A quick update this week.

The markets ended the week mixed; the Dow was down .13%, but the S&P was mostly flat at +.02%, and tech had a great week with the Nasdaq up 1.12%.

We’re looking at Microsoft this coming week. We haven’t come down on either side yet, but there are some items of interest. A deal for “social search” between Bind and Facebook may reinvigorate the image of the aging tech company, making it relevant again. Also in that vein is Microsoft’s stance as a commercial vs. a consumer company. It has been some time since anyone’s been excited about a new Microsoft offering. Instead, we are excited by Google or Apple. Microsoft may be becoming an “old giant,” but we can see that the position of “lumbering old tech giant“ might not be so bad: it’s worked out pretty well for IBM.