——– http://salon.com/tech/col/rose/2001/03/28/hailstorm/index.html Microsoft storm warning The HailStorm program will put all your data in one convenient place — and leave Bill Gates with the keys. – – – – –...
In typical Idealab! fashion, they’re patenting this bogus “method” (prior art with Alternic?). Why didn’t they just submit an application to ICANN to become a registrar for a Top Level Domain? Isn’t that easier (and cheaper) than trying...
My neighbour in LA is still dating Marc. I think your opinion is a popular one. He’s been marketed, at times, as a wunderkind and a technological visionary. I think that, if anything, Netscape’s failure to execute on anything resembling a business strategy...
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/cn/20010228/tc/can_a_peer-to-peer_phone_netwo rk_fly__1.html Wednesday February 28 03:00 PM EST Can a peer-to-peer phone network fly? By John Borland CNET News.com The latest market eyed for peer-to-peer technology is an already...
Like the Commodore Amiga and the BETA VCR, another case study in the ability for inferior technology to triumph through shrewd business strategy, the Dreamcast system, is now toast. Borrowing a page from the Microsoft employee handbook, SONY has effectively FUDed...
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