Linked List: April 23, 2009

Thursday, 23 April 2009

Microsoft Posts First Ever Drop in Quarterly Revenue ★

Joseph Tartakoff on Microsoft’s results:

Hit hard by the recession, Microsoft reported the first year-over-year revenue drop in its history Thursday — and posted revenue short of analysts’ expectations. The company posted net income of $2.98 billion (33 cents per share), down 32 percent from the $4.4 billion (47 cents per share) recorded during the same period a year ago. […]

(Microsoft’s previous worst year-over-year performance was a 0.7 percent increase in revenue in mid-2000).

That’s still one billion dollars in profit per month, but that’s a big year-over-year drop, and a heck of a streak to end.

T-Mobile G1 Sells 1 Million Units in Six Months ★

Not bad at all.

Typographica: Our Favorite Typefaces of 2008 ★

And what a way to launch the Typographica redesign. Be prepared to lose a lot of time to these reviews of the top new typefaces from 2008.

Typographica Returns ★

Stephen Coles introduces the redesigned Typographica, one of my very favorite weblogs.

In Defense of Twitter ★

Smart piece by Jason Kottke on the role that Twitter serves.

Forbes Obtains Copy of Steve Jobs’s Testimony to SEC Regarding Options Backdating ★

William P. Barrett, reporting for Forbes:

After a Freedom of Information Act battle, this magazine got a copy of Jobs’s sworn examination. (Although Jobs and Apple were part of a separate shareholders derivative suit settled for $14 million, both avoided litigation.) The 119-page deposition, taken on Mar. 18, 2008 at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif. headquarters, offers a rare look at Jobs in his own words.

What a shitty, sensational headline, though: “Steve Jobs: Nobody Loves Me”. And no link to the actual transcript, alas.

Research Indicates Bacon Sandwich Really Does Cure a Hangover ★

The Telegraph:

Researchers also found a complex chemical interaction in the cooking of bacon produces the winning combination of taste and smell which is almost irresistible.

I’m not sure about the “almost”, eggheads.

(Via Tim Coulter.)