Archive for November, 2007
Apple said Tuesday that it sold over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Apple’s history. Sales included copies sold at Apple’s retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers, the online Apple Store, under maint
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November 15th, 2007
Visa made a pretty significant announcement today. Here is some context for what they are trying to address. Over the past few years, Point of sale (POS) systems used by retailers and restaurants have been a gold mine for criminals stealing credit card. This has been the case because certain POS systems have been designed to store prohibited ……
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November 15th, 2007
Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior VP of retail, exercised options for 700,000 shares of AAPL at a strike price of $23.72 yesterday. He sold later in the day at around $185. That’s a net of over $112 million.
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November 15th, 2007
Now that the dust has settled with Manhunt 2 and Rockstar and its parent company Take Two Interactive are being held to the fire once again, the utter lack of knowledge and ignorance that permeates every level of retail has shown its ugly face.
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November 15th, 2007