Sept. 25, 2007
Never depend on a game
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Todd Bishop covers Microsoft for the daily newspaper.
”I checked in with Sony to see if the company had any comment on how the Microsoft game would shape the competitive landscape this holiday season. Here’s the full statement that Sony sent in response.”
Is Google cabling?
Google Watch
Clint Boulton looks after Google on his blog.
“The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Google is talking about investing in a high-speed undersea cable across the Pacific Ocean, further fueling the speculation about the search and software maker designs on the telecommunications market…”
The downside of outsourcing
Pink Slip
Maureen Rogers is a Boston-based blogger who covers high tech layoffs.
“It’s one thing to outsource customer support to “Brian” in Mumbai. Or to cede manufacturing of just about everything to China. It’s quite another to outsource functions historically taken care of by, say, the military.”