Archive for February, 2006

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Origami What?

Om Malik, Sunday, February 26, 2006 at 6:30 PM PT Comments (10)

The memetrackers are buzzing with this new device being planned by Microsoft, code-named Origami Project. Microsoft’s new toy that will change everything comes out later this week, but the buzz around it is as loud as an Aerosmith concert. Even The New York Times has gotten in on the action.
Intel has been working on multimedia [...]

Can MySpace be Beaten?

Om Malik, Sunday, February 26, 2006 at 8:49 AM PT Comments (31)

By Robert Young
With nearly 60 million registered users, 15 billion page views per month, and more than 150,000 new users signing up every day, MySpace is that rare social networking contagion that keeps spreading and growing. Can this beast be stopped? Is there anyone out there that can challenge the leadership of MySpace? [...]

Occam Reverses For Future

Om Malik, Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 8:49 AM PT Comments (1)

Wall Street is quite excited about triple-play. In a move that hopes to capture their enthusiasm, Occam Networks, which makes Ethernet- and IP-based loop carrier equipment, decided to do a one-for-forty reverse split of its common stock. “We recently achieved our first profitable quarter and believe that reverse splitting our shares will not only enhance [...]

Here Comes Open Source Telecom

Om Malik, Thursday, February 23, 2006 at 1:09 PM PT Comments (33)

My latest Business 2.0 article, The Black Box That Would Conquer Telecom, just went online over at the CNN Money website. This is a story about a stealthy startup called Vyatta, that has build the world’s first commercial open-source router, and how open source is slowly moving its way into the telecom world. Vyatta’s first [...]

Not A Party, But a Tech Session - Tonight

Om Malik, Thursday, February 23, 2006 at 12:59 PM PT Comments (4)

My podcasting partner Niall Kennedy is organizing SF Tech Sessions, and the debut event is tonight. It is a straight-up shoot out between the new groupware applications - Joyent, Zimbra and Kerio.
The event will bring together journalists, bloggers, small businesses, and other interested users to learn more about groupware and underlying technologies such as Ajax, [...]

Coffee, Wine & WiFi

Om Malik, Thursday, February 23, 2006 at 11:00 AM PT Comments (5)

Restaurants and cafes represent the fastest growing segment of public Wi-Fi, according to JiWire. They estimate that 34,544 eating establishments currently offer Wi-Fi access, which is up from 16,277 a year ago. Tokyo (1,037) has the most restaurants and cafes with Wi-Fi access, followed by London (578) and Singapore (410). Within the United States, New [...]

Will Earthlink Spinoff Muni WiFi Biz?

Om Malik, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 11:03 PM PT Comments (13)

Earthlink is playing a high stakes game of poker. At stake - beleaguered Atlanta-based ISP’s future. Its two big bets - cellular MVNO and muni wireless networks. Both are costly mega-million dollar investments. It has already carved out one (Helio) and raised outside capital from SK Telecom. Could its muni networks division be next, with [...]

The New Office Space

Om Malik, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 6:04 AM PT Comments (86)

After reading my rant about Starbucks and some of the comments on that post, Jackson sent in this guest column about how many are using indi-cafes in San Francisco as mobile office space. (Ritual is my favorite…) If you are not in San Francisco and have names of entrepreneur friendly locations you want others to [...]

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