Take yourself back for a moment to 1990, to the era of dueling operating systems: OS/2 and Windows. At the time, many people still used MS-DOS, and Windows was new (and klunky). Microsoft had cooperated with IBM to create OS/2 to overcome the limitations of… Read More »
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AdMob shares its monthly smartphone data today, and the numbers provide some deeper insight into trends we’ve seen recently. I was sure that the Android Marketplace’s relatively slow pace would weigh down the growth rate of T-Mobile’s G1, but as they say: the numbers don’t… Read More »
Our sister site, jkOnTheRun, is reporting that certain netbook enthusiast sites are getting cease-and-desist orders from Psion Teklogix, maker of the Psion netBook in the early 2000s. They have a copy of a C&D order and are trying to find out more. They did… Read More »
Quantenna Communications is due to announce three chipsets on Tuesday that boost Wi-Fi signals with a small footprint. Read More »
Steve Jobs, as he was launching the latest version of Apple’s iPod, declared war on game console makers Sony and Nintendo. “It’s the best portable device for playing games,” Jobs said of the new iPod touch. Using the touch and the iPhone,… Read More »
The CEO of California utility PG&E, Peter Darbee, recently said that he’d like to use the company’s deep pockets to buy solar thermal plants. Turns out that’s just the beginning of the things he’d like to change about how utilities operate. Check out Earth2Tech’s… Read More »
…or so wrote Marc Andreessen, on his blog Monday. Pundits have bemoaned the impact that Microsoft’s acquisition of Yahoo will have on Silicon Valley entrepreneurship: In eliminating a “big startup acquirer,” Redmond is slamming shut one, and possibly two, big windows for “VC-funded exits.” You’ll be… Read More »
Google general counsel Andrew Mclaughlin in a Light Reading story about the FCC forgot a four letter word called “tact.” “The FCC sucks,” Mclaughlin says. “Why would you want the FCC to get involved in anything? Its track record is pretty bad when it comes to… Read More »
With SBC gulping AT&T without as much as a gulp, one could feel a tad sorry for some of the executives from the “old” Ma Bell who were shown the door by King Ed The First. For example, David Dorman, the former CEO of AT&T,… Read More »
Zimbra’s Ajax-based email is worth a look. It is one of the many dozens of companies that have popped up, and one reason to take them seriously – well they are backed by Eric Hahn, the man behind Lookout Software, which was a “search” application… Read More »
A few months ago I had a chance to chat with Rajiv Laroia, chief technology officer and founder of Bedminster, NJ based wireless broadband company, Flarion. We discussed Qualcomm, Europe and how the 450 Mhz is a big opportunity for the company. Even though the interview… Read More »
Lost in all the holiday cheer was the news that Logitech and Skype are going to be co-marketing each others products and services. Logitech will bundle up to 120 minutes worth of free vouchers for SkypeOut, the pre-pay service that allows Skype users to call… Read More »
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