Vista main culprit in Microsoft layoffs

From InfoWorld: Windows Vista has been trouble for Microsoft perhaps since the operating system's beginning. And this last quarter was certainly no exception. Despite a dip in client software revenue, however, one analyst says the workforce reduction Microsoft detailed on Thursday is...

Samsung records Q4 loss, annual profit slumps

From InfoWorld: outh Korea's Samsung Electronics recorded a net loss for the last three months of 2008, while its net profit for the entire year fell 26 percent, it said Friday.

The company's net loss for the last three months of 2008 was 22 billion won (US$15 million) on 4 percent...

YouTube to Let Big Media Bring Its Own Ads

From PC World: YouTube has long had a thorny relationship with big media companies, some of which have sued Google's video-sharing site for illegally distributing their copyrighted content. But now YouTube appears to be playing nice by sharing a piece of the ad revenue pie with the...

Cuts Call for Microsoft to Rethink Windows Client

From PC World: Microsoft's first-ever layoffs point to a need for the company to rethink its Windows client business, which is largely responsible for the disappointing financial results that led to thousands of Microsoft job cuts announced Thursday.

Microsoft's second-quarter...

AMD's $1.4 billion loss bigger than expected

From CNET News.com: Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday reported a bigger-than-expected net loss of $1.4 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008. This is the chipmaker's ninth consecutive quarterly loss.

The $1.42 billion loss, or $2.34 per share, was below the $1.77 billion loss, or...

Trojan found in pirated Apple iWork software

From CNET News.com: nternet security firm Intego said on Thursday that it has discovered a new Trojan horse in pirated copies of Apple's iWork '09 productivity software that could allow an attacker to take control of the infected computer.

The Trojan horse, OSX.Trojan.iServices.A...

Google keeps its one-trick pony healthy

From CNET News.com: oogle gets knocked for being a one-trick pony--the vast majority of its revenue comes from search advertising--but its strong fourth-quarter results showed what can be done by making sure cultivation of that business isn't hurt by diversification efforts.

The...

Apple Profits $1.61 Billion, Highest Ever

From Tom's Hardware: Apple set new records for itself with revenue of $10.17 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.61 billion, or $1.78 per diluted share. All figures are up from the same period last year’s $9.6 billion revenue, net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion, or $1.76 per...

Sony Rejects PlayStation Branded Phone Plan of Sony Ericsson

From X-bit Labs: Sony Ericsson, a struggling maker of cell phones and a joint venture between Ericsson and Sony, will not get rights to use PlayStation brand on its gamer-oriented handsets from Sony Corp. Perhaps, it is not yet set on stone, but it is highly likely that there will be...

Apple updates QuickTime media player

From InfoWorld: Apple has released a new version of its QuickTime media player adding critical security fixes as well as some new tweaks to improve the software's ease of use and compatibility with different file formats.

QuickTime 7.6, released Wednesday for Mac OS X and Windows...

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