If you read my last Freeloader Friday, you noticed that I have noticed a few budding task management applications. There are some cool new ones that show Web 2.0 promise.
But, after all my research I still came back hungry. And, after going over my expectations, I found out that maybe what I want isn’t a […]
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We all know there are different kinds of free. The Open Source gang loves to point out that there is free as in beer (no cost) but even better is free as in freedom (the freedom to view, edit and modify the source code of an application). I think it is reasonable to say there […]
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What competency can’t cure, money can. That’s the new strategy Redmond seems to be moving too as Microsoft looks to buy a stake in AOL. More so than the one-time investment the company made in Apple, this payout comes at a price.
Microsoft is in a problematic position. Until this strategy shift, buying out your competition, […]
Business 2.0 has an interesting thought on Google’s greater ambitions: building a “Google OS”. I’d have to agree (in fact I already have) but there’s a missing component, and a lesson to be learned from the last company out to turn Microsoft irrelevant.
Netscape, and its new resurrection knows that a key point in making the […]
Earlier this year I was critical of the quality of podcasts. I’d have to say that they have improved, but not the way I expected. Better quality, shorter podcasts are out, but they’re not coming from the new podcasting blogger beatniks. They are coming from some of the oldest names in content.
Its no longer news […]
You know I have been a fan of Macromedia for a long time. And I still am. But something is perplexing me. We all saw Flash take a hit as a result of the multimedia overdose that hit the web years back. Fortunately the folks at Macromedia are on top of it, and have cleverly […]
Sorry for the long break. We added a member to our family, and I’ve had more relatives at my house than there are exhibitors registered for MacWorld Boston. But I am back, and glad to be.
This month we’ve happened upon an accidental theme on MacMerc. James (here and here) and I (here) have posted a […]
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Today’s news was the unveiling of Nokia’s web appliance. I haven’t been a Nokia customer since my 5190, so I was amazed at how appealing I found their new 770.
The philosophy behind the web appliance/thin client isn’t new, but the idea of a wifi browser-to-go is hot. Smaller and cheaper than a laptop, and more […]
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This week’s big news: the Adobe acquisition of Macromedia. Apart from the press release optimism, there’s a real downside to the news. Any student of business will tell you that acquisitions more often than not fail to create any new value.
From the inside, Adobe will have an uphill battle integrating the two companies. While […]
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The web has been buzzing over this article on evidence Apple is readying a video iPod. More interesting than the specs of the gadget is the potential for another iTunes-iPod business system.
Mirroring the iTunes ecosystem in motion pictures could be a very cool, and lucrative affair. This article alludes to the hardware for the […]
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