The Outcast Alliance

Yahoo Bid Is Over, Microsoft Says

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:09:02 -0600

Steven A. Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, told shareholders on Wednesday that the company was no longer interested in acquiring Yahoo, setting off a 21 percent decline in Yahoos share price..........

Jobless Claims Reach a 16-Year High

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:05:26 -0600

New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday

Want a federal bailout? Why not bankruptcy, too?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:37:35 -0600

What's so bad about bankruptcy as an alternative to big bailouts for automakers or other critical U.S. companies? Frozen credit and the hardships of a Chapter 11 reorganization make it a tough pill to swallow for struggling industries and their workers.

Dow slips below 8,000 on growing fear of deflation

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:34:19 -0600

A growing fear of economic deflation helped take the air out of the stock market Wednesday, and another white-knuckle final hour on Wall Street pushed the Dow Jones industrials under 8,000 to their lowest close since the financial meltdown began.

National Geographic Launches Video-Game Division

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:07:59 -0600

National Geographic on Tuesday announced a new twist for the science and educational organization -- video games.

Why The Large Hadron Collider Is Already On The Fritz

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:58:38 -0600

Anyone who has struggled to change a fuse in their home should pity the scientists at the CERN laboratory in Geneva. Last Friday..........

Which PC maker will fare best in a bad economy?

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:45:35 -0600

Commercial and consumer spending on technology is expected to fall off in the next year, and the PC industry is bracing for the impact.

Already beginning to feel the effects of sagging average selling prices, thinning margins, and oversaturated markets in North America and Europe,........

Downturn Drags More Consumers Into Bankruptcy

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:39:24 -0600

The economys deep troubles are pushing a growing number of already struggling consumers into bankruptcy, often with far more debt than those who filed in previous downturns.

3 Company Officials Shot Dead By A Layed Off Employee

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:32:50 -0600

Those who know Jing Hua Wu said the 47-year-old engineer was a smart, unassuming family man whose three young boys played among neighborhood children on a quiet street in this Silicon Valley city.

AMD Set to Release Free Software

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:59:15 -0600

December ATI Catalyst(TM) Driver Release Automatically Switches on ATI Stream Acceleration in ATI Radeon(TM) Graphics Cards Found in Millions of PCs To Enable Instant Benefit, Users Will Also Be Able to Download ...