Unhappy Birthday, As Spam Turns 30

Unfortunately, we mean the email based pest when discussing spam, which began when a marketer blasted nearly 400 people on Arpanet with the first junk email.

On Trust and Net Neutrality

The Network Neutrality debate is, to understate it, heated. On one side are ideals, on the other side is money, which is not a new dichotomy in any sense, and both can be equally powerful motivators*. Also, while passion tends to color an issue (sometimes incorrectly), economic theory tends to mire subscribers in stubborn dogma.Neither side wants to budge for fear of losing, or for…

Google Finance Gets One New Site, Universal Redesign

Finance junkies have probably noticed by now; even the fast-paced world of tech news is slow for people who spend all their time hitting "refresh."  Still, the existing Google Finance sites have received an overhaul, and Google Finance China has launched.

Microsoft CFO: Yahoo Needs To Hurry Up

Steve Ballmer is perhaps - perhaps - best known for doing monkey dances while covered in sweat.  But if anyone thought he was pushing the Yahoo issue alone, Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell has stepped forward to talk about the situation.

Ouch! Microsoft Profits Skydive

When Steve Ballmer threatened to take the Yahoo deal off the table, that could have been with an eye on the company's woeful financial performance, just announced for their third quarter.