PR folks get at least as much flack as they give.
Back in August, I got a call from a couple PR people I know, warning me that Dan Lyons of Forbes wanted to speak to me.
Forbes Cover Story Blows It, Calling Bloggers Lynch Mobs
Earlier tonight I was on a four-minute segment on CNBC that largely focused on Forbes' new cover story - Attack of the Blogs. Registration is required or the bugmenot login/password "forbesdontbug" w...
I'm ready for my next Tablet PC Challenge
Inspired by this post, I've decided to challenge myself to see if I can effectively use my Tablet PC as a total replacement for pen, paper, and books. Next week, I start an intense 8-week business la...
Eric and Tracy go paperless
Eric Mack and Tracy Hooten have presented themselves with a Tablet PC challenge by going paperless for the next 10 weeks. Tracy is a student and Eric is a technologist so no doubt they will each find...
MICROSOFT FISCAL 2006 Q1 RESULTS
This afternoon, Microsoft announced results for its fiscal 2006 first quarter results. While the company's seven business units will continue to report separate P&Ls, the units are now contained with...
Tagging the news you want to use
DIGG SHOVELS UP STORIES BY RANK — Digg, a new San Francisco Internet start-up, seeks to rank news items by letting people choose which stories they like anywhere on the Web. — And it just received...
PS3 to run at 120 fps?
It's possible, says Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi; all that's needed is a TV capable of displaying it. — Coming soon to an Internet message board near you: waves of more-hardcor...
On the BBC Annotatable Audio project...
Need a job? Don't use a Mac
update When it comes to some big-name companies, Macintosh users may have a tough time landing a job. — It's not just that the business world is dominated by Windows-based computers. It's because, ...
The Real Net Neutrality Debate: Pricing Flexibility Versus Pricing Regulation
As Ray noted in his essay last week on Clearwire and VoIP blocking, I have long argued that broadband service providers (BSPs) will eventually will end up price differentiating based on bandwidth usag...
'WiFi before you fly'
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this week debuted a wireless Internet system throughout all its terminals, outflanking Boston Logan and other major U.S. airports by providing WiFi for...
Mobile phones open new front in war on music piracy
Children with the latest mobile phones are posing a new threat to sales of recorded music by illegally sharing songs, according to music industry leaders. — The spread of mobile phones capable of ca...
Just ordered a new Tablet PC!
I'm really excited. I just ordered a new Gateway s7200 Tablet PC. I've visited the local Best Buy a couple of times this past week to put a similar model slightly less powerful and integrated graphi...
Making Money?
Okay, extending my thoughts from the last post, I think we should have a conversation about how to make money if you're a startup. Help educate me if I'm wrong on this: The basic concept is pretty si...
Carnival of the Mobilists 03
It is a great pleasure to introduce you to the third Carnival of the Mobilists. The more I get into the concept the more I believe it's really great for everybody involved. Not only for the bloggers...
Microsoft building a fully Web-based Office?
Microsoft is leaping into hosted applications big time. InformationWeek reports that Microsoft plans to offer hosted implementations of SharePoint, CRM and ERP applications. But the best quote in th...
LookSmart Searches for Vertical Comeback
Search player LookSmart has taken a significant step forward on what it expects to be its comeback trail, launching 161 new vertical search sites. — The move came as the company announced a third qu...
Forbes's Trashy Blog Attack
Overall, what a pile of trash from Forbes Magazine, which uses its cover to go on the attack against bloggers in the new issue. You have to register to read the stories. Go ahead if you must; it's w...
U.S. Cell Phone Tracking Clipped
Federal law enforcement attempts to use cell phones as tracking devices were rebuked twice this month by lower court judges, who say the government cannot get real time tracking information on citizen...
Coming Soon: Online Sex Games
"I'm on a perpetual hunt for a sex game targeting women," says Brenda Brathwaite, a game industry veteran and featured speaker at this week's Women's Game Conference in Austin, Texas. — She's not th...
Time for Change
I've been struggling with what to write in this post for weeks so I'm just going to come out and say it, I am leaving the venture capital business. — I have been a VC for eight years... 8 long years...
Where's The Ambition?
All these startups in my feeds lately are killing me! There are tons of them, but none seem to be doing anything particularly special. I mean, it's nice that there's a sort of rebirth of small start...
Forbes says we lie and cheat
In quite possibly the most despicable article I've read this year, Forbes calls bloggers part of an "online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies" (quoted from this article by Daniel Lyons). Ta...
Crazy idea! The high-rise mobile
MILLIONAIRE mobile phone salesman "Crazy" John Ilhan has unveiled his radical design for a $40 million tower in the shape of a phone. — The distinctive 120m highrise in City Rd, Southbank, would hou...
Blue Gene/L tops its own supercomputer record
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and IBM unveiled the Blue Gene/L supercomputer Thursday and announced it's broken its own record again for the world's fastest supercomputer. — The 65,536-proc...
Web of Fear: Net Surfers Cut Back
As identity theft has grown, so has fear of being victimized through high-tech means. A new study finds some computer users are cutting back on time spent surfing the internet. Some have also stoppe...