Taking Aim At Online Auctions

Year Opens with Google Speculation

It all starts with a rumour. Someone said something to someone else and that someone told another person and before you can say, "cheese-doodle", a wrong-story rumour grows out of control as speculation spreads it far and wide.

HD DVD Gets Launch Date

Toshiba picked March 2006 for the consumer debut of their next-generation DVD format players; it's only an astonishing coincidence that the Sony PlayStation 3 with Blu-ray disc support launches in the spring of 2006.

The Best Predictions Yet for 2006

Unlike many in the PR blogosphere, I haven't made any public predictions for 2006 (and don't intend to). If you do a Technorati search you'll find hundreds, if not thousands, of bloggers who have.

Last Bit Of Internet History For Sale On eBay

In case you hadn't heard about it on CNN, Fox, ABC, or MSNBC among others, the final 1,000 pixels on The Million Dollar Home Page are for sale on eBay. With 5 days remaining, the current bid is just over $145,000. The simple and brilliant idea from the 21-year-old mind of Alex Tews has web-entrepreneurs shrieking "why didn't I think of that?" as they scramble…

Gates, Gadgets, And Google Burgerbots

Microsoft's Bill Gates opened CES in Las Vegas with his traditional keynote address, corporate blogger Robert Scoble keyed it all in, and Steve Ballmer took a virtual beating at the hands of his subordinate Chief Software Architect.