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Cradle Technologies, a Silicon Valley start-up has been on my radar for a while, and many people have raved about its programable chip technology. Founder/CEO Artie Chang is a well known name in this part of the world, and is a serious chiphead. It has some serious Silicon Valley backers, but apparently even that was [...]

This morning WSJ reported that News Corp is pulling the plug on its satellite-based Internet service. Hughes Electronics had embarked on an ambitious plan to deliver broadband to consumers and businesses using satellites made by Boeing. Seems News Corp executives have doubts about the financial viability of the plan. The company will be launching [...]

Business 2.0: Why the brand-new CRS-1 is already a disappointment. (Read PDF)

In case anyone missed the launch of Cisco’s big honking router (talk about mega publicity) I have a column today on Business 2.0. This new box, formerly known as Huge F******g Router (HFR) is now called Carrier Routing System. (CRS-1)
Does CRS-1 live up to its hype? Not really. Its speed and capacity are impressive, but [...]

The WSJ reports that Comcast is planning a national rollout of VoIP by year-end 2006. It joins the likes of AT&T and Vonage and will begin testing the service in three markets this year. It expects to offer the service to half of households passed by the end of ’05 and to 40M households by year-end [...]

It has been long time coming but bluetooth is finally beginning to hit its stride, if only in the automotive and mobile phone sectors. Thankfully after the hideous product models introduced by Motorola and Sony Ericsson, the bluetooth headsets at the very least are resembling fashion accessories. Many companies do not realize that if a [...]