Posts Tagged ‘2008’

Microsoft announces Office 2008 Business Edition for Mac; introduces Outlook for Mac

Forget the fact that we’re in the second half of 2009 and Microsoft is still releasing new versions of software with “2008″ in the name because the day countless Mac users have been waiting for is finally here: say goodbye…

Sony posts record $1 billion loss for fiscal year 2008

As expected, Sony announced a record ¥98.9 billion ($1 billion) loss for the fiscal year ending in March 2009. This is Sony’s first reported yearly loss in 14 years and a significant change from the ¥369.4 billion profit Sony reported…

LG edges past Motorola and Sony Ericssson to become third largest handset manufacturer

2008 turned out to be a milestone year for LG as it managed to leapfrog past both Motorola and Sony Ericsson by outselling them for the first time in their history. With 100 million phones sold, LG’s 2008 sales are…

Top 15 posts of 2008!

Hope you are all recovering well, friends. In case you haven’t heard, a new year is upon us, and we’ve taken the liberty of listing out the top 15 posts of 2008 on BGR (sorted by traffic). If there was…

Best Buy earnings plummet 77%, will offer buyouts to employees

Best Buy reported on Tuesday its earnings for Q3 2008 which, despite a strong Black Friday showing, were abysmal. Best Buy pulled in a meager $52 million in earnings or 13 cents per share which is a 77% drop from…

Sprint releases Q3 2008 results

As has consistently been the case in recent history, Sprint’s Q3 2008 results show a decline in revenue and a loss of customers. Sprint’s overall revenue fell 12% to $8.81 billion from $10.04 billion a year ago. Sprint’s wireless service…

Peek Email Device is the top gadget of 2008?

The upset of the year is not happening on the ice or the gridirons, instead it is happening over at Time’s website. Believe it or not but a poll over at Time.com has the Peek Email device leading the list…

Nokia releases Q3 2008 figures; sales and profits down

Nokia released its interim report today covering performance in Q3 of this year. Long story short, it wasn’t pretty. Nokia had predicted a slow third quarter and a slow third quarter it had indeed. Market share was down, shipments were…