Microsoft’s Overlooked Innovation
It's fun to bash Microsoft. It's easy, too, with Apple solidly conquering the high end of the PC and mobile markets and Google's command of the Internet. But how fair are these articles skewering…
Is Windows Mobile 7 a Mistake?
Sounds like Microsoft has serious iPhone envy. We all knew they were going to integrate the Zune into it. The Xbox features are a plus, but how about the dedication to form factor? For…
No Matthew, The Proper Response is RTFM! [Google Buzz Privacy]
The tech press has worked itself into a frenzy over recent comments from Eric Schmidt at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress. According to numerous sources, Schmidt told attendees that "[t]here was a lot of…
Companies’ Irrational Fear of Social Media
By Tom Foremski
Irving Wladawsky-Berger has put together a good review of several studies and reports concerning business use of social networks: Why are so many companies reluctant to embrace social networking? One of the articles in…
Austin IRS Attack: Thoughts and Discussion
I’ve spent the last hour or two reading up on the various accounts of what happened in Austin today, as well as connecting with various SiliconANGLE members in the area to get their thoughts…
Bang Bang: Cisco Dumps HP As Certified Partner HP Returns Fire With Deal with Qlogic
By John Furrier
Update: Immediately following my report Cisco put out an official statement on the terminating their relationship with HP. Reason: conflicting visions. I got confirmation today from someone inside Cisco that an internal memo went…
Subsidies and the Net: How Much is Enough?
By Tom Foremski
Google is the world’s single largest user of Internet bandwidth. But it doesn’t have to pay for most of the bandwidth it consumes, in the form of its spiderbots copying web pages, and YouTube…
App is Crap: APPsolute Power Corrupts
By Mark Suster
I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. These phones were so over hyped. They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones…
Inside the Mind of a 419 Scammer
Ze Frank’s Dramatic Reading of a 419 Email Everyone, at least everyone who follows my words, is well aware of the 419 Scam, commonly known as the Nigerian Email Scam, or the “Advance Fee…
Let’s All Just Ignore EPIC and the CDD From Now On
Can we stop quoting EPIC? I mean completely – just stop publishing anything the “Electronic Privacy Information Center” says, even when it’s a lawsuit against a well known tech giant? I know that the…