Dell posts weak earnings

NYT: Dell, Its quarterly earnings down 63%, predicts recovery

Umm, what do you expect Dell to say? That there’s no chance of recovery and that they’ll close down and return the money to shareholders?

SAP is going off the cliff

Numerous PR nightmares, poor results and customer complaints. All is not well with SAP:

Allegedly Rigged Product Demo In SAP Suit Goes Missing

Waste Management sued SAP in March 2008 over a failed ERP project. Now, well into the pre-trial discovery process, a presale product demonstration software package that Waste Management says was a key element of the ‘false representations’ SAP made to ‘induce Waste Management into entering a software licensing and implementation agreement’ has gone missing.

It’s clear that IBM will end up buying SAP next year.

Wait till Windows 7 to boost PC sales

Yes, that’s the ticket:

Dell gave little comfort to investor looking for signs that tech’s worst days were over. The world’s No. 2 computer maker said its first-quarter earnings tumbled 63%, and sales dropped 23%. On the heels of a tepid sales forecast from rival Hewlett-Packard last week, Dell’s report showed that corporations shied away from buying computers in recent months and that they’re holding off on placing new orders.

Is financial engineering included in this stat?

Back to basics?

Nationally, enrollment in undergraduate engineering programs rose 3 percent in 2007 and 4.5 percent 2008, according to the American Association of Engineering Education. Meanwhile, enrollment in masters’ degree programs rose 7 percent in 2007 and 2 percent in 2008. In the fall of 2008, 91,489 masters degree students and 403,193 undergraduates were studying engineering at US universities and colleges.

NBC recognizes the death of local TV

When does the great decoupling officially begin?

Now Hulu is releasing its own desktop application, allowing you to browse through the site’s content using your computer’s remote control (both the Windows Media Center remote and the Apple Remote are compatible).