I have been catching up on some data and news stories about the beleagured venture capital industry. A continuing shakeout in the industry means that fewer venture-capital firms are

Google (GOOG), Motorola (MOT), RIM (RIMM), Palm (PALM)? How do you sort all these characters out? Light Reading Editor in Chief Phil Harvey and I have been experimenting with

There was an incredible amount of hype leading up to Cisco's announcement of a new core router, the CRS-3. Typically, router announcements are not covered in detail by the

Well, Cisco marketing and public relations professionals deserve a promotion for generating spectacular attention on an announcement tomorrow. They say it will "change the Internet" -- and journalists worldwide

I have been taking a closer look at AT&T (NYSE), thinking about what to do with it. The first reason I'm thinking about it is that juicy 6.8% dividend.

Funny how the market works sometimes. I had been looking into Novell, which was an interesting idea brought up by longtime tech newsletter publisher Fred Hickey in this year's

I am racking my brain trying to decide what to make of the deal in which Yahoo has announced a partnership with Twitter to more deeply integrate the two

The Rayno Report has been carefully tracking the Windows 7 adoption cycle, with the premise that there was pent-up demand for Windows upgrades and new PCs and technology in

Here are some of the bigger headlines around this morning:

Okay, so I'm superficial. I like to simplify things, boil them down. Also, I'm not in Barcelona, so I can afford to make aloof comments about news developments thousands

Today there's a barrage of news streaming from the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona (I miss the tapas), and I see two news items dominating: The new HTC

An interesting little battle is developing on the mobile front with video. You see, as many people complain, the Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone does not include Flash support. Neither

Another sad news item about government intrusion today. I guess it's confirmed, personal liberty is on the permanent decline and George Orwell's future has arrived. The federal government now

Comscore has issued it's 2009 Year in Review, which is filled with interesting data about Internet trends. Two glaring elements stick out: The growth of consumption in online video

Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. are set to gain on the market open after a strong earnings release and encouraging words about the global economy from CEO John Chambers.

Funny how fast things can turn against you. After months of generating endless Apple tablet - er iPad - hype, now that the product is out there are plenty

Surely 2009 wasn't the best of years for the venture-capital industry, with Wall Street trying to sort out credit turmoil, startups struggling, and the capital simply out of whack

A big focus at CES in Las Vegas this week is on the growing smartphone wars, as a number of mobile manufacturers gear up to battle the dominance of