Archive for October, 2005

Akismet has caught 2000 spams so far

Om Malik, Monday, October 31, 2005 at 10:26 PM PT Comments (0)

Akismet comment spam protection service has caught 2000 spams so far. The spam of the day: cingular ringtones.

Sonos is Better with a Cradle

Om Malik, Monday, October 31, 2005 at 9:55 PM PT Comments (0)

Sonos Sound System did feel incomplete without a cradle/charger for the wonderful remote control. Now it seems the little music family is complete. I think the photo says it all! Check out my review of Sonos.

James Enck is One in a Million For those more in…

Om Malik, Monday, October 31, 2005 at 6:10 PM PT Comments (0)

James Enck says his blog is worthless, while mine is $1.15 million in blog dollars. James, good buddy you are one in a million. Same holds true for Martin Geddes and Richard Stastny. In my books at least!

At Dell a faulty capacitor leaks $300 million

Om Malik, Monday, October 31, 2005 at 5:20 PM PT Comments (0)

At Dell a faulty capacitor leaks $300 million. PC maker will take a $450 million charge to restructure consumer operations. The iPod curse in effect. Somewhere, Jeff Jarvis is uncorking Korbel!

Happy Diwali All

Om Malik, Monday, October 31, 2005 at 4:34 PM PT Comments (26)

All my friends, we are celebrating the Indian festival of lights, aka Diwali. The official day of Diwali this year is November 1, which means my family has already started celebrating.
It is the day I miss my family the most, and hope that some day I will spend some time with them. I wish all [...]

Webster adds WiFi to the dictionary

Om Malik, Monday, October 31, 2005 at 4:19 PM PT Comments (1)

Webster adds WiFi to the dictionary, defines it as “Wi-Fi used to certify the interoperability of wireless computer networking devices.”

FCC approves MCI-VZ, AT&T-SBC mergers

Om Malik, Monday, October 31, 2005 at 2:50 PM PT Comments (0)

FCC approves MCI-VZ, AT&T-SBC mergers. Analysis later!

Are Bandwidth Mergers Enough?

Om Malik, Monday, October 31, 2005 at 11:25 AM PT Comments (9)

Updated: For nearly two months I had been hearing chatter that WilTel was in play. I had heard that even Comcast was interesting in the company, and there was some talk of Level 3. Unfortunately, I could not pin this one down, and now feel bad about it. The $781 million deal is a good [...]

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