The Problem Isn’t With the Press Release

Rex Hammock doesn't think the press release is dead, but he was amused that news of the Google-America Online deal had been well-communicated by the time Time Warner issued its press release:

Whats An Ookle?

Former Feedster CTO Scott Johnson has a new mistress. Her name is Ookle. Less than a week after his sudden exodus from Feedster, Johnson and Australian IM buddy Michael Air (yes, he's never met him in person) have set up Ookles.com, a stealth mode webpage with an information sign-up screen. And that's it. Mum's the word until at least January 31st.

My Dotcom Predictions For 2006

Last year I made several predctions that now seem ridiculously silly. But a few ideas were pretty close. I've got a feeling that 2006 will be a big year, and here are some of the reasons why:

ASP vs. PHP

When building web sites, ASP and PHP are very popular languages. Here's my opinion on whether ASP or PHP is best. Both ASP and PHP are languages used to build Dynamic Web sites that can interact with Databases and exchange information. ASP (Active Server Pages) is from Microsoft and is used with IIS (Internet Information Server) that runs on Microsoft Servers. PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)…

Google Deal For AOL Finalized

It's a done deal, as Time Warner accepted the $1 billion bid from Google for a 5 percent stake in AOL, who had been poised to accept an offer from Microsoft before Google's late push. Google gets its content provider, and AOL gets a spot in Google's far-flung ad network.