Articles
April 10, 2008
The Engine: Google Enters the Cloud
Google launched App Engine on Monday, and the company that runs the biggest web infrastructure in the world opened it to every developer.
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March 11, 2008
The Storefront: Apple Opens the App Economy
Apple announced the iPhone SDK and the App Store last week, and the phone became a platform with an economy of its own.
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February 4, 2008
The Bid: Microsoft Goes for Yahoo
Microsoft offered 44.6 billion dollars for Yahoo on Friday, and the biggest acquisition in its history is on the table.
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January 18, 2008
The Database: Sun and the Billion Dollar Bet
Sun is buying MySQL for a billion dollars, and the most popular open source database in the world just became the bet of a struggling giant.
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December 24, 2007
The Clearance: Google and DoubleClick
The FTC cleared Google's 3.1 billion dollar DoubleClick deal on Thursday, and the company that controls the advertising controls the internet.
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November 6, 2007
The Alliance: Google's Android Gambit
Google unveiled Android and the Open Handset Alliance on Monday, 34 companies against Apple's closed iPhone, and the mobile platform war began.
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October 25, 2007
The Stake: Microsoft and Facebook's 15 Billion Dollars
Microsoft paid 240 million dollars for 1.6 percent of Facebook on Wednesday, and the social network was valued at 15 billion dollars at the age of three.
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September 20, 2007
The Appeal: Microsoft Loses in Europe
Europe's court upheld Microsoft's 497 million euro fine on Monday, and the era of aggressive antitrust enforcement against the tech giants began.
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August 21, 2007
The Freeze: BNP Paribas and the Credit Shock
BNP Paribas froze three funds on August 9 because it could not price them, and the models that the financial system runs on broke first.
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July 9, 2007
The Warranty: Microsoft's Billion Dollar Lesson
Microsoft took a billion dollar charge to fix the Xbox 360's red ring of death, and the cost of quality became the lesson of the console war.
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