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Southwest Airlines Will Finally Get WiFi

If you’ve been paying attention, you might recall this article last year regarding Southwest Airlines getting WiFi in Q1 2010. Well, they’re a bit behind schedule but according to this company blog, purchasing has started and installs will begin in Q2…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

Will Amazon Buy Netflix?

The Wall Street Journal says that now may be a good time for Amazon to buy Netflix. What do you guys think? Deal or no deal?

Netflix, which has a market value of $3.4 billion, said about 48% of its customers streamed at least 15 minutes of …

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |
 

Microsoft Reports Record Second-Quarter Results

Microsoft Corp. today announced record revenue of $19.02 billion for the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, a 14% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $8.51 b…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

Intel Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

Intel Corporation’s board of directors has declared a 15.75 cents per share quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock, reflecting the previously announced 12.5 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2009. The dividend will be payable on Mar…

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |
 

UK HP Workers Stage One-Day Strike

Over 1,000 workers in HP’s Enterprise Services group in the UK staged a one-day strike on Friday to make their displeasure known about salary freezes and job losses. I’m not sure how the UK job market is for IT work but for a group that has been hit w…

[ More ] January 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

Intel Reports Fourth-Quarter Numbers

Intel Corporation reported fourth-quarter revenue of $10.6 billion. The company reported operating income of $2.5 billion, net income of $2.3 billion and EPS of 40 cents.

For 2009 Intel posted revenue of $35.1 billion. The company reported full-year…

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |
 

Seagate Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2010 Results

Seagate Technology today reported financial results for the quarter ended January 1, 2010 of 49.9 million disk drive unit shipments, revenue of $3.03 billion, gross margin of 30.5%, net income of $533 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.03. Th…

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

The Business of Tech: AMD Q4 2009

AMD’s often perilous financial situation usually bears watching, but this past quarter is of particular interest. On the business side we have seen AMD and Intel settle their long-standing feud over accusations of anti-competitive behavior by I…

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Hardware |

AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

AMD today reported revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009 of $1.646 billion, an increase of 18 percent compared to the previous quarter and 42 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2008. “We enter 2010 having completed the transition to a fabless …

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

Seagate Reports Fiscal 2Q 2010 Results

Seagate Technology today reported financial results for the quarter ended January 1, 2010 of 49.9 million disk drive unit shipments, revenue of $3.03 billion, gross margin of 30.5%, net income of $533 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.03. Th…

[ More ] January 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |