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Rakesh Mathur is someone I have known from a bubble ago. He dropped me a note today saying that he has moved back to Silicon Valley from Seattle. (That perhaps explains the torrential rains, which have followed Rakesh to the Bay Area.) He is one of the founders of Junglee, a recommendation-engine company that was [...]

I had reported earlier that the new and improved (hopefully) Yahoo Messenger Beta (code named Postman) was going to hit the web this week. This is a Windows PC only release and is still a beta version of the IM+VoIP client is going to be released tomorrow. More photos are here and here. This [...]

Update: I am going to be on CNBC’s On The Money show to discuss Google Finance @ 7pm EST/ 4pm PST along with Paul Kedrosky and David Vise.
The much awaited launch of Google Finance service finally happened - in beta of course. And in one word, it is simply disappointing. Its like watching Al Pacino [...]

Update: Yup, my little birdies were spot on with the DT-Microsoft information. The very same cities where Alcatel is selling gear, Microsoft is doing IPTV. Press Release is here!
With TelecomNEXT, the newest telecom trade show going great guns in Las Vegas, the news is coming thick and fast. Rumors are flying about Microsoft making major [...]

While walking the floor at the Spring VoN in San Jose last week, I heard rumblings that Veraz Networks, a telecom software company [softswitches, media gateways and digital compression products... that sort of stuff] might be headed towards an IPO later this year.
The company has been on a tear lately, especially in the emerging telecom [...]

With MPAA cracking down on Usenet services, it is no surprise one of the bigger ones, GUBA is trying to go legit. The San Francisco-based start-up which lets you download videos from Usenet groups via a web interface, today introduced a new video upload and sharing service, well which is much like any other [...]