Monthly Archives: March 2005

I had a brief, but interesting, interview yesterday with Nortel Networks CEO Bill Owens and Gary Daichendt, who was recently hired as president and COO. Aside from the obvious plan for Daichendt to eventually replace Owens as CEO, I was … Continue reading →

Personally, I don’t get it – or use it, for that matter – but wireless pornography is expected to be a “hot” market over the next five years. Strategy Analytics now expects spending on pornography will rise to $5-billion by … Continue reading →

NTP Inc.'s success in extracting US$450-million from Research in Motion has several interesting angles — highlighted perhaps by how the three-year legal dispute fits into a larger trend involving the pro-active exploitation of patents and intellectual property. While the focus … Continue reading →

A new survey by Ipsos-Insight, which seems to love doing studies on the Web, suggests the number of wireless Internet users climbed 29% in 2004. The biggest gains happened in the U.S. and Japan where 15 million and 11.6 million … Continue reading →

It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall of Cisco's executives suites after Nortel won a US$5.6-million contract from the city of San Jose to provide city hall employees with a new communications system. It's small deal … Continue reading →

Not sure what to make of Yahoo’s new Yahoo 360 service, which will combine a new blogging tool with a variety of Yahoo’s other products such as instant messaging, radio and photo storage. As a blogger, I’m intrigued by technology … Continue reading →