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Nokia Goes Web2ish, Launches 4 New Phones, Services

Om Malik, Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 3:00 AM PT Comments (16)

Nokia (NOK) is making a splash today with the launch of four new mobile phones, the Nokia music store, a Nokia N-Gage gaming site, and a web services portal called Ovi. The company announced these new efforts at Go Play, an even the company is hosting in London.

Cuban’s Theory & The Internet Infrastructure Questions

Om Malik, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 6:12 PM PT Comments (38)

Mark Cuban, the histrionics-prone billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, caused a major ruckus over the weekend when he wrote a stinging essay entitled “The Internet is Dead and Boring.”
The essay lit a fire under the bloggers, who turned into NBA officials for the day, declaring – loudly — that Cuban was in [...]

GigaNET Headlines: Open Source, Akimbo, Evolution of Search & Biofuels

Edit Staff, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 3:00 PM PT Comments (0)

Contrary to published reports and popular opinion alike, the most important impact of open source on the enterprise has not been on pricing.
The single most important impact of open source upon the enterprise has been the removal of barriers to entry and adoption - all thanks to open source’s ability to empower individual developers and [...]

Google CFO Retires, Successor TBD

Kevin Kelleher, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 1:39 PM PT Comments (5)

Of all the lightning rods that have been sticking out of the uber-phenomenon known as Google (GOOG), CFO George Reyes was one of the most inconspicuous. Now Google says Reyes is out, but he will stick around long enough to find a successor.
CFO transitions are tricky things, and they’re even trickier for big stars like [...]

And Earthlink Cuts 900 Jobs

Om Malik, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 9:20 AM PT Comments (15)

As we had reported earlier, Earthlink (ENLK) announced a major restructuring. They will hold a conference call tomorrow morning. According to their news release, they are going to shut down many satellite offices and about 900 people will lose their jobs. As a result of the corporate restructuring, EarthLink expects to generate $25 - [...]

Maya’s Mom Goes To BabyCenter

Om Malik, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 8:02 AM PT Comments (0)

Johnson & Johnson-owned BabyCenter wants to get hip, and gets on the social networking bandwagon. And to make that happen it has acquired Palo Alto-based niche social network, Maya’s Mom, reports PaidContent. (Disclosure: True Ventures is an investor in both GigaOM and Maya’s Mom.)
Rafat says that BabyCenter is shifting focus from e-commerce to content, [...]

7 Ways US Military Is Using GreenTech

Om Malik, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 7:20 AM PT Comments (0)

The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words eco and military strung together is irony, right? The U.S. military doesn’t think so. It wants to save money on energy, use new technologies that can be useful in remote environments. Here is a list of 7 eco tools the military has [...]

Akamai Gets Ready for HD Video

Om Malik, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 12:52 AM PT Comments (19)

Akamai (AKAM), under pricing pressure from upstart rivals such as Limelight Networks (LLNW), is upping the ante in the content delivery network wars. The company yesterday announced a new distributed delivery mechanism optimized for the delivery of high definition-quality content online.
The push for HD video over the Internet is a way for Cambridge, Mass.-based [...]

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