Archive for December, 2006

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The Ferrari Vista Question

Om Malik, Friday, December 29, 2006 at 12:00 PM PT Comments (46)

My doorman just brought a package of blogger kryptonite, aka the Acer Ferrari laptop tricked out with Microsoft Vista and Office 2007. Before the recent brouhaha broke out, I was going to do a simple review, and then send the machine back to Microsoft. As I told InternetNews.com, “Frankly, I need another laptop like [...]

Wallop Inventor leaves the company

Om Malik, Friday, December 29, 2006 at 11:52 AM PT Comments (7)

Sean Uberoi Kelly, CTO, founder and principal inventor of Wallop has left the San Francisco-based social networking start-up.
We were able to confirm this information with Karl Jacobs, CEO of Wallop. According to him, Kelly has no plans to work on any other project.

Updated: Neuronet, a special network for virtual worlds

Om Malik, Friday, December 29, 2006 at 11:50 AM PT Comments (2)

There might be something fishy about Neuronet and the organization behind it. We have not heard back from them for a while now, and there are others who are raising questions about the organization, IAVRT. GigaGamez posted an update, and points to Sven Johnson who is doggedly investigating IAVRT.

Now Qwest Needs Fiber Too

Om Malik, Friday, December 29, 2006 at 11:34 AM PT Comments (2)

Qwest, according to a Light Reading report, is now looking to build out FTTx styled network and had asked equipment vendors to send in their proposals before Christmas 2006. In the request for proposal documents obtained by Light Reading, Qwest admits that current methods have some challenges.
“continues to be challenged to develop innovative, more cost [...]

GUBA’s Tom Takes Off

Om Malik, Friday, December 29, 2006 at 9:19 AM PT Comments (1)

I should be upset that News.com wrote about GUBA CEO Tom McInerney leaving the company today, without even acknolwedging that NewTeeVee.com got the story first. Oh well, that’s how the cookie crumbles sometimes.
Nevertheless, I was actually glad to read the interview - an honest and a realistic assessment of the online video space. Here is [...]

Future of online video in 2007

Om Malik, Friday, December 29, 2006 at 9:00 AM PT Comments (2)

Liz Gannes and Paul Kapustka have written a piece over on NewTeeVee on what to expect in 2007 when it comes to online video.

Sprint May Add Nokia for WiMAX

Katie Fehrenbacher, Friday, December 29, 2006 at 8:41 AM PT Comments (0)

Sprint has said it is already working with Motorola and Samsung to build its $3 billion WiMAX network. Now the WSJ says Sprint is close to choosing Nokia as a third provider, among competitors Alcatel/Lucent, Nortel, ZTE, and Huawei. The report also says that the deal has not been finalized.

Technorati, Edelman deal is done

Om Malik, Friday, December 29, 2006 at 7:44 AM PT Comments (5)

Looks like the much vaunted deal between Edelman PR and Technorati is all but done, according to Handelsblatt, a German news daily.
Wolfgang Luenenbuerger-Reidenbach, the head of online conversations at Edelman Germany (and a blogger himself), confirmed my information that both companies won’t renew their partnership which is about to run out at year end anyway.

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