Archive for February, 2008

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SNAP Summit 2.0 Tickets, Discounts

Edit Staff, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 2:18 PM PT Comments (1)

Founders, developers and business executives will gather March 25th in San Francisco for Snap Summit 2.0, a conference devoted to the business and design of social platform apps. Along with a full day of talks and workshops, the event will be keynoted by Dave Morin, senior platform manager for Facebook, and Aber Whitcomb, CTO of [...]

Intel Funds Lithography Design Startup

Stacey Higginbotham, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 10:56 AM PT Comments (0)

As the lines etched on chips get smaller (Moore’s Law again), some, among them Intel and Qualcomm, believe that limiting the way those lines can be drawn will lead to cheaper manufacturing. Instead of etching lines onto chips that resemble jigsaw puzzles, think Tetris-style blocks. Intel said today it has invested in Campbell, Calif.-based startup [...]

Cheap Voice is Still the Killer App

Stacey Higginbotham, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 9:01 AM PT Comments (9)

A new report from ABI Research hits the rather obvious note that customers are loyal to good service, not a particular carrier. As geographic boundaries for telco services erode thanks to unlimited wireless pricing plans and potential femtocell deployments, services and service are key. ABI Research Vice President Stuart Carlaw in the report states that:

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Feb. 27, 2008: Killer Robots and Nano Phones

Stacey Higginbotham, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 5:29 AM PT Comments (0)

Light Reading: Microsoft Tweaks its Carrier Strategy
Reuters: Killer Robots Pose Greatest Militant Threat
Computerworld: What’s Next for 3Com? Another Merger May be in the Works
InfoWorld: Verizon’s First Open Network Specs Coming March 19
Telecoms.com: Nokia Unveils Shape-Changing Nano Phone Concept
ArsTechnica: Spammers Crack Gmail’s CAPTCHA system

From The Burning Bush: How to Choose Board Members

Carleen Hawn, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:02 AM PT Comments (1)


We publish often about the importance of selecting the right advisors and board members. Plenty of serial founders will happily share their ideas for how to do this, but even the most successful among them will tell you that it is not only as important a choice as your business model, but in many ways, […]

When Did You Become Someone Else’s Intellectual Property?

Guest Column, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:02 AM PT Comments (17)

Every day, venture capitalists like me see the chilling effect that employer non-compete agreements have on innovation. Employer non-compete agreements are literally handcuffs, and we need to ask whether their impediments to innovation serve a greater good by protecting employers’ legitimate rights.

Too Many Signals: Delivering Wireless HD Video

Stacey Higginbotham, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (11)

Like Everest, the goal of wirelessly delivering high-definition video without compression may not be necessary, but it’s there, so technologists have to attempt it. Here are the three biggest wireless technologies aiming to deliver high-def video to your TV.

10 Things You Need to Know About LTE

Stacey Higginbotham, Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 10:00 PM PT Comments (14)

Since everybody likes lists, here are the 10 things you need to know about the 4G technology known as Long-Term Evolution, or LTE, standard.

It began in 2004 as the next-generation networking technology pushed by the 3GPP It’s fast — with peak data rates of 1o0 Mbps down and 50 Mbps up It makes CDMA and GSM debates […]

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