Archive for April, 2002

Many lives of Merrill?

Om Malik, Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 4:04 PM PT Comments (0)

Like Hemmingway, Merrill Lynch has read its obituary many times in the paper. This time it is no different. Many (who?) are predicting the demise of the brokerage giant again, thanks largely to actions of Eliot Spitzer, the New York attorney general with gubernatorial aspirations. But like the illustrious writer, the big Bull will survive.

Data centers near comeback

Om Malik, Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 2:04 AM PT Comments (0)

Red Herring :: The data center shakeout that began almost a year ago seems to be over, and there are early indications that an industrywide turnaround might be just a few months away.
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Indium Phosphide: the miracle compound

Om Malik, Friday, April 5, 2002 at 1:04 AM PT Comments (0)

Red Herring :: A compound interest in fiber optics :: A handful of firms exploring the opportunities of indium phosphide, a material that is likely to revolutionize the communications industry. Though discovered in 1863, InP was pretty much ignored by the scientific community until the late ’80s, when the aerospace industry took notice. Not long [...]

Time to Get on the ‘GovBus’

Om Malik, Thursday, April 4, 2002 at 10:04 AM PT Comments (0)

I make my debut as a contributor to the Wall Street Journal editorial pages
Aly Sabra Galal Abdell can be forgiven for having assumed that the Immigration and Naturalization Service is a joke. After all, the INS did issue visas to two dead terrorists, Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi, nearly six months after they perpetrated the [...]

Probe Research says, Broadband adoption is slow

Om Malik, Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at 11:04 AM PT Comments (0)

Oh well didn’t we already know that. After all we did a whole story on this in Red Herring magazine. Surprised that research agenices which are paid mucho dollars to make these predictions before rest of the junta, are slow on the uptake here.
Anyway the new report by NJ-based Probe Research suggests that the [...]

Video-on-demand is dead

Om Malik, Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 12:04 PM PT Comments (0)

Finally there is some good news - Qwest has decided that it will close its Qwest Digital Media operations, which produced, stored and transmitted digital video content. So what that means is that the annoying ads showing a tired business man looking for a room at a roach-motel, or a guy looking for classical [...]

The price of truth

Om Malik, Monday, April 1, 2002 at 2:04 PM PT Comments (0)

No surprise, Walter Hewlett, the scion of the Hewlett family is out of a job. Are you surprised by the news that he got fired from HPĂs board for opposing Hewlett-PackardĂs merger with Compaq Computer. And then when he filed a lawsuit against the company for trying to buy the votes from Deutsche Asset Management, [...]

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