Vista 2007. Fire the leadership now!
2007. It certainly sounded like Microsoft leadership committed to us, our customers, our partners, and our shareholders that Vista would be out in 2006. — Slip! — We should have asked for more det...
PayPal Mobile
This is pretty huge. There's a ton online already - go to PayPal, sign in, add a new phone to your profile and mark it as mobile. The site will offer you the chance to confirm the phone so you can u...
Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad?
[Note: this is an essay that would've been a blog post but it got too long.] — A lot of folks have asked me "What went wrong with Friendster? Why is MySpace any different?" I guess i never directl...
Yahoo! Messenger is In (and Out)
We reported back in December that Yahoo! would be rolling out Phone In and Phone Out services with its Yahoo! Messenger service; the wait is finally over for those in the U.S. (it has been tested in l...
Sierra Wireless introduces product line for next generation EV-DO networks
The AirCard® 595 wireless wide area network card and the MC5725 PCI Express Mini Card embedded module will offer increased data rates and faster uploads — Vancouver, British Columbia - Sierra Wirele...
What you get with sudo
What are you really gaining by using sudo in the default Mac OS X configuration? First, you gain some comfort that nobody can login as root, either locally or remotely via SSH or FTP and tamper with ...
The DMCA, IBM Clones, and Intra-platform competition
I'm pleased to announce that my new Cato Policy Analysis, "Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act," is now available for download. — A lot of DM...
Samsung Q35 - World's Smallest Laptop
Trust Samsung Electronics to always take the unbeaten path. Today Samsung Korea showcased the world's smallest dual-core notebook which also has an extremely stylish feel to it. The Samsung Q35 is e...
Apple attacks plan to open iTunes
Apple has criticised a French law that could break the locks tying songs from the iTunes store to iPod players. — In a statement Apple said that if the law were passed it would result in "state-spon...
Yahoo calls on customers to try its new phone service
LOS ANGELES — Internet giant Yahoo (YHOO) Tuesday launched a new way to get a local telephone number for just $2.99 a month. — The calls have to be initiated from a PC, but can be made to traditiona...
Return of Rakesh Mathur
Rakesh Mathur is someone I have known from a bubble ago. He dropped me a note today saying that he has moved back to Silicon Valley from Seattle. (That perhaps explains the torrential rains, which h...
Now That Plaxo Spam Has Annoyed Enough People, It's Time To Fade It Out?
from the dubious-reasons dept — For years, plenty of people have complained repeatedly about the scourge of "Plaxo spam." These are the constant bombardment of emails from new Plaxo users who have ...
Microsoft to offer cheap Xbox 360 game development kit?
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Since last spring when the Xbox 360 was first announced, one of the biggest concerns was that it would be too expensive for most game developers to create games for the next-generatio...