May 2008
15 posts
“While technology, politics, and geekery (sci-fi movies and video games) tend to...”
– What People Say When They Tweet - ReadWriteWeb
“As aides looked over the campaign calendar, chief strategist Mark Penn...”
– The Five Mistakes Clinton Made - TIME
Draw My Thing! →
Absolutely spectacular. That’s all I can say.
THINK / Musings / Future of news →
Borthwick writes about “coverage” of the Virginia earthquake on Twitter. Interesting stuff.
Google holds Verizon’s feet to fire on 700MHz open... →
This is going to be an interesting battle. The 700 MHz spectrum in the C block that Verizon won in the recent FCC auction requires open access — i.e., any application on any device can use the spectrum. Verizon’s position is that there will be two paths to the network, one entirely open (and thus compliant with these rules), and one with more limited devices that are supported...
How Google’s Checkbook Stymied Microsoft - New... →
Google understands that there is a powerful network effect in search advertising. That is, the more search ads it handles, the more money it will make and the harder it will be for anyone else to build a competing system. The more searches it handles, the more advertisers it attracts. And the more bidders in its auction, the higher the prices it will enjoy. By attracting a commanding share of the...
Intel Commoditizes 10GigE - GigaOM →
The notion that Intel’s server motherboards might have integrated 10GigE in a couple years is just amazing.
“Monthly access packages for AT&T Mobile TV begin at $15 a month for the...”
– AT&T Mobile TV Premieres Sunday, May 4
$15 for TV on a cell phone handset? I don’t think so. But the product might have legs at $5. Will we ever find out?