Finance
Kuwait To Drop Computer And Phone Customs
The Administration of Customs in Kuwait announced two days back that they are in the process of cancelling custom fees on computer and mobiles, two of the 245 items that will be excused from customs. Does that mean we will have cheaper devices in the market? I doubt it. At least not on a large [...]
Google skips taxes in exchange of it’s huge investment
The $600 million data center and the new 200 job openings Google are brining to North Carolina seem to have more details hidden behind. Slashdot writes about the Blog entry from ZDNet that exposes the secret talks Google have been taking with the state in order to reach an agreement, that will save Google $89 [...]
Google Shares fall As Their Profit Rises
Quite strange isn’t it? Just when the company released their Q4 revenues and %16 profit increase from last quarter, Google stocks fell to below $482. Despite analyst’s bright estimates and recommendation for the stock, it seems that some investors are having doubts about its potential growth in the near future, looking at how far it [...]
As Expected, Google Q4 revenues Exceed Expectations!
Google’s 2006 Q4 revenues exceeded Wall Street expectations with %16 increase over last quarter, and %67 increase from same quarter last year. Search Engine Journal has more on that.
MySQL To Go Public
The open source widely adapted database MySQL is about to go public, told the MySQL CEO Martin Mickos to the Computer Business Review. With just below 10,000 paying customers, MySQL plans to join the other few public open source vendors, like Red Hat, Linux, and Caldera. MySQL is well popular and in favor among web [...]
Console sales in US led by XBox 360 in Dec
The Register writes about the game console sales in US last month, lead by XBox 360 with 1.1m unites, followed by Wii 604,200 and Sony 3 490,700. PS3 is still in the last place, and XBox 360 taking the lead among. This lead is most probably due to the lack of productions units for Wii [...]
Google to bring live stock price!
Google have been in discussions, and are moving on with the SEC, NYSE, and NetCoalition about what seems to be not a desperate attempt to bring the live stock market prices through all various Google services, including but not limited to Google Finance, Google Mobile, and Google Personalized Page. The negotiations are still going on [...]