Archive for March, 2008
AOL Purchase Bebo – Anyone Else Think This Is Doomed Already?
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!AOL, one of the more hated ISPs due to their horrific software and awful support, are purchasing the social networking website Bebo for $850m (£417m). Bebo is currently the third largest social networking website, behind Myspace and Facebook. Bebo [...]
HD-DVD Nets Toshiba A Cool $1bn Loss – Ouch!
Abandoning the HD-DVD format has resulted in a massive loss for Toshiba, to the tune of $1bn (well $986 million to be exact), according to Reuters.
This is an amazing statistic and just goes to show that losing a battle with a rival in the current technology climate can have huge implications on your year-end profits, [...]
Xbox 360: European Price-cuts
Microsoft have announced that they are slashing the price of their European Xbox 360 consoles. This will be welcome news for buyers who are looking to get their first next-gen console or perhaps add to their next-gen console collection. If you’ve just purchased one at the current prices…you might feel a little less happy.
From the [...]
Domain Names – Don’t Get Caught Out
Domain names can be a very precious commodity, with the best of the best selling for ridiculous prices at places like Sedo.
As an example domains such as VIP.com ($1.4mil), BEER.com ($7mil), BUSINESS.com ($7.5mil) and SEX.com ($11-14mil depending on which report you believe), have all sold for very very high amounts of money. Of course these [...]
iPhone Users Rejoice – BBC iPlayer Now Available
The BBC announced today that they have made their BBC iPlayer software available on Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. This is a great leap forward from the BBC and really shows that they are happy to be embracing the new technology available in the market. It’s clearly going to be the first step in the [...]
