Gmail Man – Microsoft Takes a Swing at Google

Microsoft takes a swing at Google in their new commercial for Office 365. Who wants a mailman who reads your mail and then tries to sell you stuff? Usually, Microsoft does a terrible job with their ads and in their attempts at making fun of competitors, remember those Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates ads? However, this one ain't too bad. It's like Microsoft finally decided not to pull any punches. Take a look.

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Nonsense: Warren Buffett De-Friends Bill Gates So He Can Buy Shares of Microsoft

Reuters Pictures Buffett: Bill, this is Warren. Listen man, we've got act like we've had a failing out, OK? It doesn't have to be forever but just for a while, cool. Gates: What, why Warren? What did I do? Buffett: I want to buy some shares in Microsoft that's why. I can't buy shares of Microsoft if we're so buddy buddy, people will think you told me something. People will think I've got inside information. Gates: But, but, what about bridge playing, can we at least still play bridge? Buffett: No, it's going to have to be a full on break up

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David Einhorn’s Speech at the Ira Sohn Conference

Two Longs, Two Different Types of Overhangs A few years ago, I spoke here and had Carl Icahn speaking after me, and that didn’t go too well. And then last year, I’m told that I had the worst choices in the whole thing. And so I wondered if I should come back this year, and I realized that the conference gets bigger every year. They’ve expanded the speaker list. So it’s going to be harder for me to have the worst ideas this year. The title today is Two Longs, Two Different Types of Overhangs. And this is the disclaimer. I’m going

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Microsoft Buys Nothing (Skype) for 8.5 Billion

The news from around the web is that Microsoft made another blunder in their efforts to catch up with Google, Facebook and Apple with the purchase of Skype. And most of the blame is falling on Steve Ballmer - one Yahoo Finance message boarder calling him the 'emBallmer', perhaps as in putting the once powerful Microsoft into the grave with his repeated mistakes as CEO. The purchase of Skype, at 8.5 billion, yes billion, is the biggest purchase Microsoft has made in their history. "thanks emBallmer! i will start using google talk now! i've been using skype for 4

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