The Particle Protocol
March 13, 2011
What is the particle protocol?
Disruptive Technology
April 22, 2003
Brighthand reports about a new piece of software that allows to make calls using a Pocket PC and a Wi-Fi card. This is an interesting development that could turn Wi-Fi into a very disruptive technology for the mobile phone industry and may explain why companies like T-mobile are placing bets on the phenomenon, covering themselves in case other revenues […]
Tivo and Digital Media Servers
April 9, 2003
Back when they came out, I said that tools like Tivo and Replay could change the face of television watching. A couple of years ago, I assumed that game boxes would be the new home media center. What I missed, though, was the end run that Tivo was doing around the game companies. With yesterday’s announcement that they would […]
Cisco acquires Linksys
March 20, 2003
Today’s announcement about Cisco’s acquisition of Linksys is one that leaves me scratching my head a little. What is the logic behind this? Could this represent a change in Cisco’s strategy? Or is it a realization in the part of the networking equipment vendor that its future may not be enhanced by moving into the now heavily depressed […]
Trust, truth and networks
March 5, 2003
The raging cow incident shows that there’s a need to establish trust in the blogging (and maybe the web) world. Tim Bray demonstrates that most bloggers have relationships to products, concepts, companies, and other bloggers. His declaration of truth is a good start but there are a number of things that still need to be done. Meanwhile, Scott […]
Trouble in RegistrarLand
March 24, 2000
Scalability is the one thing too many startups ignore.
Hybrid Computing
February 10, 2000
Applications that augment their capabilities when connected to the Internet are the wave of the future.
