The Coming Video Wars

September 13, 2006

Lots of stink today over the NBC announcement of its new broadband video distribution marketplace, NBBC. The basic concept is that NBC and others’ video is to be paired with advertising and then made available by NBBC to sites for viewing through an NBBC viewer. The site either pays for the video and sets its […]

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The HP Saga: Investigator Identified? And New Outside Counsel Arrives

September 13, 2006

More news on the HP saga today, including some interesting pieces from the WSJ and the Recorder, all noted by the WSJ’s (really, quite excellent) Law Blog. First, it appears that one of HP’s mystery investigators may now have been identified: The WSJ is reporting this morning that one of the investigators connected to the […]

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A New Tool for Real Estate Agents

September 13, 2006

Congratulations to the people at PowerAgent for their launch – PowerAgent allows real estate agents to inexpensively and quickly build their own marketing collateral – it’s a terrific idea.

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Is There Anything Really Unique About MySpace?

September 13, 2006

Techcrunch has a post on the latest Web 2.0 smackdown – MySpace’s COO, Peter Chernin, dissing YouTube and other Web 2.0 apps because ” almost all of them are really driven off the back of MySpace”. And then: MultiChannel News is reporting that Chernin said there is no reason why News Corp. couldn’t build parallel […]

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The HP Saga: Indictments Coming?

September 12, 2006

The WSJ reports that California AG Bill Lockyer has stated that his investigation has already borne enough evidence to warrant issuing indictments within and outside of HP: California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said his office’s investigation into alleged “pretexting,” or obtaining personal phone records by false pretenses, as part of the Hewlett-Packard Co.’s board’s investigation […]

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Apple TV

September 12, 2006

As I suggested yesterday, but a little sooner than I expected, Jobs has in fact announced (it was his “one last thing” announcement) Apple TV – codenamed iTV, it’s a box – somewhat like a flatter Mac Mini – that sits between your Mac (or PC) and your TV and plays photos, music, video and […]

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The HP Saga: Endgame

September 12, 2006

It seems as though the HP saga has come to an end. Developments: Patricia Dunn is stepping down as chair in January, to be succeeded by Mark Hurd. She has apologized that pretexting was used, and will continue as a director after January. She will be responsible for resolving the the pretexting file. Former chair […]

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More Now Favour Impeaching Bush Than Initially Favoured Impeaching Clinton

September 12, 2006

Via Reddit, a stunning statistic, and why the upcoming mid-term will likely be the most vicious, scorched-earth defensive campaign in recent memory.

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A Good Day to Dabble

September 12, 2006

It’s a Tuesday two-fer for Dabble DB: featured in USA Today, and a new investor in Tim Bray.

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The HP Saga: More Investigators

September 12, 2006

Damon Darlin of the NYT reports that more investigators are getting involved in the HP saga: The United States attorney’s office in San Francisco said it was looking into the methods used by the investigators, which included the questionable if not illegal tactic of “pretexting” — posing as directors and journalists to get their phone […]

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The Art of Headlines

September 12, 2006

It may seem a trivial preoccupation, but I’ve long been fascinated by newspaper headlines. Blogging has certainly increased my respect for the headline writer; distilling the essence of a story into a short phrase that is editorially faithful to the story, draws in the reader and even shows some wit and ingenuity – that’s tough […]

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An Apple in the Family Room

September 11, 2006

Much hoo-ha today about whether or not Apple will make a run at the media PC market. Thomas Hawk dredges up a great Jobs quote from 2003: “”We’re not going to go that direction,” Jobs said. “There is a small audience that likes this.”” Maybe, but that was then, and this is now. Then, the […]

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