5 posts and columns on corrections

Must Have Been Thinking About That Other Game, “Angry Pigs”

Correction: October 22, 2011

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the premise of ‘Angry Birds,’ a popular iPhone game. In the game, slingshots are used to launch birds to destroy pigs and their fortresses, not to shoot down the birds.

The New York Times sets the record straight

Chip Sales: Bottoms Up?

in News on May 1, 2009 at 8:37 am PT

No big surprises here. The souring economy and related uncertainty in consumer and enterprise technology markets continue to drag the chip sector down into the mud. While world-wide sales of semiconductors in March rose 3.3 percent from February, they were down nearly 30 percent from last year.
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February Chip Sales: I Call Bottom… Until the Next Bottom

in News on April 3, 2009 at 3:00 pm PT

If it is chip sales that will lead the recovery, don’t expect one for quite some time. World-wide sales of semiconductors slumped 30 percent to $14.2 billion in February, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Friday. That’s down 7.6 percent from January levels.
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Palm: Put a Sock in It, McNamee

in News on March 10, 2009 at 6:37 am PT

Roger McNamee’s hyperbolic predictions about iPhone-to-Pre conversion rates didn’t go over too well at Palm. Appalled by McNamee’s inflated, indecorous claims about its forthcoming smartphone, the handset maker on Monday filed a Free Writing Prospectus with the SEC that distances the company from McNamee’s claims and categorically refutes his your-next-iPhone-will-be-a-Pre foolishness. em>That was CRAZY talk, Roger
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