Since I last ranted about Blackberry versus Good, there has been an update. Siemens launched a new phone, SK 65 which has Blackberry built in. While cross-shaped SK65 might not win any design points, it does prove my point that surely and slowly Blackberry … Read More »
Archive for August 2004
RF Micro Devices is one of those companies which makes chips that are used by most of the cell phones on the planet. Unlike Qualcomm and Texas instruments, which make the guts of the cell phone, RFMD’s products are marginal in comparison, though no less important. … Read More »
A couple of days ago I had pointed out that Cable stocks might be cheap. Well the Cox family thinks so, and have decided to take their company private, according to a report in the New York Times. Cox Enterprises, which owns 62% of Cox … Read More »
With all the phones coming out every second day, I am delighted to point you to a special report compiled by my pal Jon Gales who runs MobileTracker.net, (and incidentally designed GigaOM). This is a one stop read on the very latest in cell phones … Read More »
Vonage, the ground breaking voice over the Internet service is going through some serious growing pains. The service went out earlier today, a news that was first reported on the Broadband Reports forum. Since then the company with over 200,000 customers has come out and … Read More »
Strike one for the good guys! Large living, simple minded and often absent chief of Enron Broadband, Ken Rice has decided to plead guilty to his role in the Enron fraud, and has also decided to cooperate with the authorities. According to The Wall Street … Read More »
In a classic case of pot calling the kettle black, Sun’s software guru Jonathan Schwartz thinks that IBM has some serious problems because of Red Hat. “But the bad news for IBM is that the vast majority of enterprise datacenter deployments are now occurring on Red … Read More »
Last week I posted, Should Tellabs call of its deal with AFC? Light Reading has an update today, and they essentially say that the deal will be done, at the original price. They quote Timm Bechter of Legg Mason and Albert Lin of American … Read More »
Its a blog, its a news compiler, its a website that will see you a headline if you have I don’t know, $300-to-$400 bucks a story. It is Fark.com. Jason over at Weblogs Inc says that Fark.com is selling links and quips, ” The … Read More »
This is Oreo. He’s a cute mutt that came to us years ago when the dog of one of my wife’s coworkers had a litter and they needed homes for the lot. We took in Oreo (over my objections) and he’s been with us ever … Read More »
Reading Barrons every weekend is like religion for me. It is delicious, wicked and funny. And contrarian. They have a wonderful expose of sorts on the new Nortel CEO William Owens, a retired US Navy admiral. Owens had commanded America’s largest fleet of nuclear … Read More »
Sometimes I just wish, just wish, people would simply read the press releases. You know go to a company’s website, click on the news section and read the press releases. Discount them by a factor of ten, and then write a story. In case you were … Read More »
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