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Sega’s Toast

FOIB rule #342: Any time a company hints towards or declares itself as being repositioned into a fully-buzzword-compliant market strategy, they’re toast. Like Atari and Nintendo before them, Sega is now circling the drain. In this case, the dead cat will not...

[Red Herring] Blackberry picked to be the American I-mode

http://www.redherring.com/companies/2000/1205/com-rim120500.html Blackberry picked to be the American I-mode By Om Malik Redherring.com, December 05, 2000 Michael Dell has one, Marc Andreessen does not leave home without it, and it is a must-have accessory for every...

“Internet Craze”

[ahem] It seems like there are fewer pure Internet Crazes these days.. probably because of the decline of the dot coms and a co-incident growing general disinterest in the internet in North America, where it’s no longer “new”. Last year we had Mahir,...

Re: Moving to SF..

Uh… Saab 9-3 Convertible SE Viggen. http://www.saabcanada.com/ssi/english/vehicles/saab/93vc/93vc_overview.html A relatively unheard-of derivative of the 9-3 featuring a High-Output Turbo 2.3L 4-Cylinder engine cranking 230HP. This means that it blows away...

Land Rover Defender 90s Are Coming Back to North America

Phew! I almost bought one this week for $39,000. They used to sell brand new for under $30,000 in the US but since they stopped importing them in 1997 they’ve become collector’s items. Looks like the bottom will be dropping out of the used D-90 market...