Shorting Should be Banned

Three New Microsoft Commercials Making PCs Cool(er)

Is this what they call "putting lipstick on a pig"?

Google to the Rescue!

Look like GOOG is searching (pun intended) for its identity.

A Real iPhone Challenger - Barron's

..."funny how the HTC Touch outsold the iPhone in Europe"

are you referring to the official sales by a handful of carriers??
What about all the unlocked iphones which made their way from USA to Europe??
Stop being selective and vague in your "facts"

And, HTC will be more of a threat to RIM than to Apple.

Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

Apple (and Jobs) was quite capable of taking on IBM in the 1980s. What Apple was not able to do was to compete against the cheap DOS clones.

The difference between Apple/ Jobs then and Apple/ Jobs now is Marketing, Marketing, Marketing....

Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

As I stated earlier.....

"Unfortunately, there is likely to be some negative shot term reaction by the stock market if Jobs were to leave because of emotion and action of the short selling vultures."

...... and this will be no different from other hits the stock has taken in the past , especially earlier this year.

What's relevant is that the Apple franchises are sustainable and the stock will recover.
In any event if the stock goes from $300 to $200, it won't matter to long term holders who have already bought it or are buying in below $200.

Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

"Gil Amelio deserves some credit for fixing some of the finances and bringing Steve Jobs back.'

I will give him credit for hiring Fred Anderson as CFO who fixed the finances, and Ellen Hancock as CTO who orchestrated the acquisition of NEXT which brought Jobs back to Apple.

Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

"DOS machines were shipping in '81 and were backed by Big Business (IBM, etc). The Mac didn't ship until '84."

What about the Apple II, Apple iii, and Apple Lisa.
These were all Apple products and the Apple i and Apple II started it all. The Apple III was one of the best business machines I ever worked on.

Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

One more thing; Jobs departure from Apple was mostly the fault of the board of directors who supported Sculley over Jobs.

Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't John Sculley the guy who licensed portions of the Mac OS to Microsoft? If Steve Jobs were still around back then to prevent this, wouldn't Apple now be the dominant OS?"

Jobs left because of his disagreement with Sculley's direction for the company; specifically Jobs objected to an "open" Mac.
PC's became dominant over Macs because of IBM and the "clones" (Compaq. Dell, Packard Bell) who were pushing a lot of MS DOS systems out and that's where the developers went.

Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

Jobs has spent the greater part of the past decade putting Apple back on the right path to success and the changes at Apple have been strategic and with a long term focus.
If he were to depart, it would take a real incompetent replacement to undo what he has done. Remember, it took no less than 3 CEOs after his departure the first time to run the company almost into the ground.
Unfortunately, there is likely to be some negative shot term reaction by the stock market if Jobs were to leave because of emotion and action of the short selling vultures.

A Real iPhone Challenger - Barron's

The endless debate over iphone 3G and every other iphone wannabe has become tiresome.
Bottom line: the iphone has evolved into a Pocket Mac, so people should come to terms with this insight.

What Should Jerry Do? My Advice to Yahoo

Jerry did the right thing.
This issue should not be about Wall Street banks, Investment Brokers and short term traders making some money.
Let me ask this question; if Microsoft had bought Apple back in 1997 and some people thought it did, would Apple be the company it is today?

YAHOO is a company many admire and should remain independent or merge with a company with a similar culture. Just like Apple and Next.

RBC Analyst: RIM Can Withstand Smartphone Competition

"... short the stock and put your money where your mouth is."
Thanks for the suggestion. Why didn't I think of this!
I agree with the comment that a $70b market cap for RIMM is a bubble valuation.

RBC Analyst: RIM Can Withstand Smartphone Competition

...and if Apple were to license the iPhone version of the Mac OS to NOK, LG, & HTC, then RIM will be squeezed just like Dell is being squeezed by Apple, HP, Lenovo, and Acer.

RBC Analyst: RIM Can Withstand Smartphone Competition

Since his price target on RIMM is $150, then his target on AAPL should be $300, not the $220 he called yesterday.