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It has been a rainy, miserable weekend – the kind which makes you think about strange things like ‘which apple notebook was my favorite writing machine?’ The 12-inch Powerbook G4 despite the small screen was my favorite – great keyboard, enough screen space to focus entirely… Read More »

Techcrunch first reported that COO Dan Rosensweig is going to leave the company by end of March, and Sue Decker will run finance and sales. There was a lot of chatter around a senior executive level meeting at Yahoo, that had been webcast. It… Read More »

 
 

It’s hard to escape hearing about the launch of Microsoft’s Vista operating system for business customers today — especially with Steve Ballmer calling it “the biggest launch in our company’s history.” The consumer version won’t be widely available until January. With all the delays… Read More »

The Digg Buyout Theory

Techcrunch reports that News Corp., had expressed interest in buying Digg, but nothing has happened thus far, and Digg might raise more money. I think the world of Digg, but frankly have no idea what it is worth. Some say $150 million. One blogger thinks… Read More »

Will IE7 Be Your browser?

IE 7 is finally out. There is a fierce debate around the new offering from Microsoft. Some say, company is playing catch up with other browsers such as Firefox. Some have deemed it better. Which browser will you choose? Over on Zimbra Team Blog:… Read More »

I spent much of the day at Office 2.0 conference here in San Francisco, which has attracted attendees from near and far. Earlier this morning I moderated a panel, Office 2.0: Where are we? and walked away with some valuable insights, and a conclusion – Office… Read More »

Goobed

This one is personal – now that the deal is done, I have to start working on losing 40 pounds. So if you are making plans to meet me for a drink – not going to happen. Given that how wrong I was on this… Read More »

Powerset Vs Google

The Internets are all chattering about Powerset, a new natural language search start-up, that plans to out-Google, Google. There are a bunch of varied opinions about this company, some good, and most not so good. Danny Sullivan calls it overhyped. What do you… Read More »

At the Nokia OpenStudio event in New York, I got to play with most of the Nokia N Series phones, and walked away with distinct impression that the only two models that might prove to be commercial hits were Nokia N73 (candy bar) and Nokia… Read More »

Last few days there has been a lot of talk about Rebtel, Jajah, and a whole slew of VoIP companies which are essentially, as Andy calls them “minute stealers.” Jajah, which has introduced a mobile version of its call back service, well, at least that is… Read More »

Wallop or what?

Liz wrote a long piece on Wallop, a company we have covered in the past. Today, there seems to be a talk around this new social network, mostly because of its Microsoft heritage, and a $10 million investment. What do you… Read More »

Another day in Silly-con valley. WSJ reports Yahoo is looking at Facebook, for somewhere around $1 billion. Yahoo-Facebook reports and rumors have been circling for a while now. The other Web 2.0 darling, YouTube is also for sale, for $1.5 billion.… Read More »

More Must Reads

Is Yahoo’s warning of an online advertising slowdown a sign of the times and an end to the online advertising boom? Is it part of a broader economic crisis? Or is it just a Yahoo specific problem? What’s your take on the the sharp volte… Read More »

Engadget says Zune is here. Good, iPod has some competition. It has features up the wazoo (sp?) It has wireless connectivity, a 30 gig drive, FM Radio, three inch screen, plus all the usual trimmings. John Biggs says it is going to do social… Read More »

The showtime has come and gone. Some of us are happy with the announcements, while others are unimpressed. Still, Apple refreshed its iPod line-up ahead of the all important Holiday season. The question, however, is that will you spend dollars on any of these new shiny… Read More »

There is a lot of chatter about what Apple is going to announce tomorrow at its big “Showtime” event. Since ThinkSecret has not had an update, I am giving all rumors an equal chance of coming true. Given that readers have shown amazing astuteness when… Read More »

Given all the attention being devoted to Web-based applications, and all the hoopla around the web-desktop hybrid apps, I got together with Niall Kennedy to record the latest episode of Om & Niall PodSesssions, to ruminate on the question: are desktop applications are… Read More »

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