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February 04, 2012

Asus Transformer Prime unboxed, in the flesh!

Villman did not get back to me regarding my online order of the Asus Transformer Prime the other day. Fortunately, the good folks from Asus PH gave me a tip that Accent Micro still has units left and took the liberty to reserve one for me.

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Personal Computing
October 03, 2008

Tech Crunch: Top Tech Stocks on a Bargain

Tech companies are also affected by the financial crisis and while this is bad for many investors and stock holders, it may also be an opportunity for other players to make the most out of the bargain stock prices that’s going around.

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Netrepreneur
June 20, 2008

The Yahoo! Exodus has just began

For a large global company such as Yahoo!, people hardly notice employees come and go. But if you see a very long list of executives going out the door at this rate, now that’s a cause for concern. Just check out how many bigwigs have left Yahoo this year alone:

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Yahoo
May 16, 2008

Icahn vs. Yahoo, Facebook vs. Google

Carl Icahn, an erstwhile Yahoo shareholder wants to fire the entire Yahoo Board. In his letter to Yahoo, he claims buying $2.5 billion worth of Yahoo stocks to push his agenda. On the other hand, Facebook is accusing Google for invading user privacy with its Friend Connect.

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Gooooogle, Microsoft, Web 2.0, Yahoo
March 02, 2008

Apple doesn’t want my 20 bucks!

One of the reasons why Apple didn’t really open up iTouch 3rd-party apps to the public was because it wanted to make money from it. This was made clear when it recently introduced new apps like the Mail, Google Maps, Stocks, Weather, and Notes then charged early adopters $19.99 for it.

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Apples and iPods
February 02, 2008

MSFT – 44.6B = MSFT + YHOO

It’s finally out and about. Microsoft has raised a bid to buy out search portal Yahoo! for a reported $44.6 Billion at $31 per share (compared to $19+ before the announcement). It’s not a hostile take-over, something Yahoo Executive Boards are considering, though not a friendly one either. Let me get back to my last year’s question — Is Yahoo a Good Buy for Microsoft?

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The Internet
February 01, 2008

February Fresh Friday’s Picks

Some fresh news and old links for this 1st February Friday. And despite my being a fulltime blogger for over 2 years now, I still feel Friday’s are the best day of the week.

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Daily Blogs
January 24, 2008

Recession or another Tech Bubble?

Bust, I mean. There’s been a hot debate if the economic problems plaguing the United States are first signs of a recession or just a slow down. It’s not just the weakening dollar or the rising prices of crude oil. Even tech companies at NASDAQ aren’t immune. Will 2008 be the year the bubble burst?

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Netrepreneur
October 11, 2007

Google Engineers jumping to Facebook

What’s so hot with the Facebook model that even top Google Engineers are jumping ship and moving on to this allegedly greener pastures? Is Facebook really the next giant in Silicon Valley?

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Careers
June 04, 2006

Yahoo! Chairman takes home $1 per year

Yahoo’s Chairman, Terry Semel, will be taking home an annual salary of only $1.00, down from the previous $600,000 he’s getting the previous year.

In exchange for the salary downgrade, he’ll get 6 Million Yahoo stock options, valued at $31.59. So, even if he’s not getting any monthly check, if Yahoo’s stock is higher the following year, he’s able to cash in with his stocks. Say, by December 2007, Yahoo’s stock is valued at $35 on Nasdaq, just $3.41 higher than it is now. Semel can cash some of his stock options. If he gives up all of the 6 million stocks, he’ll go home with $20.46 million.

On top of that, he’ll be awarded an additional 1 million in stock options each year until 2008.

Since Semel’s arrival, Yahoo’s stock price has tripled despite a recent slump in the shares. Semel has cashed in on the run-up by selling 18.1 million of his stock options for a gain of $429 million during the past three years, according to SEC documents.

Terry Semel has had a total of $429 million from 18.1 million stocks he sold in the last 3 years he’s been with Yahoo.

On another note, Google’s two founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are also getting $1 a year in exchange for billions of Google stocks.

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[tags]yahoo, exec, stocks, nasdaq, terry semel[/tags]

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November 18, 2005

The Google Stock past $400

News spread fast that people are selling Google stocks now that it has gone past $400 (high of $403.81 from BigCharts.com). That’s big bucks right there.

This, from just $85 when it went for IPO last year. That’s almost 5 times the price now. *sweet* It’s been on a steady growth ever since, even with Google buying companies left and right.

I was actually contemplating of getting some stocks (around 50 -100) but that time it was only available to US residents. T’was just a thought though but a mighty ambitious one. hehehe Oh well, good times.

Google now has a market capitalization topping $117.6 billion — the 27th biggest among stocks traded in the United States and larger than networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO, news, msgs), banking giant Wells Fargo (WFC, news, msgs) and Coca-Cola (KO, news, msgs). And twice as large as arch-rival Yahoo! (YHOO, news, msgs) That’s more than Amazon and Yahoo! combined.

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