We’ve read a few articles lately claiming that survival is not a strategy. The arguments in Anand Rajaraman’s article on GigaOM last month are sound, and if we understand them correctly include not prolonging a business that will never likely “win” or be healthy or have an exit resulting in wealth creation for the shareholders. It’s hard, or more appropriately put, impossible to argue with that logic. A quick death of a company that would otherwise die is a good thing for shareholders and employees. That said, we think it is very hard in these times to look into a...
Provided you don’t live under a rock, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen the big announcement from Nokia World this morning. That’s right folks, the N97 is upon us - Nokia’s savior - the handset that will propel the Finnish giant back to a more comfortable seat at the top of the mobile world after the intense slide it has taken in 2008. Right? First things first; the inevitable comparisons with the iPhone. Ugh - when will it stop? Aside from the fact that both handsets have a touchscreen, they really have absolutely nothing else to do with...
Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, Casting, Reality-FreeCan I say something here that some of you will disagree with? There are way too many procedurals on the air right now. Criminal procedurals, medical procedurals, criminal-medical procedurals...the networks are popping them out faster than Michelle Duggar gives birth. And now, we can add another potential procedural to the ever-growing list. The new project, being developed for NBC, will star Gabrielle Union (Bring It On) as a detective who must race to save someone's life before it's too late. What's not clear from this description is if this saving will be during each...
Here is a book that talks about some interesting facts about Angel funding in America. Anita Campbell has done a good job reviewing the book on her website - smallbiztrends.com By Anita Campbell If you’ve ever thought about seeking angel investment capital for your business, there’s a good chance you will start the process with some misconceptions. Same goes if you are thinking of becoming an angel to invest in other businesses. For instance, you may have had the notion that individual angels are rich — or at least very well off — and invest a lot of money in each business. Not necessarily so, says the new book...
I'm as struck as Mark McKinnon by the sudden, if tempered, swooning of the center-right for Obama. even Fred Barnes has had an epiphany of sorts. They are responding to his obviously sensible and accomplished picks for the economy and foreign affairs as if they have realized for the first time who "that one" actually is. He is not now and never has been a leftist ideologue. That was a paranoid fantasy that helped kill the GOP this year. He is a pragmatic, sane, reasoned centrist liberal. He doesn't want to surrender to terror or abolish capitalism - he...
“Is Computer Infected?” As an IT professional, that is the desperate question I am often asked. Excuse the poor English, but words frequently fail computers users when they are having major problems with their computers. To answer this question quickly, if you are using Windows, and have Internet access, there is a very good chance your computer is infected with numerous nasties, even if you are using an antivirus program. Aside from computer viruses, one of the biggest problems is spyware/adware. Chances are, your computer is already infected with spyware/adware, without you knowing about it. What is Spyware and...
If I were to have visited the Terminator Salvation set and seen all sorts of crazy stuff, there's a good chance I'd be under NDA so I couldn't talk about it until some specially designated time. But I bet it would have been a great trip that I was eager to share with you all. Until that day does or does not come, here's a very brief Terminator Salvation motion poster teaser. It has no real content, but it's just eerie enough to snap you out of that turkey coma:...
By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed)FriendFeed can be used for many different purposes.The service's brilliance and simplicity leads people using and interacting on the site in a variety of ways, and each person's feed is different, based on who they follow, how they use lists, and what services they view. This post touches upon 25 different uses forFriendFeed, and displays how FriendFeed can be used, by anyone, for many different purposes.1) Use it for its core function only, which is to aggregate all of your web activity into one central location.2) Follow existing friends and make new ones. There is...
Either the timing was just right or Alltel really knows how to move. Either way, the recently-acquired US carrier just made its latest handset official and it definitely has a good chance of being popular among the younger crowd. Just yesterday we saw the Alltel-branded Motorola QA30 and today it it has been announced as the Motorola Hint. We’re not sure what it’s hinting at but here’s a quick recap of the specs: 1x-EVDO connectivity 2.5 inch TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels and 65K colors Threaded messaging Full HTML browser Facebook access Email, IM 3.5mm headset jack...
Big music ignored digital music for a long time. But over the last few years, that’s changed. Now the industry is hoping that fast-growing digital revenue can help it overcome slumping CD revenue. That has yet to happen. And now digital revenue — to date, that has chiefly meant sales at Apple’s iTunes (AAPL) — seems to be slowing down. Today’s example: Warner Music Group (WMG), which reported its quarterly numbers today. Those numbers are fine, by the way. Or at least by econalypse standards: Warner posted sales of $858 million and profits of 4 cents per share, both of...
Young boys dreaming of becoming world-class baseball players may sleep with their mitts under the mattress, hoping to break them into playing condition. Adults with major security concerns may instead sleep near a weapon, by their bed or even under the pillow. For me, it's my Phone that is my bedside companion. And it has just about as much to do with being a dad as it does with being a geek. And heck, if there were a security concern at any time, maybe it could double as a thrown projectile in a pinch...As the father of five month old...
Over on Etsy.com’s handmade marketplace, you’ll find a USB flash drive of Han Solo frozen in Carbonite. And, yes, it’s sold out. But since everything on Etsy is sold directly by the creators, there’s a good chance that we might see another slow rollout of these handmade drives. When they were in stock, the 1GB Han drives sold for $25. Han Solo Carbonite USB Flash Drive [Etsy via SlipperyBrick/SlashGear]...
