We are in the middle of an amazing upgrade cycle brought on by the iPhone, with some slight contribution by RIMM and the Samsung Instinct. However, phone sales are dropping. This is an especially...
This is an article co-written several years ago by Andrew Whinston at the University of Texas at Austin. Although written in 1998, the articles central premise seems accurate to me: physical books...
WSJ tech reporter Walt Mossberg discusses Apple's new MacBook Air. One thing that seems like a big problem, there isn't any ethernet jack. You can only connect via a wireless connection.
The author of this piece suggests that SanDisk and Micron will be the big beneficiaries of strong iPhone demand. Until early 2006, SanDisk's stock matched Apple step for step, but one day memory...
HotorNot was one of the big hits of the Internet several years ago. They came from nowhere and devleoped an extremely profitable site - without VC funding. One of the founders dicusses the...
This is a glimpse at some research Google is doing with Carnegie Mellon to develop the next generation social network.
They've some pretty extensive usability testing so I think it's worth...
An essay I read entitled What's Wrong with Energy Investing made me realize that nuclear energy is just not being seen as the solution to the world's energy problems.
The New York Times announced that Amazon is launching a new e-book reader The Kindle. My first reaction to this was, why? I applaud Amazon for trying but I don’t see this as a big business,...
Facebook was started by two Harvard students in Cambridge, MA. Then how the heck did it wind up in Silicon Valley. If East Coast VCs want any piece of the web 2.0 action they need to get going...
The Recording Industry of America successfully sued Jannie Thomas, a file sharer who is now facing a $222,000 fine for her downloading and sharing activity. But is this the way to grow the music...
Google is expanding from search and advertising to developing cheap energy alternatives to coal.
Google co-founder Larry Page said "Our goal is to produce one gigawatt of renewable energy...
I've seen some discussion on the site about solar energy and stumbled across this article. I'm still not convinced solar is a viable energy source but governments do seem to be stepping up. The...
Motorola's net profit fell 84 percent in the fourth quarter. The company also forecast a first-quarter loss from continuing operations of 5 cents to 7 cents a share. Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony...
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