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This is about how site scrapers use loopholes in the Google Search algorithm to rank highly for content they scrape from the sites of others. These activities may eventually become an issue for regulatory officials since Google also earns…

To me, these small TV-attached multimedia devices represent the perfect example of the so-called convergence of computing and multimedia that people have been talking about since the late 1990s. Take a look at what Walt Mossberg has to say…

by Annaly Capital Management Okay, so this wasn’t the exact headline after GM’s record setting capital raise this week. Including over-allotment option, the offering of common and preferred stock should bring the total dollars raised to…

Since Cicso's miss earlier this month, a lot of people have been talking about technology and capital investment. Cisco said its miss was more about government spending, but we should still ask whether capital spending in the private sector…

Market participants are rightfully focused on the contagion of Ireland within Europe.  However, the depth of US corporate ties to Ireland may surprise many investors.  The value-added of majority owned affiliates of US companies…

The guys at the Wall Street Journal figure this is a win-win for Apple because it is a great marketing tool just in time for Christmas, irrespective of whether one buys Beatles music. (video clip below) For the Citigroup-owned EMI, it…

To my eyes, this is looking like a repeat of the Macintosh-PC Wars of the 1990s which Apple lost. On the one side, you have Apple, competing at the high end and very concerned about platform integrity and control, and preventing other…

by Vedran Vuk filling in for David Galland Facebook will certainly be talked about in business books for a long time, but will it be the endless growth story that many predict? With a possible IPO in a few years, I thought to myself,…

Apple had a blowout quarter on sales of iPhones and iPads when they reported after the bell. Steve Jobs went absolutely ballistic on Google during the conference call. His message: "We think Android is very, very fragmented and…

Of course they are. Watch this clip of Eric Schmidt to hear what he says in this regard. Is his experience in the telecom and technology space any different than what happens in the financial services space? The other quote that I found…