Why buy Yahoo?
In a deal that has been rumored for some time, MS is attempting to buy Yahoo for a high, but superficially reasonable price. The $41.7B offer is only a slight premium above the current Yahoo market cap of $37.1B, and…
More on how kids learn language
Another article forwarded to me on how toddlers learning of language is a more sophisticated process than the most powerful computers available are capable of. Current research suggests that toddlers don’t learn language one word at a time, but instead…
How sleep helps kids learn
A constant joy in my life is watching how my kids develop and learn. They are 3y and 18 months and seem to grow in understanding and vocabulary in the time it takes me to blink. There is a great…
The economics of art
It looks like Q-Trax might be dead before it starts. This is a disappointment as I truly believe it could have been a service that was good for the music industry, artists and consumers. In a comment to my article…
The Music industry appears to see sense! [update – ..then snaps out of it]
Update – I may have given the RI too much credit (i.e. any credit at all) for showing some intelligence. The music industry is backing away from the service and the whole thing might die before it starts. Lets hope…
Tech valuation realities
I am in Silicon Valley this week at the head office of the day job. While I have been here it has been good to see that the cold showers here have seemed to have an effect on some of…
Internet safety
Looking at the recent agreement between MySpace and 49 Attorney’s General brought to mind the realities of Internet security. In reality the actions MySpace will take will only eliminate the dumb exploiters of the system. Any person with a basic…