Google Economics: Bad Quarter Hid Good News

The usual and customary reaction to missing earnings predictions got under way after Google's reported 11 cents less than what analysts expected. Google explained why they should relax.

Global PC Market Up 16%

Global PC shipments hit 71.9 million in the second quarter of 2008, a 16 percent increase over the same time period in 2007, according to Gartner.PC shipments in the United States reached 16.5 million in the second quarter, a 4.2 percent increase from 2007. PC shipments rose during the quarter, despite the sliding economy. This was due to vendors cutting prices on PCs due to…

Google, Microsoft Miss Estimates

Earnings reports for both Google and Microsoft disappointed analysts today sending shares tumbling. In after-hours trading, Google is seeing the worse end of trader's reactions with a nearly instant seven percent drop.

MySpace Used In Search For Missing Toddler

The family of a missing toddler have set up a MySpace profile in efforts to make contact with anyone who can help locate her. Two year-old Caylee Marie Anthony has been missing since around June 9th, but, in a bizarre story leaving her mother a prime suspect, wasn't reported missing until July 15th.

Offline Support Coming For Gmail, Google Calendar

In the days of dialup, accessing the Internet was a nuisance.  Now, not so much.  Still, users of Gmail and Google Calendar should be pleased to hear that the programs may support offline use in about six weeks' time.