Archive for January, 2006

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Is Internet access a freedom or a privilege?

Om Malik, Monday, January 23, 2006 at 6:29 PM PT Comments (13)

There are days when words fail me. On those days I just read folks like David Isenberg. On his blog, he makes an eloquent and compelling case for network neutrality, and comes out swinging against the oxymoron that is tiered Internet.
Telephone companies are fighting back. They have declared their intent to know what travels on [...]

The Daily Cache

Om Malik, Monday, January 23, 2006 at 12:28 PM PT Comments (3)

Convergence towards a single device - not anytime soon
Even the raw-component makers are getting excited by the digital media revolution. Imation acquires Memorex for $330 million.
Skype Presence for TypePad? That would be nice.
Susan Crawford: We need a self-owned internet (II)
Is Skype forgetting its Customers?

Music sales down 2% in 2005

Om Malik, Monday, January 23, 2006 at 12:21 PM PT Comments (0)

Music sales down were down 2% for 2005, mostly because of increased entertainment options. Not to mention terrible releases from the Big 4 labels.

Juniper is Buying Something (Or Not)

Om Malik, Monday, January 23, 2006 at 12:02 PM PT Comments (6)

Every few months, almost like clockwork, rumor of Juniper-buying-some-WLAN-start-up pops up. And just as regularly nothing happens. There is word that #2 router maker is in talks to buy either Meru Networks or Colubris Networks for about $200 million. Unstrung has the details, and says Meru is in the lead. But also, Colubris has an [...]

Search’s Bad Week

Om Malik, Monday, January 23, 2006 at 10:15 AM PT Comments (6)

It was a bad week for search related companies. Yahoo disappointed, and with it the sentiment on search companies turned a little bearish. Soon after, there was an uproar when DoJ asking Google and others to hand over certain information. (An alternate opinion is here!)
Suddenly we were all thinking about cached life. Google plummeted nearly [...]

Say Tello For Presence

Om Malik, Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 11:14 PM PT Comments (25)

Jeff Pulver, wireless pioneer Craig McCaw, telecom banker Michael Price and former Apple CEO John Sculley have teamed together in a new VoIP focussed start-up called Tello, based in San Mateo, California. Doug Renert, a former executive at Oracle Corp heads up the start-up.
Tello is the brainchild of Jeff Pulver, and was founded in late [...]

WaPo Discovers The Net Neutrality Issue

Om Malik, Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 10:04 PM PT Comments (8)

Chris Stern, a former telecom reporter turned media analyst, writes in The Washington Post about the great debate on the network neutrality, the tier-ing of the Internet. It is an interesting and perhaps well written article, that is going to make the general audience aware of the troubled future of network neutrality and tier-ing of [...]

Verizon Uses UPS To Sell FIOS

Om Malik, Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 8:56 AM PT Comments (16)

Apparently, Verizon is very aggressively marketing its FTTH/FIOS service to consumers by sending them second day air UPS letters. This whole FTTH and FIOS TV is cash money when el-cheapo Bells are spending the big moolah! However, there might be another angle to it. By end of 2006, VZ will have fiber in nearly 200 [...]

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