Archive for July, 2003

Subject Line :: Touching Base

Om Malik, Monday, July 21, 2003 at 3:07 PM PT Comments (0)

We use too many baseball analogies in the world of business, as it was pointed out to me by a public relations professional. She writes, “Do you realize that much of our everyday business vernacular revolves around baseball terminology?  “From the left field,” “touch base,” “take one for the team,” “pinch hit,” “struck out,” [...]

Noted:: Mortal Greenspan

Om Malik, Monday, July 21, 2003 at 3:07 PM PT Comments (0)

“Chairman Greenspan has now officially lost the confidence of the bond market. Market participants are now going to begin questioning past cycle and current cycle policies by the Fed.” Doug Kass, a hedge fund manager at Seabreeze Partners in The New York Times.
“Everyone has believed for at least 5 or 10 years that Greenspan could [...]

The Week that was - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Om Malik, Monday, July 21, 2003 at 7:07 AM PT Comments (0)

It has been a bit of an up-and-down week. For the longest time, I was waiting for a review, any review of Broadbandits to show up. It didnĚt and that bothered me a little, after all I worked very hard on it. And then it did! On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reviewed the book. [...]

A new use for Post-ITs?

Om Malik, Sunday, July 20, 2003 at 9:07 AM PT Comments (0)

NCBuy: Weird and Offbeat News Stories :: 3M, which makes Post-It notes, has recently produced a revamped version of their sticky paper with a stronger adhesive so the Post-Its stick to plastics, wood, metal and mirrors.
A spokeswoman for the company says the new Post-It Super Sticky Notes were tested in damp conditions, but [...]

Broadband faces slow future

Om Malik, Saturday, July 19, 2003 at 7:07 PM PT Comments (0)

The core of the internet is getter faster but ironically this could mean download delays for consumers. [BBC News | TECHNOLOGY]

“Dirty Pretty Things”

Om Malik, Saturday, July 19, 2003 at 7:07 PM PT Comments (0)

On My To Do List :: This neo-noir set in multicultural London is director Stephen Frears’ grandest film in a decade — and features the worst toilet scene since “Trainspotting.” [Salon]

Just in Time for Parisians to Leave Town

Om Malik, Saturday, July 19, 2003 at 7:07 PM PT Comments (0)

Free Wi-Fi in Paris’s Parc de la Villette this summer: As Parisians filter out for their five-week vacations in the mountains and on the sea, free Wi-Fi sponsored in part by France Telecom appears… [802.11b Networking News]

ADSL To Be Dominant Access Platform, Supplying 71 Percent Of Europeans In 2008

Om Malik, Saturday, July 19, 2003 at 7:07 PM PT Comments (0)

This is interesting; for I am pretty certain that now the Euro phone companies will start rolling out video over DSL services. I wrote about that in Red Herring before it went away. Forrester reports that broadband grew 92 percent in Europe in 2002 and predicts that in 2008, 30 percent of homes… [Muniwireless]

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