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SLIDESHOW: The Most Memorable App And Software Failures
Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 1:09pm | 204Fourteen years ago, tech experts predicted that the Y2K bug would create a number of problems for computers, computer networks and other electronic devices. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, as much as $300 billion was spent to upgrade computers and programs to be Y2K-compliant. When...
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Can Jack Bauer Help Amazon Stop a Netflix Attack?
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 11:48am | 909The following takes place between Netflix's success and Netflix's demise. Events occur in real-time. Earlier today, Twentieth Century Fox announced a new partnership with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), bringing a handful of movies (Speed, Office Space, and Mrs. Doubtfire, to name a few) and TV shows (such...
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Google-Eyed For Hollywood (GOOG)
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 1:44pm | 767It seems that YouTube users' homegrown shtick is no longer enough for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). According to the Financial Times, the company is prepared to pay “cash advances against future advertising revenues in return for lending their name to these channels and overseeing the content.” That's an...