‘General’ Archives
RightSide Capital Announces New Seed Fund; Will Make 100-200 Investments Per Year
RSCM - Entrepreneurs looking for funding won’t have to go the traditional route of begging for a meeting and then having a second meeting and then waiting 3 months for traction until finally closing a deal. Instead, they will fill out an application – similar to applying to College – and receive a response in 2 weeks.
Feds push for tracking cell phones
Two years ago, when the FBI was stymied by a band of armed robbers known as the "Scarecrow Bandits" that had robbed more than 20 Texas banks, it came up with a novel method of locating the thieves. CNET. Com: FBI agents obtained logs from mobile phone companies corresponding to what their cellular towers had recorded at the time of a dozen [...]
What does your browser say about you!!!
BrowserSpy.dk is the place where you can see just how much information your browser reveals about you and your system. Did you know that all websites that you visit can find out which fonts you have installed? It's also possible to find out if you have a range of programs installed. These include Adobe Reader, OpenOffice.org, Google Chrome [...]
Google BUZZ
2/09/2010 11:06:00 AM: We've blogged before about our thoughts on the social web, steps we've taken to add social features to our products, and efforts like OpenSocial that propose common tools for building social apps. With more and more communication happening online, the social web has exploded as the primary way to share interesting stuff, [...]
MIT – First germanium laser
New results from MIT’s Electronic Materials Research Group bring us closer to computers that use light instead of electricity to move data. MIT News - February 4th, 2010: MIT researchers have demonstrated the first laser built from germanium that can produce wavelengths of light useful for optical communication. It’s also the first germanium [...]
Microsoft’s Creative Destruction
NY Times - Published: February 4, 2010: AS they marvel at Apple’s new iPad tablet computer, the technorati seem to be focusing on where this leaves Amazon’s popular e-book business. But the much more important question is why Microsoft, America’s most famous and prosperous technology company, no longer brings us the future, whether it’s [...]
Technology that Manages Sports Leagues
Ever wonder who puts together software that manages private or park district sports leagues? ActiveSports, a part of Active Network, provides industry-leading sports software including league management, data management and marketing solutions to over 10,000 participatory sports organizations. Their Web-based software solutions empower sports [...]
Investing based upon Accounting and Governance Risk.
I found this site, Audit Integrity, which claims to be able to identify shareholder risk measured by “corporate integrity”, mostly related to accounting practices. I looked up a few companies in the telecommunication/networking equipment sector to see how they rank, a few surprises. According to Audit Integrity it applies over 100 [...]
Looking for a place to invest in the telecommunications sector?
For years now there has been a lot of dark fiber in the ground gathering dust, and not making any money for anyone. Well according to the guys at Minyanville that may not be true for much longer. Back in the 90's the telecom industry dumped millions of miles of fiber into the ground, knowing it would be dark, anticipating the demand. Sort of [...]
Microsoft and the State of Georgia to Offer Free Tech Training
Microsoft and the state are teaming up to provide free online training to workers who want to improve their tech skills to land better jobs. A total of 30,000 vouchers will be issued to Georgians interested in learning how to use Microsoft Windows or one of its other office programs. The vouchers also are good for certification exams that will [...]
