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December 2006
December 29, 2006
Feeding Frenzy: Digital Rights Management is really just an ecosystem for selling our own stuff to us again and again.
December 22, 2006
A Prius in Every Garage: Bob's $700 billion Christmas wish list.
December 15, 2006
Changing the Game: AJAX, Google, and YouTube are forcing venture capitalists to adapt
December 8, 2006
It Takes a Monopoly: For reasons that have little to do with the product, itself, Windows Vista simply can't lose.
[ apple | blu-ray | ipod | itv | microsoft | microsoft vista | operating systems | playstation | ps3 | vista | xbox | xbox 360 ]December 1, 2006
In a Jam: Stories of ISP bad faith and can the government really listen in to your VoIP calls? Yes they can.
[ calea | communications assistance for law enforcement act | earthlink | encryption | isps | megapath | service level agreements | skype | slas | voip ]November 2006
November 23, 2006
Declassified: If daily newspapers are dying, blame Craigslist.
[ classified advertising | craig newmark | craigstlist | google | hotjobs | jim buckmaster | newspaper business | yahoo | youtube ]November 10, 2006
Divide and Conquer: The Microsoft/Novell deal is more about disruption than cooperation.
November 2, 2006
The $200 Billion Lunch: We're switching to IPv6, dontcha know, and it might be worth it.
October 2006
October 26, 2006
Shameless Self-Promotion: Bob's Disk Drive
October 20, 2006
A Tradition of Empty Boxes: Sun announces the Google shipping container data center, but will it fly?
[ andy bechtolsheim | blackbox | data centers | eric schmidt | google | project blackbox | ralph gorin | s.u.n. workstation | sun | sun microsystems ]October 13, 2006
The Old New Thing: Why YouTube is not (yet) the future of television.
October 6, 2006
Risky Business: Congress stupidly outlawed Internet gambling and only terrorists were helped
September 2006
September 28, 2006
The Buck Stops Where?: Not with the CEO at HP it seems, he's out of the loop
September 22, 2006
Beam Me Up: Apple's iTV strategy is iChat on steroids
September 14, 2006
Swimming With Sharks: The success of Apple's movie download business right now depends mainly on not alienating Wal-Mart.
September 7, 2006
Apple controls Amazon?: When it comes to mind control, Steve Jobs has it over Jeff Bezos
September 1, 2006
Mercury Rising: Sun plans to give away hardware to sell services. Yeah, right.
August 2006
August 24, 2006
The Frank Caliendo Effect: Sony's purchase of Grouper is about market research, not market share.
August 18, 2006
Sprint Nextel's Hidden Advantage: Maybe there's a way to make WiMax work well after all
August 11, 2006
Through a Metal Detector, Darkly: How NAT traversal could set us free
August 4, 2006
I Want My NerdTV: An update on NerdTV Season 2, which should have started weeks ago
July 2006
July 27, 2006
What goes on the Net stays on the Net: Is there a beer bong on YOUR resume?
July 20, 2006
They Wrap Fish, Don't They?: Internet News Isn't What It's All Wrapped Up to Be
July 13, 2006
The Skype is Falling: Even Viral Networks Have to Function in a Real World
July 6, 2006
Bound and Gagged: WiMax Isn't What It Seems, But Then Nothing Else Is, Either.
June 2006
June 29, 2006
If we build it they will come: It's time to own our own last mile
June 22, 2006
Net Neutered: Why don't they tell us ending Net Neutrality might kill BitTorrent?
June 15, 2006
Taking One for the Team: Microsoft Has to Change and the Departure of Bill Gates (AND Steve Ballmer) Is the Only Way to Assure Their Fortunes. Also, Net Neutrality Isn't What You Think It Is
June 8, 2006
Local Heroes: Could the Key to Successful Internet Television Be...PBS?
June 1, 2006
America's Pastime: Google Responds to Last Week's Column, but Fails to Appreciate the Difference Between Home Run Hitters and Hot Dog Vendors
May 2006
May 25, 2006
The Rich Get Richer: Google Needs Some Ad Sense
May 11, 2006
Google-on: Google Doesn't Have to Try Nearly as Hard as Microsoft, Yet to Maximize Its Success Google Ought to Try Even Less
May 4, 2006
Critical Mass: It Doesn't Take an Einstein to Realize Why Microsoft Is Headed Down and Google Is Headed Up
April 2006
April 27, 2006
Killer Apps: For Apple's Windows Strategy to Work, It Must Replace Microsoft Office and Buy Adobe Systems
April 20, 2006
Native Speaker: There May Be an End-run for Apple Around Windows After All
April 13, 2006
Easy DOS It: Apple's Plan to Provide the Best Darned Windows Experience Anywhere -- Even Better Than Microsoft
April 6, 2006
A Whole New Ball Game: Blame Dell for Window Vista's Latest Delay, but Blame Microsoft for Apple's Boot Camp
March 2006
March 30, 2006
Prisoner of Redmond: Yet Another Way Paul Allen Isn�t Like You or Me
March 23, 2006
The Multicast Way: Why IP Multicast Doesn't Work the Way People Keep Telling Me It Does. Also, Stupid Windows Vista Rumors
March 16, 2006
One Size Fits All: When It Comes to Predicting the Network of the Future, This Simply Isn't True
March 9, 2006
Fortress of Cards: The IT Infrastructure of U.S. Homeland Security Might Never Come to Be
March 2, 2006
Peering into the Future: Why P2P Is the Future of Media Distribution Even If ISPs Have Yet to Figure That Out
February 2006
February 23, 2006
Rules of the Road: Internet Growth Is Slowing, So We Instinctively Seek New Ways of Growing and New Rules to Make It Happen
February 16, 2006
BYOB: Don't be surprised if Apple saves the day for Blockbuster Video
February 9, 2006
Stupid Net Tricks: Congress Thinks It Can Force Technical Changes on the Internet, but Congress Is Wrong
February 2, 2006
The Walt Within: What If Disney's Prize Wasn't Pixar, but Jobs?
January 2006
January 26, 2006
The Falafel Connection: All Those NSA Wiretaps Are Just a Friendster in Disguise
January 19, 2006
Hitler on Line One: There's a Long History of Intercepting Foreign Communications, and Some of It May Have Been Legal
January 12, 2006
Win Some, Lose Some: Bob's Prediction Average Was Down for 2005, but 2006 Is Looking Better Thanks to Apple and Burst
January 5, 2006
A Commercial Runs Through It: Google's Grand Plan to Take Over TV Advertising