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Entries for January, 2012

Ender’s Game is on track

Casting for the the long-awaited Ender’s Game sci-fi film seems like it is finally drawing to a close. read more Original post by TG Daily Staff

Amazon reports $17.4B in revenue, sales up 35% but misses Street estimates

Amazon on Tuesday reported $17.4 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter. While its net sales were up 35% from the $12.95 billion reported during the fourth quarter of last year, the company missed analyst estimates of $18.26 billion in revenue for the quarter. Amazon’s net income decreased 58% to $177 million during the quarter, [...]

Galaxy Note to star in Samsung’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial

Samsung announced on Monday that the company will be launching the Galaxy Note smartphone with a 90-second Super Bowl commercial, which will be the first-ever Super Bowl ad in the technology giant’s 71-year history. “During the past six months we’ve launched the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Nexus and now the Galaxy Note super phone in [...]

LaCie Announces New Windows Server NASes

LaCie has announced two new Windows Server based NASes. Original post by Soulskill

Kodak employee sues company directors over stock

(Reuters) – An Eastman Kodak employee filed a civil lawsuit against Kodak’s board members and other fiduciaries of the photography companies’ retirement plans, saying they breached their duties as the company was spiraling toward bankruptcy. Original post by Unknown Lamer

Sharp to halve LCD panel output at Osaka

(Reuters) – Sharp Corp will halve its LCD panel output at its Sakai facility in Osaka in Japan, marking its second deep production cut in a year, hurt by slumping television demand, the Nikkei business daily said. Original post by Unknown Lamer

Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5 billion fund

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz raised $1.5 billion for a new fund, bringing the firm’s assets under management to $2.7 billion and cementing the firm’s position among the venture-capital elite. Original post by Unknown Lamer

A visualization of Apple’s market cap and cash [infographic]

Apple reported a monster first quarter last Tuesday that sent the company’s stock skyrocketing over the past week. Apple’s holiday quarter was the most profitable quarter ever reported by a technology company, and the second most profitable quarter reported by any U.S. firm. With a market capitalization that now sits in excess of $420 billion, [...]

Google defends change to privacy policies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Planned changes to Google Inc’s privacy policies that have caught the attention of U.S. lawmakers would not take away the control its customers have over how data is collected and used, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday Original post by Unknown Lamer

Hitachi’s Q3 operating profit may fall 33 percent: report

(Reuters) – Japanese conglomerate Hitachi Ltd might post a 33 percent fall in its operating profit for the three months ended December, hurt by a strong yen and weak sales, business daily The Nikkei reported. Original post by Unknown Lamer