Microsoft Plans to Blend Phones With Computers
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 — Microsoft plans to offer a strategy on Monday describing how it intends to transform the telecommunications world in much the same way it changed the computing world in the 19...
Wi-Fi crusader in $5 router giveaway
FON, a Spanish start-up on an ambitious crusade to turn home Wi-Fi connections into wireless "hotspots" for nearby users, is set to unveil on Monday a plan to hand out 1 million wireless routers for j...
Bloggers Find Financial Backers For Their Independent News Sites
As the print media ponder the possibilities presented by blogs, some journalists are raising money to turn their own independent blogs into businesses. — In the latest example, Rafat Ali, the 31-yea...
What if They Built an Urban Wireless Network and Hardly Anyone Used It?
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Peter Shyu, an engineer, spends most of his day out of the office, and when he needs an Internet connection he often pops into one of the many coffee shops in this city that offer fre...
Warren Buffet to give his fortune to Gates Foundation
Warren Buffet, the second richest man in the world, announced he is giving the vast majority of his $44 Billion dollar fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. I said in an earlier post that...
Blame game
Schools file injunction; Google denies fault — HICKORY — Catawba County Schools took aim at Google Friday. — The system filed an injunction against the Internet search engine — The temporary inj...
Peter says podcasting is inefficient
Peter Davis says: "In the time I can listen to an average podcast, I could have caught up on my 50 favorite blogs, or read a chapter in a book, or read the latest issue of Red Herring magazine." — Y...
Skip the Sitter, and Feed Your Virtual Pet by Cellphone
For those who argue that young people are spending too much time in front of computers, MTV Networks has an answer. It will now let them feed and dote on virtual pets using cellphones. — MTV, a uni...
Casio Exilim Card EX-S600D
Casio today announced the Exilim Card EX-S600D, an ultra slim 6.0 megapixel camera offering Casio's Anti-Shake DSP, a 3x zoom and a 2.2-inch screen. The EX-S600D is the same model as the EX-S600 (ann...
Inside Nathan Myhrvold's Mysterious New Idea Machine
As his cash-rich firm snaps up thousands of patents, fears emerge that it will become a leader in litigation—not innovation — A rocket scientist, a mathematician, a brain surgeon, and a lawyer walk ...
Some Answers & More Questions
Doc gives his thoughts about my blogger conference post and makes some good points. — I suspect that some of the unconference approaches will eventually bleed over to the nontech business world. It...
Discrimination Tools Coming to 'Second Life'?
tagged Business Culture Groups Life Place Second Life Statistics Technology Watchdog — Residents of Second Life may soon be split into "Verified" and "Unverified" classes, thanks to an updated regis...
Google's new mission: Organize the world's products and make them universally accessible
This could be a watershed week in the Google era. The June 28 rumored launch of a Google online payment system, last known as GBuy (see my Google GBuy specifics: 'Could be a game-changer' ) …
Boeing May Toss Off Connexion
I'm one of the happy users who has been on a series of intercontinental flights on both Lufthansa and SAS who has used the Boeing In Flight Internet Service and it has worked as advertised. Hopefully...