February, 2007 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for February 2007

YouTube, Joost and dozens of online video start-ups have done something many thought impossible: they have gotten the telecom executives excited. So excited that some of them are sponsoring Web 2.0 cocktail parties and cutting deals with little companies, hoping that Internet… Read More »

Are Optical IPOs Good Investment?

Infinera, one of the shining stars amongst new telecom start-ups has filed an S-1, hoping to go public sometime in the near future. It is not the only optical/networking related start-up looking to tap the public markets. BigBand Networks is another IPO… Read More »

 
 

Come and join the GigaTeam tonight! The GigaOM ETel Reception will kick off at 8pm at the San Francisco Airport Marriott, right after the GigaOM/ETel LaunchPad event San Francisco Airport Marriott 1800 Old Bayshore Highway Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Read More »

In what could only be called a great coup for Dynamism, today the cool gadget emporium announced that a lot of the high tech gadgetry they sell online will be available on the Best Buy Escape online store.  Current offerings: • Asus Ultra Mobile PC with… Read More »

Heh, I guess the very title of this post is a blanket statement now that I read it. That’s OK, if Jason Busch can summarily make the following statements, I suppose it’s only fair that I make one too. At the beginning of an Outlook2007… Read More »

What a terrible day for Microsoft Vista! It is getting a lot of negative reviews, with some reviewers urging people to stick to the old XP-Office 2003 combination. Chris Pirillo, the biggest Microsoft Windows proponent out there says he is breaking up with Vista.… Read More »

Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt is part of a team looking to build a new national public-safety wireless network, which they say would be combined with a open-access, commercial 4G offering that would offer wholesale services to carrier customers. While similar in theory to the idea floated… Read More »

Last month we featured measurement from Compete.com of the top 20 online video sites, according to its panel. Compete ranks according to “sessions” spent on a site, but it’s interesting to note that the number of unique visitors to one or more of the top… Read More »

MMO Meets MySpace?

… or if that doesn’t grab you, how about World of MyCraft, or even Third Life? A new start-up called Kaneva is gunning for the market somewhere between online worlds and social networks with an avatar-based space now in closed Beta. Not so much a… Read More »

After reading this post by Matt Miller, I’m starting to think maybe so! Since I’ve used Pocket PC / Windows Mobile devices almost exclusively for seven years, I realize… Read More »

A Launcher Shootout

If you’re a fan of Quicksilver or Launchbar, undoubtedly you’ve had the debate over which is king. If this has ever been the case, you may be interested to check out the blog dedicated to Quicksilver or Launchbar being the better launcher apps for… Read More »

The Academy Awards was always a bigger event for my family than the Super Bowl. I loved the stars, the movies, the outfits — even the campy dance numbers set to cheeseball medleys. But this year there was a certain sense of desperation in… Read More »

More Must Reads

In a move to get some more use out of their classic properties, SEGA has signed a deal with Universomo to bring their older games to a newer audience. According to Mobile Industry, under the terms of the deal, Universomo will not only take… Read More »

Motricity, the Durham, North Carolina-based mobile content delivery company has a habit of raising more and more capital. The company, that competes with the likes of Qualcomm and VeriSign says it has raised another $50 million in a series H round (yeah, I said… Read More »

Web Worker Daily: Do you need to write a business plan? NewTeeVee: Tracking Kyte.TV’s Personal Channels NewTeeVee: Clipmarks adds video saving, sharing GigaGamez: Sega brings classic games to mobies The Daily: Another $7 million for iSkoot, Skype-mobilzer GigaOmJobs: Lead Ruby software engineer for Telcoiq Read More »

Today I came across an article with a few ‘tools’ for web design and frankly, I thought it pretty lame and unexciting. There were 2 things on there that I felt were actually good information, Color Schemer and Typetester.… Read More »

With Apple’s latest incarnation of OSX on the horizon, Think Secret has posted a new gallery of screenshots (mirror) from build 9A343. This new batch of screenshots reveals new screensavers, one of which will snap pictures from your iSight when movement is detected. Also… Read More »

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