Tuesday, December 1, 2009

PImail (Business Stories) for 12/1/2009

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Microsoft says black screens not caused by security updates
Contrary to reports earlier this week, Microsoft said Tuesday the "black screens of death" some people have attributed to recent Windows security patches are not caused by those updates.

Macs account for nearly half of US desktop computer revenue
The Tech Chronicles reports: Despite Apple's small computer market share in the U.S., (9.4 percent) its share of retail revenue was nearly 50 percent for desktop PCs and 33 percent for notebooks, according to Joe Wilcox of Betanews.

Northrop Grumman says it won't bid on tanker without changes
Northrop Grumman on Tuesday threatened to pull out of the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker competition, according to published reports.

Report: 7.5 percent of Airbus A340-300s are parked
As of Nov. 1, 7.5 percent of the world's Airbus A340-300 aircraft were parked, according to Los Angeles-based consultancy 7SEAS AVIATION.

Reality check: Global Bing, Yahoo market shares stink
Microsoft Bing and Yahoo may have mediocre market share in the United States, but the search engines don't have much to brag about worldwide.

EADS denies report that it might kill Airbus A400M
EADS Tuesday denied a report that it was considering scrapping Airbus' A400M military transport project because of cost overruns.

Office 2010 coming in June 2010
Updated 12:51 p.m.: Microsoft confirms further details about Office Web Apps' compatibility with mobile devices.

Boeing laser destroys 50 improvised explosive devices
Boeing's Laser Avenger destroyed 50 improvised explosive devices similar to those used by adversaries in war zones in September tests, the company announced Tuesday.

Boeing confirms 787 test
Boeing confirmed Monday evening that it completed the static test necessary to validate the side-of-body fix to the 787 Dreamliner, but gave little details on the results.

Cyber Monday sales strong during shopping blitz
By late in the day, sales on what the e-retail industry calls Cyber Monday were up 11 percent from a year ago, according to Web analytics firm Coremetrics.

Recent Windows security patches causing system problems
Updated 1:50 p.m., Dec. 1: Microsoft says black screens were not caused by the recent Windows security patches. Full story.

Bombardier plans expansion to build 20 CSeries a month
Bombardier plans a major expansion of its Mirabel, Quebec facility to enable production of 20 CSeries aircraft a month by 2016, FlightBlogger reported Monday.

Report: test validates Boeing 787 wing fix
New testing has validated the side-of-body repair to Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, The Seattle Times reported Monday, citing "two sources familiar with the test outcome."

AP: Microsoft unlikely to fund newspapers' Google boycott
It sounds like not much is really known about these fabled Microsoft-News Corp. talks.

 

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