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MIT Technology Review has a great overview of various fiber to the home projects around the country, and how they are threatening to break the chokehold of Bell and Cable monopolies. Essentially, a lot of the stuff is what I have been following here at my weblog.
bq. Why, then, are the little guys with much [...]

In the world of journalism, you as a reporter/writer are valued for three basic skills: ability to ferret out news and trends, ability to write, and last but not the least, for building up your rolodex. Fatter the rolodex, the better a reporter you are, and that explains why The New York Times‘ Tom Friedman [...]

Vitesse has bought Cicada for $66 million reports CNET News.com. The two chip makers (Vitesse makes high-speed comm chips and CIcada makes DSPs) had been partnering on network switches. Cicada has raised $37 million in venture capital to date from the likes of Silicon Valley Bank and Sevin Rosen Funds. Elsewhere, Rambus, a memory [...]

John Dvorak, a columnist to reckon with (atleast when Bill and Steve roamed the planet), and just when you think he is way past due his editorial expiration date, he does come up with a good one. Lately his columns have become nothing but rants, but today the old warhorse camr up with an observation [...]

Boston.com’s Peter Howe has an interesting perspective on the telecom industry and is predicting major consolidation. It is something I have talked about before, but there are some suggestions which don’t make sense. For instance he talks about Vodafone flying solo and then buying AT&T or T-Mobile. AT&T yes, but T-Mobile no, for the later [...]

A couple of days after I posted this article about ViewSonic, now there is word that the company is looking to announce a couple of new LCD Televisions, including a 30 inch model which could set you back a lot of money. Don’t have many details, but the announcements are likely to come on the [...]