoo and whether or not they can be saved. “I say I have three jobs: surgeon, midwife and astrologer,” Miller replied. “You're asking about the doctor part. Think about fix,...
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A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 9:29am | 447Read More...Pre-open movers US stock futures moved up today as investor confidence got a boost from better-than-estimated profits at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC). While futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index added 0.4% to 1,084.5 at 8:06 a.m. in New York, those on the...
