3 posts and columns on technology companies

Green Dam Gets the Red Light

in News on June 30, 2009 at 6:39 am PT

China’s youth must face the corrupting influence of Internet porn without government guidance for a brief while longer. The Chinese government said Tuesday it will delay enforcing a new requirement that all new computers sold in the country include Green Dam/Youth Escort Web-filtering software.
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Yahoo's Got Leggs, Knows How to Use Them

in News on July 18, 2008 at 6:02 am PT

Yahoo’s latest broadside against the “Microsoft-Icahn agenda” has struck a chord with a key investor: Legg Mason Capital Management. The firm on Friday threw its support behind Yahoo, saying it will vote its 4.4 percent stake in Yahoo (60.7 million shares) against the slate of dissident directors presented by investor-agitator Carl Icahn.

Yahoo’s Got Leggs, Knows How to Use Them

in News on July 18, 2008 at 6:02 am PT

Yahoo’s latest broadside against the “Microsoft-Icahn agenda” has struck a chord with a key investor: Legg Mason Capital Management. The firm on Friday threw its support behind Yahoo, saying it will vote its 4.4 percent stake in Yahoo (60.7 million shares) against the slate of dissident directors presented by investor-agitator Carl Icahn.