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Silobreaker pitches 'insight as a service': Silobreaker offers a new twist on news aggregation and search navigation. The free service, which was introduced at Demo 08, offers several views of news, with more than 20,000 data sources (including news sites,blogs, and research institutions) poured into the index. The company claims that it provides...; Tags: Business Model, Service, Silobreaker, Trends, Productivity, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-30
Patchy antivirus coverage for 64-bit Vista: Virus Bulletin security certification body tested a number of antivirus software solutions for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and discovered that security firms are struggling to provide satisfactory protection for the operating system and users.Here's how an article on vnunet.com describes the situation:Of the 20 antivirus product tested, 35 per...; Tags: Vista, Trends, Thoughts, Software, Security; Blog posts 2007-08-03
Apple investors remain jittery: While Apple might be doing well, I can't help but notice how jittery Apple investors seem to be. Any bad news relating to Apple seems to cause dramatic drops in stock prices.We've had several examples of Apple's stock price taking a hit over the past few months. An unconfirmed rumor...; Tags: Trends, Apple; Blog posts 2007-08-01
Screen resolutions - is 800x600 dead?: Time for a quick poll ...Almost all the web data I have access to both for my own sites and others seems to indicate that the 800x600 screen resolution is dead and that 1024x768 is the new 800x600. However, when I talk to web developers they continue to preach to...; Tags: Trends, Thoughts, Hardware; Blog posts 2007-07-18
Is poverty the cause of low broadband penetration?: In his DSL Prime newsletter, Dave Burstein takes a view that FCC Chair Kevin Martin's focus on improving broadband penetration by focusing on rural areas is not necessarily the quickest way to get there."There are not enough unservable rural homes to be the major explanation," Dave wisely writes. "Martin's...; Tags: trends, Predictions and Observations; Blog posts 2007-06-25

The PS3 price-drop dilemma: I keep hearing rumors and reports that suggest that pretty soon Sony will cut the price of the PS3. But cutting the price comes at a risk.I have no doubt the PS3 is currently overpriced and I know that Sony is begging everyone to see it as more than a...; Tags: Trends, Gaming; Blog posts 2007-06-21
Windows Vista - Proceed with Confidence (or tread carefully?): It seems that Microsoft doesn't want customers to wait any longer to upgrade to Windows Vista. The message coming in from Redmond is "Do it! Do it NOW!"Try to integrate a Vista box into an existing hardware/software ecosystem and it's a throw of the dice as to whether it's all...; Tags: Vista, Trends, Thoughts, Microsoft; Blog posts 2007-06-21
Moto's Zander talks up RAZR's forthcoming live video capture: Next up at NXTcomm is Ed Zander, CEO of Motorola.Major takeaway from Zander's address is the evolution in the way content is created and then distributed. "It is changing from tv channels to spontaneous generation," he said.Ed then explained Motorola's belief that this spontaneous generation will be enabled in the...; Tags: trends, NXTComm, News; Blog posts 2007-06-20
Cisco's Chambers: collaboration via mobile devices will drive faster business processes: John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, is now onstage, keynoting at NXTComm.Main takeaway: collaboration will speed up enterprise innovation initiatives that had been held back by "command and control" protocols.Chambers said that a collaboration/teamwork approach, enabled by ubiquitous broadband, acquisitions (such as webex, which was specifically cited by Chambers) and video on any device has...; Tags: trends, Predictions and Observations, Mobile, General, Cisco; Blog posts 2007-06-19
VoIP on way to UK Sony PSP: Some of the UK's estimated 8 million Sony PlayStation Portable PSP handhelds will soon support wireless Internet connection voice and video calls.These calls will be facilitated by a soon-to-be released microphone and camera for these devices.Initially at least, these calls will be limited to other PSP owners as well as...; Tags: trends; Blog posts 2007-05-23
Why ABC's time-shifting of Charlie Gibson Webcast is a seminal development: We learn from a report in Broadcasting & Cable magazine that ABC is moving its World News Webcast from 3 p.m. to 12:30 p.m Eastern Time.Interesting backstory on the move. As B&C's John Eggerton notes, the Charlie Gibson-anchored newscast was originally launched in Januaryk 2006 as a preview of that...; Tags: trends, Streaming media, Predictions and Observations; Blog posts 2007-05-22
Is it me or are Apple shareholders getting jittery?: A fake email posted by Engadget claiming that the iPhone and Leopard had been delayed causes Apple stock to plunge 2.2%. News.com has the background:Engadget posted a story Wednesday morning at 11:49am ET claiming that Apple was about to announce another delay of Leopard, the next version of Mac OS...; Tags: Apple, Thoughts, Trends; Blog posts 2007-05-16
Massive Hollywood talent strike could be boon for digital content creators, sites: As explained in the Wall Street Journal today by prominent entertainment lawyer Kevin Morris, there could be a strike called for by the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.Before I get to the point of this post, please don't think most who...; Tags: Predictions and Observations, Streaming media, trends; Blog posts 2007-05-16
In just over a month Vista has picked up a bigger install base than both Mac and Linux: At the WinHEC 2007 trade show Microsoft's Bill Gates announced that in just five weeks Windows Vista has gained an install base of 40 million users. That's a larger install base than for any other non-Microsoft OS. Here's what Gates said:"We have been amazed by the response to Vista and what...; Tags: Apple, Linux, Trends, Vista; Blog posts 2007-05-16
Poll: did you "VoIP" your Mom on Mother's Day?: Yesterday was Mothers Day in the United States.Mothers Day is the heaviest calling day of the year.Since we write a lot about VoIP around here, I thought Id ask:, if you have VoIP or even a voice-capable solution through your IM program, did you use it to call your Mom?[poll=69]; Tags: General, trends; Blog posts 2007-05-14
Surge in Mac users good for Apple, not so good for security: According to web metric analysts WebSideStory and Net Applications, the number of people surfing the web in the US on a Mac doubled over the past eight months. This represents an increase from a long-term flat-line of about 3% to around 6%. Switching from the PowerPC to Intel...; Tags: Apple, Mac, Security, Trends; Blog posts 2007-05-09
Windows Vista = Windows Me II?: Is Windows Vista going to be a repeat of the Windows Me marketing and sales disaster that Microsoft experienced back on 2000?Over the past few weeks Ive come across a number of articles on tech sites that are putting Windows Vista and Windows Me in the same sentence. Not...; Tags: Industry, Marketing, Microsoft, Software, Thoughts, Trends, Vista; Blog posts 2007-04-26
Apple could be onto a good thing with the iPhone: A recent Piper Jaffray study reports that 84% of the students surveyed knew about the iPhone and that 25% said that they would purchase one at the standard retail price of $500. Apple could be onto a really good thing with the iPhone.Analysts have been predicting that iPhone sales...; Tags: Trends, Apple; Blog posts 2007-04-23
When it comes to most tech, The Long Tail is a myth: In Chris Andersons massively over-hyped book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More (2006) he maintains that products that are in low demand or have low sales volume can collectively make up a market share that rivals or exceeds...; Tags: Predictions and Observations, trends, General; Blog posts 2007-04-23
Sorry, no VoIP over WiFi from your plane-unless: In all the excitement about WiFi coming to aircraft within the next year or so they say, a key fact is being overlooked.Buried in a Wall Street Journal story about the deal is that airplane WiFi contractor AirCell will block voice calls over the Internet. Thats just for those...; Tags: General, WiFi, trends; Blog posts 2007-04-04