i’d like to believe this is true: “…venture capitalists say for the first time since January they expect the technology investing climate to stabilize and set the stage for more investment activity”
From: VCs: Tech-investing gloom to clear – Tech News – CNET.com

will there be any consumer focused broadband providers left?
“Excite@Home and its accountants said Monday that the company may not be
able to continue operations, especially if the Nasdaq Stock Market delists
its shares.”
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6928152.html?tag=mn_hd

no shit … “According to a paper released last month by the School of
Information Management and Systems at the University of California at
Berkeley, the regional Bell operating companies … have maintained
‘unreasonable delays’ in providing D.S.L. connections to Internet service
providers while charging wholesale prices that are ‘unjustifiably high.’”
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/06/technology/06DSL.html

From Doc Searls BuzzPhraser ™

hey … i think i know this guy … found on Slashdot: jfruhlinger writes: “The San Francisco Chronicle ran this story about the very first laptop, and the fact that it’s still in use by non-hobbyists. It’s biggest selling point is apparently its indestructable nature.”

found on Geeknews: “Stephen Chou …a Princeton University electrical engineer has created CDs that can concentrate data 800 times more efficiently than current discs.” [more here]

from CNN “Memory prices drop by 85 percent”

From: InternetWeek: “What will separate the winners from the losers going forward will be the integration of this buffet. Which company will be able to connect a company’s travel and entertainment application with HR? And what about CRM with general ledger?”

ya know you want one of these … too bad you can’t use it during a concert encore ;-)

try this one while driving … “British mobile phone developer iFone is planning to put versions of classic Atari computer games on future mobile phones.”

From: BBC News | SCI/TECH | Back to the future for Atari games