82 blog results for "dot-com boom"

Network equipment giant is gobbling up companies again, pledging to spend more than $6 billion in October alone. That's a good sign that the economy is in recovery.

Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon

At the annual O'Reilly Media event, tech industry leaders hinted not-so-subtly that they're ready to get back to business instead of contemplate the realities of a bad economy.

Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy

Defcon founder and Homeland Security adviser Jeff Moss reflects on how he got into hacking, says the Internet's "age of innocence" is over, and has a message for Google and other big Web sites.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

Here's some of what you missed in non-PS3 Slim news this week.

Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz

The labels are reportedly planning on calling their upcoming digital album format CMX. Look for it to join the acronym graveyard in short order.

Posted in Digital Noise: Music and Tech by Matt Rosoff

Hyped music service SpiralFrog had money, big partners, and promising traffic. But it lacked effective leadership and a strong business model.

Posted in News - Digital Media by Greg Sandoval

The mood at the annual digital-culture confab was one of cautious optimism and camaraderie--except when it was clear there are still lots of unknowns.

Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy

The separation of AOL from Time Warner will put a final nail in the coffin of one of the emblematic mergers of the dot-com boom and bust.

Posted in News - Digital Media by Jonathan Skillings

If projections hold, Microsoft will report the first year-over-year drop in its sales as a public company. The company's report Thursday will offer a sense of whether things are going from bad to worse.

Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried

Sun needs a better foundation for its open-source story: Novell's Suse Linux could be it.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay