June 2008 U.S. search engine rankings
Saturday, July 19th, 2008comScore released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In June 2008, Americans conducted 11.5 billion core searches, representing a 7-percent gain versus May. Google Sites retained its lead in the U.S. core search market capturing 61.5 percent of the searches conducted, down slightly from 61.8 percent in May. Google was followed [...]
CBS buys CNet
Thursday, May 15th, 2008CBS is buying CNet , the online news and information website and blog, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet.
Showtime in battle for CNet
Monday, January 7th, 2008CNet Networks, one of the largest online media companies, makes the headlines because an attempted takeover. A consortium who owns over 1/5 of Cnet shares wants to gan majority and control the business.
Warner Bros chooses Blu-Ray over HD DVD
Sunday, January 6th, 2008Time Warner division Warner Bros announced it will exclusivelly support Blu-Ray technology over HD DVD, choosing Sony over Toshiba & Co. Warner Brothers is still the biggest seller of DVDs in Hollywood, with 18-20 percent of all sales in the United States. “We expect HD DVD to ‘die’ a quick death, versus a prolonged format [...]
Take Two expects smaller loses
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software said that it cut its quarterly net loss in half, gave an outlook that fell short of Wall Street expectations, and its shares fell after hours. Take-Two’s net loss for the fourth quarter (ended Oct. 31 ) was $7.1 million, down from $14 million a year earlier.
BitDefender: market cap over 100 million dollars
Thursday, December 6th, 2007Romanian antivirus producer BitDefender got a 7 million dollars investment from private business people in US and Romania, for less than 7% of the company, wich is valuated now at more than 100 million dollars.
