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Updated.Looks like the vote on the 700 MHz auction rulemaking is finally in, and as expected the commission adopted some of the open-networking proposals championed by Google, but not all. While Google carefully lauds the FCC for its action in a post on the company’s public policy blog, both Google and other observers (like the [...]

We are today launching The Future of Software, a micro site that over a period of one month will take a look at some of the major trends that are changing and influencing the software business.
In this report we look at a variety of topics - Office 2.0, databases, mash-ups, widgets and browsers - and [...]

Don’t look now, but there’s one of those brutal price wars happening, this time in video rentals. Unlike the cola wars of legend or the perennial PC-chip wars of the last decade or two, this is a price battle I find fascinating.

In the short-term, the DVD price wars will create one of those rare pockets […]

Cisco Systems, apparently is facing a dilemma: whether to lose to the Linksys brand name or not? Cisco bought Linksys a couple of years ago for $500 million, and it has been a good addition to the portfolio, expanding Cisco’s reach into consumer, SOHO and small and medium sized business markets. (Read: Cisco’s born again […]

Marketing a webapp has become increasingly difficult with the growing competition on the web2.0 front. Viral-Marketing is the way to go in today’s scenario. But HOW can it be done on a low-budget, even better if without cost?

I developed a social webapp called Saywit.com, and launched it a few weeks ago. It has an […]

Given a choice between fiber-based broadband and DSL, people tend to opt for the former. Or that seems to be the lesson one can learn from the second quarter earnings reported by Verizon yesterday. Even as its DSL-subscriber additions tanked, Verizon saw a sharp uptake in the demand for its fiber connections.

The company added 203,000 […]