venturebeat.com - 10/24/2008
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Buried in the first quarter earnings report from Microsoft is an astounding fact. For the first time that I can remember, Microsoft closed the quarter with less cash than Apple. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments for Microsoft add up to $20.7 billion. Apple, meanwhile, ...
appleinsider.com - 10/31/2008
visiblemeasures.com - 10/28/2008
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visiblemeasures.com —
The Microsoft/Apple advertising war rages on. It’s hard
to say who fired the first shot, but what...
we do know is that Microsoft has directly responded to Apple’s wildly successful “ Get a Mac ” ads with the $300 million " I'm a PC" campaign (well, ...
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Measuring Apple's Viral Video Response to Microsoft's ...
techradar.com - 10/22/2008
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techradar.com —
Windows Mobile has nothing to fear from either
the iPhone or Google Android, says Microsoft's John Curran....
TechRadar asked the Windows business lead for Microsoft UK how he saw Windows Mobile, Android and the iPhone divvying up market share in three ...
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Microsoft: iPhone and Android are no threat | News | ...
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Apple now has more cash than Microsoft
MacDailyNews —
... Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers "Ken" and "Chuckles the Microsoft CEO" for the heads up.] MacDailyNews Note: "The economic downturn may present extraordinary opportunities to companiess that have cash. Cash is king. We are very comfortable with cash in bank and it is not burning a hole in our pocket." - ...
Apple (AAPL) Has More Cash Than Microsoft
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
Microsoft recently its first quarter revenue report, and deep within the documents, is a pretty astonishing fact. Based on the most recent information from both companies, Apple (AAPL) has more cash than Microsoft.
VentureBeat points out that while Apple closed the quarter with $24.5 billion in the bank, Microsoft is hovering around $20.7 billion when factoring cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.
From the revenue report: Microsoft’s ...
StrangeCharm - Particle Debris (Week ending Oct 24)
The Mac Observer —
... with the dual graphics units in the new MacBook Pro than Apple has publicized. Why Apple chose implement the new NVIDA GPUs they way they did is currently a mystery, but there’s hope that, at some point, users won’t have to log out to change GPUs. And maybe it’ll end up being a four computational core machine after all. Time will tell. On Thursday, VentureBeat pointed out that Apple has more cash on hand than Microsoft now — US$24.5 billion vs. Microsoft’s $20.7 billion. Of course, Microsoft did a big stock buyback and also pays dividends. Apple has taken a much different ...
Microsoft falls behind Apple in 4th quarter earnings
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
[image] While Apple touted astonishing 4th quarter earnings and $24.5 Billion in short-term investments, Microsoft followed behind with only $20.7 Billion. Which basically means: Apple has more cash than it’s competitor at this point in the game. Steve Jobs was quoted as saying , “The economic downturn may present extraordinary opportunities to companies that have cash. Cash is king. We are very comfortable with cash in bank and it is not burning a hole in our pocket.” Of course, this is not at all a conspiracy. Microsoft maintains a steady income from its Office software, ...
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webmonkey.com 10/14/2008 — According to Microsoft’s latest Silverlight announcement , Apple shows little to no interest in installing either Silverlight or Adobe Flash on its iPhones. Thanks to the open source nature of Google’s mobile operating system Android, on the other ...
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