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"People like to talk about war. ... Google, I think, in some ways, is more competitive and certainly is trying to build their own little version of Facebook."
-- Mark Zuckerberg on Charlie Rose (Business Insider)
* Besides appearing on Charlie Rose recently with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Zuckerberg also visited Harvard for the first time since he dropped out of the Ivy League school to found the social network. "The last five years have really just been about helping people get signed up and stay connected with their friends," he said. "But I think the next five or 10 years are going to be about all of these different products and industries that can be rethought." (CNN)
* Sources tell Reuters that HP (HPQ) is contemplating a potential sale of the webOS platform it purchased for $1.2 billion last year. According to one source, Oracle (ORCL) may be one of the interested parties. (Reuters)
* Barnes & Noble (BKS) introduced the $249 Nook Tablet, with a 1GHZ dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of built-in storage and support for Netflix and Hulu Plus apps. Meanwhile, the Nook Color's price dropped to $199, while the slightly updated Nook Simple Touch will go for $99 with 25% faster page turns, crisper text, and improved contrast.
* Bloomberg reports that Zynga plans to go through with its initial public offering (IPO) after Thanksgiving. (Bloomberg)
* Google+ introduced Pages, which lets companies, organizations and brands set up a dedicated page on the social network. There are currently 36 launch Pages, including ones for H&M, the Dallas Cowboys and The Muppets. (ReadWriteWeb)
* Samsung VP Gavin Kim is headed to Microsoft as general manager of the Windows Phone team. (Boy Genius Report)
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* After months of intense speculation, Apple (AAPL) and CEO Tim Cook announced the comparably-priced iPhone 4S for AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ) and Sprint (S), with the same dual-core processor featured in the iPad, an improved 8-megapixel camera, a major operating system update in iOS5, and Siri, a voice recognition "assistant" MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Oct 5, 2011 3:30 AM ET
The board sealed the fate of HP's personal systems group when it hired the CEO of SAP
What the hell happened to Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) last week?
The simplest explanation is the one suggested Thursday by Techcrunch's MG Siegler and picked up Sunday by Daring Fireball's John Gruber: HP's board put an enterprise software guy in charge of a low-margin PC business and a high-risk play to outflank Apple (AAPL) in smartphones and tablets. When MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 22, 2011 8:02 AM ETJim Goodnight, CEO of software maker SAS, talks about a changing competitive environment, rising medical costs for employees, and the company's succession plans.
FORTUNE -- Software maker SAS gets a lot of love for its laid-back corporate culture (it ranked No. 1 on Fortune's Best Companies to Work For list in both 2010 and 2011). But no amount of on-site massages, car washes and Zumba classes can alleviate the increasing pressure MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Jul 15, 2011 9:53 AM ET
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A change in sales strategy is behind a drop-off in revenues, but Mark Hurd says it's all in service of more profit down the line.
FORTUNE -- Mark Hurd may have an impressive track record selling hardware for his former employer, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). But that hasn't translated to immediate success at Oracle Corporation (ORCL), where Hurd now serves as president. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company's hardware business fell short of MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Jun 24, 2011 12:27 PM ET
Is Oracle getting into the acqhiring game?
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FORTUNE -- Oracle's (ORCL) acquisition of FatWire is all about the company putting itself in front of end customers. That is, it's more or less a retail play.
FatWire is a "customer experience management company," which means that it helps businesses make their online services work better. Its products include content management, community forums, mobile platforms and the like. ReadWriteWeb says Oracle MORE
Dan Mitchell, contributor - Jun 22, 2011 12:28 PM ETOracle and NetSuite go after customers with the same kinds of needs, but they've carved out their own turfs, and are about to get even cozier.
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FORTUNE -- Larry Ellison is cheering for Oracle and NetSuite. Not surprising, considering the billionaire tech mogul (and Oracle founder and CEO) is a major shareholder in both companies. But now Oracle (ORCL) and NetSuite (N) have more than Ellison's MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - May 16, 2011 2:34 PM ET
Five months into his tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Leo Apotheker already faces a host of challenges. His board has mostly turned over. The company's financial results have flagged, along with its share price. Meanwhile, Apotheker has begun to articulate a new strategy for HP around cloud computing, even as it pursues a controversial strategy of designing its own operating system for mobile devices, a move certain to anger MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Apr 25, 2011 12:34 PM ET
Hewlett Packard can never write the Mark Hurd scandal out of its history. But have wholesale executive changes at least helped new management turn the page?
Leo Apotheker and Ray Lane
FORTUNE -- It's been a rough several months for Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) board. First they had to deal with a scandal that led to the sudden departure of their Chairman and CEO. Then they had to begin a search for new MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Mar 31, 2011 2:16 PM ET
Oracle and Hewlett-Packard rarely miss an opportunity to diss each other. The latest round of press releases and quarterly earnings calls are no exception.
Oracle's Safra Catz led the company's latest charge against HP
Earlier this week Oracle (ORCL) issued an oddly-worded announcement saying it would halt all development on software compatible with Intel's (INTC) Itanium microprocessor, and took the opportunity to point out that HP (HPQ) CEO Leo Apotheker did MORE
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| Company | Price | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of America Corp... | 7.95 | -0.16 | -1.97% |
| Intel Corp | 26.73 | -0.43 | -1.58% |
| Microsoft Corp | 31.27 | -0.17 | -0.54% |
| Ford Motor Co | 12.28 | -0.25 | -2.00% |
| General Electric Co | 19.39 | 0.17 | 0.88% |
| Index | Last | Change | % Change |
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| Dow | 12,938.67 | -27.02 | -0.21% |
| Nasdaq | 2,933.17 | -15.40 | -0.52% |
| S&P 500 | 1,357.66 | -4.55 | -0.33% |
| Treasuries | 2.00 | -0.04 | -1.96% |
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