Soapbox represented Microsoft’s attempt kill YouTube. It failed. Actually, since Soapbox was pulled off the market, then reintroduced, you could say that it failed twice. In any event, Microsoft may now take another shot at YouTube, and this time the company’s hopes rest with Silverlight.
Oil Traders Remember Dennis the Menace
Light sweet crude prices started cranking out hits this morning in a rally that’s taken the price back up to $61.75 and gas prices will make you squeal as they hit $1.86 in morning trades. Brent Crude is back up over $60 on the IPE in London this morning. Traders shook off the bombing because they’re much more scared of Dennis.