The buzz around VoIP, fiber to the home, wireless, WiMAX and all sorts of cool technologies would make you believe that we are seeing some sort of a telecom rebound. I call this chimera, a mirage and nothing but a pause between the continued downward… Read More »
Archive for September 2004
You can already hear the popping of champagne corks, as Baby Bells prepare to celebrate the self-destruction of the VoIP independents. Just when the voice-over-IP providers should be fighting tooth and nail with the baby bells, I see signs of familial discord that could jeopardize the… Read More »
Going head to head with Google and other established search engines may seem like folly to some but the folks at Vivisimo think they can do it. Their Clusty (horrible name)… Read More »
It may only be sold in Japan but Casio has surprised the industry with the first Pocket PC device they’ve introduced in several years. The new Windows Mobile powered DT-10… Read More »
WiMAX: The Great Wireless Hope or simply hopeless? That was on my mind as I walked out of last week’s panel (organized by the MIT Club of Northern California.) It is a question, searching for answers. I will get to those, in a minute, but first… Read More »
Digital disruption is happening all around us. Music, Movies, Telephone, … it all is being digitized, chopped, assembled and reassembled by us. Between Tivo/PVR functionality (now integrated into one chip), P2P file sharing platforms, Hi-Def. TV, BitTorrent, broadband Internet, falling HDD costs, rising CPU power, we’re seeing… Read More »
When I asked the question, what Microsoft does with its $7 billion R&D budget, I got a lot of flack. However, this morning, I did realize one thing they did not spend any money on – digital image libraries. For that, it turned to… Read More »
A lot of you are familiar with my quest for the perfect gadget bag. Well to tell you the truth I’d settle for a bag that will carry all… Read More »
The radioSHARK by Griffin is just an AM/FM radio that can sit on the desktop. But you can connect it to your Mac or PC via USB. And record radio broadcasts a… Read More »
Sony is always coming up with the most innovative gadgets and then trying to make a market for it later. Their latest entry into the “maybe” club is the LocationFree TV. The portable… Read More »
Jim Clark whose boats were made infamous in Michael Lewis’ New New Thing has a new dinghy, according to our ole pal, Damon Darlin. It is world’s largest three-masted schooner, and the 300-footer is called The Athena. It has a keel 18 feet deep. Get… Read More »
I have started this new trend of inviting experts and gurus to share their thoughts and publish their essays over here on GigaOM. Earlier this month, Dan sent us The VoIP Insurrection. This week pitching please welcome Aswath Rao, who has 20 years of… Read More »
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