Category Archives: Newsburps

Is Skype Ready For Prime Time?

Some news out of GigaOm, where it looks like Skype and Wal-Mart have struck a deal wherein Skype-branded products will now be carried by Wal-Mart.
All elitest snobbery aside, is anyone else wondering if the name “Skype” carries any cachet to the Wal-Mart crowd? I’m thinking, (as you might) probably not.
But, is Skype really so [...]

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Bill, Sweet Jesus Say it Ain’t So!

I’m an admitted Microsoft fan. I recently, for example, lept to their defense some folks claimed their premature death. But this, this news of Microsoft “phasing out” Windows XP by the end of the year?
Sheer inexcusable lunacy.
Angus Kidman, courtesy of APC (courtesy of, funnily enough, a Microsoft partnered site, ninemsn.com), brings us [...]

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Has Feedburner Snubbed Megite?

Feedburner doesn’t like Megite. For now.

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Why Social Media Press Releases “Matter”

Social Media Press Release “matter”, but probably not in the way that Bob Scoble thinks.

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BREAKING: Netscape’s Director Resigns … Here’s Why

CK Sample is leaving Netscape. He didn’t give a reason why, but I might have a few,.

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Predictions 2007

Some predictions for 2007

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So, What COULD Dethrone Digg?

Digg’s got so many things going for it, all the scandals in the world aren’t able to stop it. Well, maybe two things. Two improbable things.

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