A Little Bit: According to a CNN article, Oracle [ORCL] has announced that it is entering into an agreement to buy Sun Microsystems [JAVA], which changes the Java dynamics in the IT arena and the business world. N.B. Official Oracle Press Release (4/20/2009)
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A Little Bit: For today only (from 6:00 AM until 2:00 PM), when you order a Denny’s [DENN] Grand Slam meal, you can get a free Grand Slamwich. This is the newest limited-time promotion in Denny’s current campaign.
A Little Bit: Today is declared by the U.S. State Department to be “Passport Day in the USA”, which launches a new outreach program to encourage U.S. citizens to acquire and/or update their travel documents, as part of the larger Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Additionally, appointments and “expedite passport” fees are waived for today only. [...]
A Little Bit: A few hours ago, Time Warner [TWX] announced the ousting of CEO Randy Falco and COO Ron Grant from the helm of AOL, LLC, replacing them with Tim Armstrong, lately of Google [GOOG] as one of its SVP’s. The tenure of Falco and Grant has been marred with a tremendous amount of [...]
A Little Bit: Apple [AAPL] earlier today rolled out their 2009 updates for their desktop product lines, as well as a (relatively) quiet MacBook Pro product update. The Mac Pro, the iMac, and the Mac mini have all been updated for this year. Some of you already noticed that the online Apple Store had been shut [...]
A Little Bit: Just in time for the new year-ish (yeah, right!), Amazon [AMZN] has announced the new incarnation of their popular e-reader device: it’s the Kindle 2. The device is expected to start shipping on February 24, 2009. Want more info about the Kindle 2? Here’s the news/press release from Amazon.
A Little Bit: The FDA has posted a voluntary recall announcement from King Nut, a peanut butter distributor, of their food service distributed King Nut branded peanut butter. The claim is that no other King Nut product is affected, including direct-to-consumer items. However, keep in mind that food service distribution items may be sold to [...]
A Little Bit: As reported in a BusinessWire article earlier this evening, Ziff Davis Media has sold the 1UP Digital Network to UGO Entertainment (part of the Hearst Corporation). Additionally, ZD’s EGM magazine is being terminated, with its final issue being January 2009. On the 1UP roster are the following properties: 1UP.com FileFront.com GameTab.com GameVideos.com [...]
A Little Bit: The game developer Free Radical is down… and out. The company door locks were changed so employees were unable to get access to their former work premises. Instead, they were told to report to an offsite location (a hotel meeting room) for a (de)briefing and a “Thanks for all your help, and [...]
A Little Bit: Mentioned on Mashable yesterday, Six Apart bought up Pownce, but announced yesterday that the service is being shut down and the staff sucked into the rest of Six Apart to work on other projects. If you’ve been using Pownce, you may be considering Twitter more than ever… In their company blog post [...]
