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Steve Jobs says his iTunes 4.9 will support podcasts and make it easier to find the new form of distributed media. Given the easy access to 10 million iPods, I am not surprised the increased hoopla around this emergent media. Best cue - my pal, Andy, long a stream-caster, turning his attention to pod-casting. He [...]

“Part of the problem is today the desktop [computer] business is a zero margin business for many of our customers,” Paul Otellini at D in Wall Street Journal. Given his reluctant admission that Mac is better, and this comment, one gets a feeling that the CEO of world’s largest PC chip maker doesn’t love PCs [...]

Private Equity Week: VSP Capital’s limited partner advisory board effectively agreed Tuesday to discontinue the firm’s third fund, PE Week has learned. The six limited partners voted unanimously to recommend to all of VSP’s limited partners that the firm’s third fund be discontinued. Just wondering where it leaves those start-ups that were counting on [...]

Satellite-based broadband services have been a bit of a non-starter. The low speeds, and lower penetration rates have proved that the big birds really don’t fly. Folks, however still keep trying. In Thailand, iPstar is close to launching some of its birds to bring broadband-like speeds to folks in rural Asia. More recently, Telesat launched [...]

Whichever way you slice it, Americans are obsessed with email, and cannot live without it, according to a survey conducted by America Online. How obsessive? Nearly 8% are busy checking their emails in business meetings, while 12% would rather write love notes than pay attention to professors when in class. On the beach, where perfect [...]

Next time you are on an extreme vacation, say cavorting on an Arctic glacier in inhuman temperatures, and worry about not having broadband, or missing the American Idol… relax help is at hand. Nokia and Norwegian operator Telenor are launching IP-based TV and other services to Svalbard, one of the world’s northernmost settlements. This is [...]