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2006 Predictions
Since 1997, It’s been a long running game here at TNL.net central to make wild predictions about the upcoming year that have turned out to be only somewhat off (and, as always, I promise to revisit them around the end of next year to assess how far off base I was) so here goes this [...]
Tags: 3G, AOL, Advertising, Blogging, Broadband, Europe, Google, Media, Microsoft, Social Networks, Sony, United States, VOIP, Video, Wireless, Yahoo
In Analysis
The Mac Mini platform
So it took me some time to figure out what the Mac mini is about. Not so much what it is but what it’s impact in the long run may be and why and how it matters. Size matters My first thought, when I read the specs, was about the size of the device. My Shuttle computer, [...]
Tags: MP3, Microsoft, Motorola, Sony, Wireless
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Why Apple should consider Wintel
Last week, two major events showed the decreasing power of the Operating System: the first one was the release of Firefox and the second was the release of Konfabulator on the Windows platform. All this got me thinking about how we relate to our operating systems and in particular, about how I relate to the [...]
Tags: IBM, Intel, Linux, Motorola, OS, Sony, Video
In Analysis
Sony to Introduce Media-centric Gaming Box
EE Times and IGN report on the introduction of a new gaming console by Sony. Not, it’s not the much vaunted PS3, which is still supposedly on track for 2005 but something much more interesting (at least to me): a PS2 gaming box that also includes a progressive DVD player and recorder, a 120Gb Hard [...]
Tags: Broadband, MP3, Microsoft, Sony, Video
In Business, Media, Technology
The Convergence Game
This week, Microsoft launched the Xbox, a new gaming system that takes the Redmond giant into another market. Today, Nintendo is unveiling the GameCube, their new entry in a battle they have fought with Sony for many years. With these new gaming stations entering the market, a new war is starting and in the end, [...]
Tags: AOL, Broadband, Connectivity, Customer, Integration, Internet Explorer, MP3, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Strategy, Video, Wireless
In Business, Technology
Wireless: A confusing Landscape
New Orleans was very much in the news this week, and not just because of Mardi Gras. In a level of excitement reminiscent of that felt in the early days of the Internet World trade shows, the CTIA Wireless 2000 conference opened its doors. AOL started moving further on its AOL Anywhere Strategy by announcing partnerships [...]
Tags: AOL, HTML, HTTP, Java, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, PDA, Palm, Software, Sony, Standard, WAP, Wireless, XML, e - commerce
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