Archive for March, 2008

At Cisco, Online Video Boom Helping Router Sales

Om Malik, Monday, March 31, 2008 at 10:39 PM PT Comments (5)

It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the online video boom is helping Cisco Systems sell a lot of its top-of-the-line CRS-1 routers.
The San Jose-based router and switch maker said that the total global cumulative shipments of CRS-1 Routers have doubled in less than nine months, rising from a total of 900 units shipped through [...]

How Google Can Eat Amazon’s Lunch

Kevin Kelleher, Monday, March 31, 2008 at 6:00 PM PT Comments (27)

I can’t believe I’m going to do this, but I’m going to do it.
Yesterday, Dave Winer ranted about how blogs have become an ecosystem of recycled conversations about an original thought that happened long ago. Even so, I am going to talk about a post that Dave Winer wrote this weekend.
No, not that post, [...]

Publish2 Gets $2.75 Million. For What, Exactly?

Om Malik, Monday, March 31, 2008 at 11:59 AM PT Comments (9)

The big news in the blog world today is the $2.75 million in funding received by Publish2, a startup founded by former GigaOM contributors Robert Young and Scott Karp. I wrote about the company quite some time ago and still have not seen a working prototype, a worrisome sign in my book.
One of the [...]

Xoopit Turns Inbox Into a Social Network

Om Malik, Monday, March 31, 2008 at 11:42 AM PT Comments (36)

As I have argued time and time again, the inbox and the mobile address book are two natural social environments. Xoopit is trying to capitalize on this simple fact of common sense with a plug-in that will turn your GMail into a social environment most relevant to you.

Moves, Removes at Ma Bell

Om Malik, Monday, March 31, 2008 at 9:02 AM PT Comments (8)

AT&T, the San Antonio, Texas-based phone company, is going through some executive changes and making some cuts in its big VP corps, sources tell me. Cutting costs at this level shows that Ma Bell’s C-Suite is worried about today’s economic realities.
First the juicy bit: Ma Bell is offering packages to VP-level executives in the hopes [...]

The #1 Reason Not to Feel Bad Over a VC-Rejection

Carleen Hawn, Monday, March 31, 2008 at 8:08 AM PT Comments (0)

They’re just throwing darts at a wall. Or worse…

“Oh, Look! Mr. Peepers just picked the very same [startups] your investment software did!”

OK, venture capital may be slightly more sophisticated than this — but I have trouble with VCs who nobly claim that their business has more risk than any other, and in the very next […]

GigaNET AM: Green Homes & Open Source Brands

Edit Staff, Monday, March 31, 2008 at 7:42 AM PT Comments (0)

Earth2Tech: Want a greener home? Sustainable Spaces can help. NewTeeVee: Legaltorrents.com relaunches, now get more free & legal torrents. Ostatic: Branding open source projects. FoundRead: 10 Tips to widget-up your start-up brand. WebWorkerDaily Survey: What kind of a web worker are you?

Comcast Cable CTO: Bandwidth Hogs Will Experience Slowdowns

Om Malik, Monday, March 31, 2008 at 3:59 AM PT Comments (27)

Comcast is moving away from the much criticized practice of blocking P2P traffic, and instead is looking at alternatives to rein in a small group of Comcast customers that can be labeled bandwidth hogs. Comcast Cable’s CTO explains.

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