Slow news day It is proving to be slow day today and looks like blogging will be in second gear today as well. [Posted with hblogger 2.0 http://www.hexlet.com/] Read More »
Archive for November 2004
Citibank and Dacom are looking to make a joint bid for South Korean broadband provider, Thrunet, which has been under bankruptcy protection since March 2003. Analysts predict that South Korea is about to see a broadband shakeout, mostly because of a slowdown in the growth. … Read More »
PalmOne Treo 650′s memory problems are going to cost the company plenty, especially among the power users and early adopters who tend to spend $600 on a phone. Andrew goes into great details, but it basically sums up to Ferrari putting a four cylinder inside … Read More »
Folks, starting today, I am going to be writing a new column on convergence for the Business 2.0 online. This is a bi-weekly column that is going to alternate with my Telecom Report column. I hope you can sign-up for this column to have it … Read More »
One Stat: Microsoft IE market share is down to below 90% while Firefox and its cousins are doing better at around 8%. Read More »
Whether the big guns in US like it or not, it is quite clear that Chinese networking and telecom equipment makers are pretty adamant about their plans to dominate the world with low cost gear. The success of UT Starcom shows they can. Huawei will … Read More »
Frank Quattrone, the banker to stars, is no longer allowed to be a banker. No he cannot even play one on the North Shore. Instead, expect him to get a gig as a general partner at one of the venture funds, especially those who he … Read More »
Daniel Taylor: Everyone is reading way too much into it. Or Maybe Not! But a good post which sums up the whole situation. Daniel, just a journalist, in case you were wondering! Read More »
If all corporations take Rice University’s advise, then you all will be looking for new gigs. In a recent study they found that that despite a sharp increase in the “number of CEOs at U.S. companies have been recruited from outside those firms, a new … Read More »
Looks like Apple is officially taking over the world. They’ve just opened their largest store to date in London. Literally thousands of people showed up for the grand opening with many of them braving the bitter cold weather. The checkout counter in the new London Apple Store. A … Read More »
Mark Evans hopes Vonage’s marketing campaign is going to kickstart the VoIP business in Canada, but is not that optimistic. Local calls are really cheap he says. NRI/Michael Sohn Associates expects there will be 1.1 million residential households using an Internet telephony service by 2007. … Read More »
Rahul Sood of Voodoo PC has been promising me that someday he would build a tiny and light weight laptop. Well he has. Voodoo PC m50 rocks. Tiny: 3.4 pounds, thanks to a tough carbon fiber body and yes that’s with batteries and drives etc. … Read More »