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There s grim data out today from two sources that track venture capital exits, both of whom noted that not a single venture-backed company went public in the second quarter of 2008. This is a grim
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Imagine what it would be like if gas were $7 a gallon, or three and a half times the price at the beginning of last year. According to CIBC World Markets analyst Jeff Rubin, unless something gives, t
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Last week, OStatic noted the rumor, first reported by VentureBeat, that Microsoft intended to buy Silicon Valley semantic search engine Powerset for $100 million. Lo and behold, Microsoft and Powerset
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As the average consumer embraces ever more complex technology, Verizon is offering a series of classes beginning in New York City to show consumers what their PDAs and smartphones can do for them. I
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Many entrepreneurs today have their heads in the clouds. They re either outsourcing most of their network infrastructure to a provider such as Amazon Web Services or are building out such infrastruc
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If you want a 3G iPhone without an AT&T contract, you can get one. Eventually. For $599 for the 8 GB version or $699 for the 16 GB version. That s a 200 percent markup over the $199 price tag for th
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A few minutes after she delivered a speech at our Structure 08 conference in San Francisco, I caught up with Microsoft s corporate VP of global foundation services, Debra Chrapaty, for a video chat.
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At first we were scratching our heads over the idea that the Dash Express, an Internet-connected navigation device, has a Twitter app given how stupid texting while driving is. Surely tweeting whi
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In planning for last Wednesday s Structure 08 conference, we at GigaOM had our heads in the cloud. We aimed to draw attention to the resurgence of hardware underlying the various software and web se
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My gut reaction to the news that AOL s Platform A would offer a guaranteed CPM (cost per thousand) for applications developers building widgets for Facebook and Bebo was that it s a subsidy and s
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