It’s all about stock manipulation

 It’s really easy to start rumors to manipulate stock prices. Jim Cramer admitted to as much.

Why Netbooks are crappy

It doesn’t pay to run after every shiny new object with unrestrained glee:

But over time the problems started surfacing. Like Wired.com’s Charlie Sorrel, I grew to despise the Wind’s dinky trackpad: Whoever designed it had in mind an infant’s hands; navigating became so tiresome that I started carrying around an external mouse to make it tolerable.

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And then the hardware issues kicked in. Minor ones, actually: Screws at the bottom of the clamshell kept falling out, even after I screwed them in as tightly as possible. I inspected the case more closely and realized it no longer clamps all the way shut, which is why the screws aren’t staying in. This issue was probably a result of cheap plastic or shoddy clamshell design. Unfortunately this created another annoying problem: The battery kept popping out of the case ever so slightly — just enough to shut off the computer whenever I nudged the netbook. I eventually resolved the problem with some double-sided tape, but I wasn’t happy about it.

What $299 gets ya! It’s not like Tim Cook and Steve Jobs just call it crap without (probably) giving it a whirl. Like I have said before, shrinking a Ford Edsel into a small form factor, does not make it a hybrid!

Apple to buy Tesla Motors

Telsa makes as much sense as Twitter:

Apple To Buy Twitter? And Electronic Arts?
Meanwhile, TheStreet.com, in a summary of last night’s Fast Money program on CNBC, notes that panelist Guy Adami said there is “chatter” that Apple is “eyeing” Electronic Arts (ERTS) as a possible takeover target.

Guy Adami source, of course, is Michael Arrington’s ass.

Worst Apple rumor ever: Apple to buy Twitter

Steve Jobs doesn’t buy companies that don’t have a business model or fit into the Apple ecosystem (iLife, iWork, Final Cut etc.)

“Apple is in late stage negotiations to buy Twitter and is hoping to announce it at WWDC in June,” said a normally reliable source this evening, adding that the purchase price would be $700 million in cash. 

I wonder what other rumors reside in Michael Arrington’s ass