Google (GOOG) has set a deal to distribute its Chrome browser on Sony (SNE) PCs. Google has not had much success in getting computer users to switch from the two dominant browsers which are Microsoft (MSFT) Internet Explorer and Firefox. The partnership between the companies is too small to matter. ... Read more

| Peter Klein | A new item for our “by the numbers” series . Former Google lead designer Doug Bowman recently quit to take a position at Twitter, citing frustration with Google’s engineer-oriented, data-driven culture: When a company is filled with engineers, it turns ... Read the full ... Read more

So I'm watching the Mets game last night and it looks visually....awful. I mean the Stadium looks great, but seats on the lower level near home are virtually empty. At $700 a pop, apparently "real" fans would rather eat the tix than sell under parity or something. Seats beyond that looked ... Read more

Key earnings reports continue through the end of the month.  Below we highlight some of the more significant reports expected over the next several days.  Historically GOOG and ISRG are some of the more volatile names, and will likely create trading opportunities for those interested ... Read more

There have been a number of news reports recently saying that Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! are back in the process of negotiating a combination of their search businesses to take on the industry leader, Google (GOOG). Since Microsoft is a distant third in US market share with less than 10% by most ... Read more

Joe Weisenthal of The Business Insider In the eight years since Eric Schmidt got hired to run a hot private company called Google (GOOG) in 2001, the company has become one of the fastest growing and profitable companies the world has ever seen. This growth has propelled Eric from his prior status a ... Read more

| Peter Klein | Last spring, Microsoft supported bills in the New York and Connecticut legislatures to impose strict regulations on businesses that gather personal information online for marketing purposes. The bills would hurt Microsoft, too, given that it also wants to sell advertisements based o ... Read more

Things just keep getting worse and worse for Yahoo don't they? After botched buyout negotiations with Microsoft sent Yahoo stocks spiraling downward, and the announcement that they would be laying off some 1500 employees, another clump of Yahooligans hits the fan: Google is walking away too . ... Read more

Trying to look past the wild volatility that has gripped investors for the last few weeks, one of the more interesting developments we've seen has been the steady trend of the CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX). The trend of the VIX has been somewhat predictable over the past several wee ... Read more