Stories by ilamont

Video comments: Interesting trend, but not as efficient as text

Apple: 200,000 iPhone developers so far

Three advertising models for online video

Sony to buy Gracenote for $260 million

Sun wants to free up rest of Java, have it shipped as part of Linux

VC confidence plummets - fewer liquidity events, but startups are "much leaner and scrappier"

Debate over which is better for CS majors - liberal arts college, or engineering school?

Why Facebook is destined to beat MySpace outside of the U.S.

Why podcasting is failing

A VC's perspective of NYC, entrepreneurs and PSDs (Poor, Smart, and a Desire to get rich)

Coding: Generalists vs. specialists

Analyst on Amazon EC2: "We don't advise anybody to use this for anything mission-critical"

Why no central repository for data used by social networks, Web mail, IM?

Why Joost will fail: It's the interface

VCs pour $200M into open source, but less than 5% goes to first or seed rounds

10 'Net startups that will succeed, and 10 that will fail ... probably

Pass this to your IT guys: 10 things IT needs to know about Ajax

Running a small company using outsourced IT services

Analyst claims power business users disappointed with AJAX apps

Author of "Five reasons why a recession is a good time to start a company" responds to Hacker News