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Larry Ellison, the wily old fox was right. Technology industry is too mature and needs to consolidate and right size itself. The world laughed at him, but if today’s $235 million bid by Gateway for Emachines is any indication, then he was spot on. The bidding for AT&T Wireless is another indicator that the industry [...]

You know VoIP is hot when former Ameritech President Dwayne Goldsmith decides to launch a new VoIP called Inflexion Communications. So far it has remained in the shadows, but today decided to tell its story to rest of the world. It is more of a roll-up and grow VoIP play. Now is a good opportunity, [...]

If Aaron Spelling had to direct one soap opera based in Silicon Valley, his story line would be a fictionalized version of the story of Procket Networks. The company has had more ups-and-downs that the Bennifer saga. CEO office was been warmed by more folks than those who have slept in Paris Hilton’s bed. Innuendo-meter [...]

Last week when I posted thisrant about T-Mobile and its increasingly bad service in San Francisco, I had an inkling that the company was doing well in stealing customers from other carriers. (More people using its network translates into degraded network performance.) I had no idea, how well it was executing on its steal the [...]

Given that most publications devoted thousands of inches of editorial space to the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show, it is no surprise that we are seeing the early signs of a consumer electronics magazine bubble in the works. According to published reports and persistent rumors, there are at least five consumer titles in the works. [...]

The pending wave of consolidation in the US cellular carrier business spells doom for many handset makers, especially the big three, which are going to see their margins pounded and market shares eroded.
ANALYSIS: Number portability and desire to go wireless has helped the handset makers quite a bit in recent times. Nokia and Sony [...]