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More Blinkx updates

By now most of you must be sick of the whole BlinkX thing. Still there are some updates, I thought I should share with you. For instance there is a big story on them in The Daily Telegraph today. They got SlashDotted. Venture… Read More »

Globix merges with NEON

Globix, back from the dead is now merging with Neon Communications of Westboro, MA. As a result of the merger, Globix doubles its size with respect to employees and revenue while acquiring a fiber-optic network footprint that spans the Washington/Boston corridor, complementing its already-impressive global backbone.… Read More »

 
 

Home Workers need broadband

Nearly a third of the US workforce, or 44 million individuals, is expected to regularly work at home on at least a part-time basis in 2004 reports In-Stat/MDR. And in order to do so, they need Broadband connections. “Telecommuters are an important, and growing broadband… Read More »

Fuel Cells Not Included

Who needs fuel cells? No really! Strategy Analytics predicts that the market for battery cells will exceed US$9 billion by 2010 driven by the growing demand for portable devices, however, the demand for small form factor fuel cells will be disappointing. More efficient power usage will… Read More »

07/19/2004 Randomly Speaking

BayAreaFreeWiFi.com: Bay Area residents can take a free Wi-Fi guide on their IPOD. Download from here. AT&T has failed to sell its take in Canadian wireless company, Rogers Wireless. ATTWS refused a $1.15 billion offer from Rogers Communications, the company that owns a majority… Read More »

I have known Tony Perkins for a longtime, and consider him a friend. I worked for him, enjoyed his wit and loved reading his column. Infact, I have been one of the biggest supporters of Always On Network. Perhaps that is what makes it difficult… Read More »

Business Week magazine has a piece on Reliance and Tata VSNL buying Tyco Global Network. The reveal that some other players like Trinity Ventures also took a look at the company. Pivotal Private Equity is another name that has cropped up in the article. Incidentally… Read More »

Cell Phone price wars coming?

This morning LG Electronics reported its earnings and as expected they beat expecations, mostly due to strength in the LCD and cell phone handset markets. For the second quarter net income was about $427 million. While the company had forecast total handset sales of about… Read More »

Change is good

Quite often I have talked about the massive changes that are over running Silicon Valley. Be it the voice-over-the-Internet, rise of China and India or the Moore’s Claw. Everything is changing and when that happens, opportunities arise. Andrew Canton, who runs an incubator in LondonRead More »

IPod Sales Stalling?

We all know that criticizing IPod can be injurious to your server’s health, but this link from Mike hoefflinger is a bit of a reality check about Apple’s problems which are not obvious to the eye or to the analysts. While rest of the world… Read More »

Where did some of Bezos go?

Either he is on some sort of a low carb diet, or he is worried about really making a profit. Either way the man is giving supermodels a run in the anorexia sweepstakes. Read More »

07.16.2004 Randomly Speaking

More Must Reads

We know Lance Armstrong is not quite strong these days but there is yet another US connection to Tour De France. France Telecom is using Aperto Networks’ broadband wireless access systems at this year’s Tour de France, giving spectators broadband Internet access while they attend… Read More »

Like all interesting posts, this one began with an email. A reader sent me a link about a company called Sting Broadband, which in partnership with US-based Kaon Systems is going to deploy 4G Broadband in India. “Is this company Kaon Systems for real ?… Read More »

MobileTracker points to a press release from 3G Americas that states that there are around 108 carriers looking to support EDGE, the (somewhat) higher-speed wireless connectivity technology. AT&T is planning to launch the EDGE service in some cities later this month. Read More »

In April, Nokia introduced disappointing numbers but revealed strong industry growth. Specifically, Moto later came out and blew away its numbers. Stock price appreciation = 30% in two days! Same story is going on in 2Q04, but it is even more pronounced! The difference in… Read More »

Okay this may sound very pompous and self congratulatory, but this is the first time I have quantifiable information that people actually *read* what I write. Whew! A little while ago, I wrote, BlinkX BlinkX. The Guardian has followed up with a story, which… Read More »

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