Monthly Archives: May 2009

Wolfram Alpha: Revolution in Search or Hype?

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

I am sure you have already heard about Wolfram Alpha, the new search engine that will shake the thrones of  Google and Wikipedia as kings of Internet knowledge.  Soon to be launched, Wolfram Alpha defines itselft as a Computational Knowledge Engine, … Continue reading →

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DVRs Go Mainstream, but for how long?

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The Silicon Alley Insider Chart of the Day (above) shows the great curve of DVR (Digital Video Recorders)  adoption in US, where almost one in three households already have one. This poses a threat to the advertising model of broadcast … Continue reading →

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I Love Music, but I Hate CDs

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

I guess that by now, all music labels have already realized that music downloads and subscriptions are the only way forward to distribute music. CDs are dead, and rightly so. Maybe because we just finished unpacking the shipment from KL … Continue reading →

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