9 posts and columns on end user

Google: Yo, I Got Yer Office 2010 Upgrade Right Here

in News on May 12, 2010 at 4:45 am PT

Office 2010, the long-awaited “cloud” version of Microsoft’s Office productivity suite, arrived at market today amid some measured trash-talking from Google. In an anomalous post on the search giant’s Enterprise Blog Tuesday, Google Enterprise Product Management Director Matthew Glotzbach advised against purchasing the software, arguing that users would be better served by, you guessed it, Google Docs.

Google: We Prioritize the End User Over the Advertiser, Unless We’re the Advertiser

in News on January 7, 2010 at 8:21 am PT

How’s this for product placement? Google is promoting its new Nexus One “superphone” from the front pages of two of its most highly trafficked properties–Google.com and YouTube.
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Apple: Psyonara, Psystar

in News on November 15, 2009 at 8:23 am PT

Psystar’s ill-starred crusade against Apple has ended in a total rout. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup on Friday dropped the hammer on the Mac clone maker, granting Apple’s request for a summary judgment and denying Psystar’s counterclaim.
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Droid Has Landed All Right–Right on Google’s Homepage

in News on November 6, 2009 at 1:09 pm PT

Well, this is a first, I think: Google is promoting a consumer electronics device on its front page. Surf over to Google.com right now and you’ll find this pitch plugging Droid, Motorola’s new Android phone: “The Droid is on sale now. Learn more.”
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Google to WSJ: I Got Yer Dumb Pipes Right Here…

in News on December 15, 2008 at 8:02 am PT

Ironic, isn’t it, that Google, one of Net neutrality’s staunchest advocates, has been approaching major cable and phone companies with a proposal that appears to violate the very tenets of that principle? How could a company that has argued tirelessly that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, suddenly reverse course and seek preferential treatment for its own traffic? Short answer: it didn’t.

Hot for SanDisk

in News on September 17, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Street Unimpressed by Dell Depressiron

in News on September 16, 2008 at 3:00 pm PT

If Dell sees “further softening” in global demand for its products it’s going to need stilts to keep from sagging below water level. Shares in the company fell to their lowest point in seven years Tuesday after Dell warned of a slowdown in investment technology spending in the U.S. and abroad.

Speaking of "Destroying Competition," Meet Our Legal Team From Mortify, Debase and Demolish LLP

in News on August 29, 2008 at 12:09 pm PT

Apple legal has some interesting weekend reading ahead of it. Mac clone maker Psystar filed its 54-page countersuit against Apple late Thursday and, as expected, it accuses the company of restraint of trade, unfair competition, and other violations of antitrust law.

Speaking of “Destroying Competition,” Meet Our Legal Team From Mortify, Debase and Demolish LLP

in News on August 29, 2008 at 12:09 pm PT

Apple legal has some interesting weekend reading ahead of it. Mac clone maker Psystar filed its 54-page countersuit against Apple late Thursday and, as expected, it accuses the company of restraint of trade, unfair competition, and other violations of antitrust law.