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Google, Apple on ice
Google could find itself taking blows from a Norwegian rival, much as Apple did when facing Sun in a hockey rematch. Both contests could prove to be more entertaining than this year's Webbys. June 21, 2002 |
AOL scuffles, executive shuffles
Will former AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin finally get the poetry back in his life like he said he would the day he shocked the world with his resignation?
June 6, 2002
Amazon pushes up Daisey; Pud goes crazy
The Rumor Mill staff digs in to recently released books on Amazon's dirt and flameouts recorded by Phil Kaplan's dot-com dead pool.
May 24, 2002
Yahoo's Google blooper
Skinsiders say Yahoo and Google have been involved in some shuttle diplomacy, including a botched attempt by Yahoo to buy the red-hot search site outright.
May 17, 2002
Sun may set for top exec
Scott McNealy has bid farewell to several top execs in the past few months and looks prepared to say goodbye to one more: Chief Technology Officer Greg Papadopoulos.
May 10, 2002
Sprint chases the Pokemon crowd
Japanese kids hooked on downloading ring tones and playing games have cell phone makers looking for the same success in the United States. But Sprint is rumored to be having troubles in that department.
May 1, 2002
Danish sites get Google's goat
The search site is trying to pull the plug on a pair of similarly named sites that run their own search engines powered by none other than Google rival Overture Services.
April 19, 2002
Jupiter slowly evaporates
The research firm is shrinking as NetRatings buys its AdRelevance unit for a bargain price and Gartner is rumored to be interested in another division.
April 12, 2002
Would you like some fries with that merger?
My 12-year-old son Vermel caught me red-handed eating a bag of In-N-Out burgers the other night. He left the room only to reappear a few moments later with a tape measure, which he threw around my waist.
April 8, 2002
Microsoft plays in Hollywood's court
Word on the Sunset Strip is that the software giant is beefing up its team of schmoozers in Hollywood and New York to score deals with the big content companies.
March 29, 2002
Forget HomeStation, here comes AdStation
Microsoft whets advertisers interest in its plans for a home entertainment center, but it insists software, not hardware is at the heart of its strategy.
March 15, 2002
Antitrust filings and dinosaur hecklings
Whispers are circulating that Sun will be the next antitrust filer against Microsoft. And IBM may file this one in its first-ever category: Its PartnerWorld confab gets a dinosaur-costumed heckler sent from Oracle.
February 22, 2002
Clark waits for his ship to come in
Jim Clark's passion for yachting already costs him millions, but Clark watchers speculate that cost run-ups in the construction of his new schooner may have cost Stanford University as well.
February 15, 2002
Apple creeps toward MPEG-4
Critics are describing QuickTime's pace in releasing long-promised MPEG-4 support as nothing short of glacial, but Apple may answer those critics at a gathering next week.
February 7, 2002
Tech media lust thrives; Jaco survives
Being in high-tech journalism these days means having a lot of unemployed friends. That ensures both a lot of freeloaders at table and a steady stream of media industry rumors.
February 1, 2002
Year in review: Skinny tells all
Despite News.com gossip columnist Skinny DuBaud's single-minded focus on rumors, lies and innuendo, the Rumor Mill had an uncanny knack in 2001 for getting the facts.
December 31, 2001
