Archive for December, 2007

I’ve taken seven of the more interesting stocks of 2007 — all stocks that inspired a good deal of passionate discussion and, for the most part, a good deal of capital gains — and ranked them according to how I think they’ll perform in 2008. Take… Read More »

What do we know about GigaOM readers in 2007? You like Firefox to a degree that far exceeds the general Internet population. According to Google Analytics, 47 percent of our visits this year were made through Firefox, while 40.1 percent were made through Internet Explorer. As for… Read More »

“Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, 19th century American poet, and physician. Found|READers: Here’s to thinking BIG and wide with your ideas in 2008! Happy New Year! Read More »

There’s been a lot of interest in Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s application to bid in the upcoming U.S. auction for wireless spectrum. When speculating as to what he might do, it’s important to remember that this is far from Allen’s first involvement in wireless auctions. Read More »

Shortly before Christmas, Om sat down with VMWare cofounder, Dr. Mendel Rosenblum, also the virtualization software company’s chief scientist. Diane Greene, whom we wrote about earlier, is VMWare’s current CEO, and the person largely responsible for driving the 9-year-old company to its blockbuster IPO in August. Greene… Read More »

Shortly before Christmas, Om sat down with VMWare cofounder, Dr. Mendel Rosenblum, also the virtualization software company’s chief scientist. Diane Greene, whom we wrote about earlier, is VMWare’s current CEO, and the person largely responsible for driving the 9-year-old company to its blockbuster IPO in August. Greene… Read More »

… 8 Tips for Coding, … 5 Hints for Building, … 11 PR Handouts, … 7 Conference Call-outs, AND … 5 steps to form an LLC! There is no limit, it seems, to the number of tips that founders can share with one another. Read/WriteWeb published another great index of resources… Read More »

Here Comes Trouble: The Thin Edge of SIP

Increasingly, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is the common denominator interconnecting diverse communication devices and networks. Like it or love it, the rapid adoption of SIP makes it impossible to ignore. Read More »

NTV Rant: P2P Is More than Cheap Bandwidth

2007 has been the year of the P2P CDNs. Akamai bought Red Swoosh, BitTorrent started to showcase their DNA streaming solution, and Pando inked a deal with NBC to P2P-power the distribution of shows like Law & Order through the network’s NBC Direct download service. Combining… Read More »

Introducing FlickrFan

Update: Over a month ago, I visited Dave Winer’s Berkeley, Calif. home. We went for a walk that knocked the wind out of me, but during course of our conversation, Dave mentioned that he was working on something new. After nearly 45 minutes of rigorous walking,… Read More »

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