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- Palm gets in game but doesn't change it; Reality lurks
- Palm unveiled its long-awaited operating system and Pre device and has generated a lot of love among the tech set. The OS -- webOS -- appears elegant, and the Pre looks like it could be a winning device. Sprint is also betting on Palm and is showing...
- Tags: Game, Palm Inc., Om, Palm OS, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Amazon's S3 outage: Is the cloud too complicated?
- Over the weekend Amazon's S3 storage service was down for an extended period and a bunch of Web 2.0 sites lost avatars, images and other items on their sites. Since enterprises haven't totally jumped on the bandwagon Amazon's outage didn't have broader ramifications. But Amazon's latest outage--the second big one...
- Tags: S3 Inc., Web, Amazon.com Inc., Outage, Om, Cloud Computing, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Om, you know what you have to do
- Om Malik, as much of a thought leader as any blogger I know, suffered a heart attack last week. This is not the time and place for any lengthy lectures about Om's need to stop the cigarettes, the Scotch, the fatty foods, and the...
- Tags: Om, Food & Beverage, Blogging, Leadership, Manufacturing, Internet, Management, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Google may have finally figured out what to do with Google Apps
- Om writes that Google has inked a deal with satellite ISP, WildBlue, that puts Google's "Office Suite" in the hands of average users -- the right place for it. There are many reasons Google Apps works much better for personal use than for the enterprise -- in fact, after...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Om, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Technology, Microsoft Office, Internet, Networking, Office Suites, Software, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Akamai prepping for high definition content
- With Silverlight and the recent announcement of H.264 in the Flash Player, high definition video content is coming to the web and Akamai, one of the major content delivery networks, is rolling out a new network that will be optimized for delivering high definition content to the web. As Sean...
- Tags: Web, Video, Akamai Technologies Inc., Om, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
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- FTC to go after product reviews bloggers who accept freebies
- The Federal Trade Commission is planning to crack down on bloggers who review or promote products while earning freebies or payments, according to an Associated Press report. That means bloggers who review gadgets -- such as this one -- would be subject to...
- Tags: FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- Retro is the wave of the future for camera design
- Retro is the wave of the future for camera designActuallyThe "Retro" look of some new digital cameras is based not so much on SLRs as Rangefinder cameras. Anyway, I'd prefer having a real working Kodak Retina IIC (35mm rangefinder film camera) again, over these new digital units. The color slides...
- Tags: camera, Retro
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- AT&T's 3G upgrade: It's about time but is it too late?
- I read with great interest some of the news coverage about AT&T's plans to upgrade and accelerate its 3G network. But it was Om Malik's post on GigaOm - which basically noted AT&T's fear of an iPhone running on Verizon's LTE network in the future - that resonated most with...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., 3G, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Verizon and the iPhone: Nothing to report today, but...
- Updated: Apple is reportedly talking to Verizon Wireless about bringing the iPhone to the carrier, according to USA Today. And Verizon executives aren't exactly pooh-poohing the reports.  On a conference call, Verizon operating chief Dennis Strigl said the company is always talking to device makers, but had "no announcements to make...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Verizon Wireless, Apple Obviously, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player
- Updated: Oracle said Monday that it will buy Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share in cash, or about $5.6 billion excluding debt, in a deal that plunges Larry Ellison & Co. into the hardware market. The company added that the acquisition of Java "is the most important software Oracle has...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Larry Ellison, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, Corporate Law, Storage, Databases, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- eBay starts undoing bad acquisitions: Sets StumbleUpon free
- StumbleUpon is a startup again as the original founders and a few well-heeled investors bought it back from eBay. The next question: When will Skype leave the eBay fold? In a statement blog, StumbleUpon said its two year run as a subsidiary of eBay is over. StumbleUpon founders...
- Tags: Acquisition, Skype Technologies S.A., StumbleUpon, eBay Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Technology, Corporate Law, E-business/E-Commerce, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- MobileTechRoundup show #167, Whispersync, iPhone 3.0 notification, and Opera Mobile with Turbo
- Kevin finally sent back James' original Kindle, but only after first buying his own Kindle 2. In MobileTechRoundup show #167 we started off by chatting about how the Whispersync technology makes the Kindle a compelling product for iPhone ebook fans. The official announcement was also made last week for eReader...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Apple iPhone, Opera Software, Mobile, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Skype for iPhone as early as next week?
- Om Malik is reporting that Skype for iPhone could get announced as soon as next week. When he asked Skype CEO Josh Silverman when was he going to launch the iPhone version of the service a few months ago he smiled and said, “Stay tuned.” According to...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Skype Technologies S.A., Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
- Reknowned scientist takes unpopular stance on global warming
- Reknowned scientist takes unpopular stance on global warmingThe best summary yet?Enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories??This is the best summary of the state of Global Warming theory I have yet read, and fits exactly what many of us have been...
- Tags: global warming, unpopular stance
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- Red Hat: Cloud won't drive open-source adoption
- Red Hat: Cloud won't drive open-source adoptionAs my company moves to web based....solutions, we become less and less dependent om proprietary software. Currently using a desktop based solution that requires Windows has us locked in to over priced software. We are moving this solution to a web based solution which...
- Tags: open-source adoption, Red Hat Inc., open source
- Discussion threads 2009-03-11
- Sling founders, execs leaving EchoStar
- The founders and members of the executive team at Sling Media are leaving the company, which was acquired by EchoStar in September 2007 for $380 million in cash. Founders Blake and Jason Krikorian are leaving effective immediately, according to paidcontent.org, which reported the news first. Entertainment executives Jason Hirschhorn and...
- Tags: Founder, EchoStar Communications Corp., iPhone Version, Sales Strategy, DVR, Advertising & Promotion, Entrepreneurship, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Management, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- The Crunchies 2009
- The Oscars of Tech. That's how I explain it to my mother. 7:23 p.m. Arrived just a little late, but got great seats. Sitting next to MC Hammer: 7:42 p.m. Om Malik...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Om Malik, Mobile, Amazon Web Services, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Did the iPhone kill satellite radio?
- Did the iPhone kill satellite radio?Plus, we're also now in a period where......people are looking to cut superfluous expenses from their lives. High capital-startup costs combined with high overhead, a requirement that users purchase additional hardware, and a monthly fee for something that for a critical mass of potential...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Digital music, Network technology, radio, satellite radio, satellite, Sirius, Apple iPhone, XM Satellite Radio Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- Facebook Connect: The masses and the fishbowl
- Facebook Connect, a service that allows someone to log on to Facebook from third party sites, is set to expand from its May launch. Reading the conversation this morning on Techmeme familiar storyline emerges. Facebook's Connect vs. the Open Social alliance between Google, MySpace and a bunch...
- Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Enterprise mashups need complexity to create value
- Enterprise mashups need complexity to create valueValueNetworks.comHi -- Good commentary. The properties of complexity such as self-organization, emergence, adaptation, relationships and intangibles are critical to the future of mashups and the overall relevance of the IT department. However, today IT and their business customers are not equipped with the language...
- Tags: Collaboration, mashup, Enterprise Mashups
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
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