Archive for April, 2004

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The PC growth bubble?

Om Malik, Monday, April 26, 2004 at 6:04 AM PT Comments (0)

Big research firms like IDC and Gartner are calling for double digit growth in PC sales especially to the corporations. Media has dutifully reported this without much thought. Here is one, thanks to our friendly bubble buster, Ashok Kumar, who is now at Raymond James –
bq. Despite improving business IT spending, MSFTÌs PC unit growth [...]

Problems with TCP

Om Malik, Monday, April 26, 2004 at 6:04 AM PT Comments (0)

I know this has been said before but there are many problems with TCP/IP protocol, and has all the security types worried sick. An article in the Information Week says:
bq. A serious new security vulnerability that could affect large parts of the Internet as well as corporate networks has been identified by the Department of [...]

The 22-Karat PC

Om Malik, Monday, April 26, 2004 at 1:04 AM PT Comments (0)

Business2.0: Voodoo’s high-end personal computers deliver gold-plated profit margins by focusing on gamers. Download file

Do this get rich

Om Malik, Monday, April 26, 2004 at 1:04 AM PT Comments (3)

Business 2.0: Cover Story: There’s good news for anyone with an entrepreneurial itch — VCs are starting to loosen their purse strings. Use the nine ideas that we proposed to a panel of investors to prepare your own pitch. Download file

Welcome to Marlboro Country…

Om Malik, Sunday, April 25, 2004 at 8:04 PM PT Comments (0)

Chris Columbus it seems has finally found India. And the right kind of Indians to kill as well…

Mac, the king of VoIP

Om Malik, Sunday, April 25, 2004 at 5:04 PM PT Comments (3)

The New York Times has a massive piece on Steve Jobs, again. If you read beyond the usual stuff, and hype about IPod, you come to the real nugget of information at the bottom of the story.
bq. Last year, the company quietly added two new wireless standards, known as 3GPP and 3GPP2, to its QuickTime [...]

AWEFul might be good

Om Malik, Sunday, April 25, 2004 at 5:04 PM PT Comments (0)

Looks like AT&T Wireless is bleeding customers left right and center. It is not such a bad thing for those stuck with the service, for it means fewer people on the network and that means better network quality. AT&T has always had a good network, its only problem is that it had too many customers. [...]

Skype over 1xRTT connection

Om Malik, Sunday, April 25, 2004 at 2:04 PM PT Comments (3)

A few days after I posted that I was using Vonage over a CDMA 1xRTT connection in India, Dina points out that she has been using Skype client using the same method. And for an instant I thought I was smart. Oh well! It was too bad that I did not get to meet Dina [...]

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