You know the hype bubble for all things Web 2.0 is deflating when a startup with more than $30 million in venture backing gets dissed at its introduction. The first...

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Jul 28, 2008 12:47 PM in Communications

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This morning I had an email blast from the Semiconductor Industry Association lauding how according to most recent annual stats the high tech sector has added some 91,000 jobs to...

Continue reading "When the fab shuts down"

Posted by Rick Merritt on Jul 24, 2008 01:58 PM in Computing

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Those of us steeped in general-purpose IP-based networking, whether based in the enterprise or carrier, can be a bit prejudiced in examining the networking specific to storage subsystems. We...

Continue reading "When storage swallows switching"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Jul 21, 2008 07:03 PM in Communications

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AMD is in a downward spiral that threatens to become a death spiral if it doesn't listen to the advice its archrival's chairman used to give when times were tough...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Jul 15, 2008 01:49 PM in Computing

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You've heard enough about iPhone 3G, just as you heard enough about the original iPhone a year ago, so I'll keep this brief. It's too bad the local Colorado Springs...

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Jul 11, 2008 12:46 PM in Communications

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I know, I know, in the race between hackers and security experts, the hackers always insist they are trying to improve security regimes, even when the results are questionable....

Continue reading "Blaming the Messenger"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Jul 9, 2008 10:41 AM in Communications

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The folks over at the Consumer Electronics Association are full of Omega-3s these days. They want to define a universal interconnect for media players by running copy protected High Definition...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Jul 8, 2008 11:10 AM in Computing

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I had a chance to catch up recently with Lou Lenzi, a veteran consumer electronics designer who currently heads up product management for the accessories business at Audiovox. He talked...

Continue reading "Why Lou likes HD-PLC"

Posted by Rick Merritt on Jul 1, 2008 01:13 PM in Computing

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