Wednesday - February 25, 2009
Google and Mozilla have formalized their support for the European Union's current antitrust proceedings against Microsoft by acquiring third-party status in the proceedings. They join several other firms that have also entered the fray. The EU is investigating whether Microsoft is violating its antitrust regulations by bundling Internet Explorer with its Windows OS. Of course, the parties involved in the antitrust action may not be wholly motivated by commitment to the principles of unfettered free markets and fair competition.
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Monday - February 23, 2009
Thinking small might help Taiwan's computer industry emerge from the global downturn as an even bigger global player. While the worldwide computer market is suffering through its worst sales in years, one bright spot is coming from the mini-laptops known as "netbooks," which appeal to the budget-conscious in tough times.
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Thursday - February 19, 2009
With the costs of home-schooling a special-needs child, Arlene Dawes of Raleigh, N.C., says dial-up Internet is more attuned to her budget than broadband. Chuck Hester says the high-speed Internet options available in his rural neighborhood near Little Rock, Ark., are too pricey. Lightning speed Internet is the wave of the future -- but in a recession, good old dial-up service might get a longer look.
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Wednesday - February 11, 2009
Late last week Salesforce laid off three executives, or so the story went. Actually two senior sales execs were let go and venerable president and former CFO, Steve Cakebread, just left. Immediately the knowledge-sphere started rumbling about what dire straits Salesforce must be in. I write a lot about Salesforce, so people were calling me up for comment trying to prove their hypotheses.
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Tuesday - February 10, 2009
Green's got the blues. "Dark Days for Green Energy," declared a headline in the Feb. 4 issue of The New York Times. "Because of the credit crisis and the broader economic downturn ... installation of wind and solar power is plummeting," reported the Times. Green energy's melancholia extends to cousin "green IT."
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Monday - February 9, 2009
The CEO of South Korea-based LG Electronics said Monday that his company needs to trim fat amid the global downturn, but big job cuts like those being made in neighboring Japan are not in the cards. "We are thinking to avoid laying off people in the short term," Nam Yong told reporters, though suggested there may be some job losses in other countries.
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Monday - February 9, 2009
Porter McConnell gave up on pay TV last summer after noticing that monthly rates kept creeping up. Now with no satellite or cable TV, she watches her trusty old TV set with an antenna or she goes online to catch her favorite programs. Once in a while, she buys shows from Apple's iTunes service.
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Sunday - February 8, 2009
Among the economic stimulus proposals moving through Congress is one that fulfills an old dream of broadband boosters. It would offer substantial funding for high-speed Internet networks in corners of the country that still rely on dial-up connections or have only one broadband option
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Friday - February 6, 2009
The news of octuplets born recently near Los Angeles shocked many people, especially since the mother, Nadya Suleman, apparently already had six children and is reported to be jobless and living with her parents. Such rare stories certainly sell newspapers, but they can also lead to knee-jerk calls for overly restrictive regulation, which threaten freedom and innovation.
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Wednesday - February 4, 2009
The two biggest dogs in the CRM fight are Salesforce and Oracle. You could debate that, but not with me. Salesforce has had a good run lately with announcements about its platform technology, its community of developers and its new foray into social media and social networking. Oracle has been plowing the same field, but you might notice the companies' approaches are very different.
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