Maybe it’s the economy, or restlessness, or some combination of the two, but there has been a ton of turnover among technology journalists and bloggers lately. The latest word is that Owen Thomas, the gossip-monger behind Gawker’s Valleywag, is leaving the site to join NBC. He’ll be replaced by Gawker night editor Ryan Tate.
Appropriately, that [...]
Washington state could soon join a host of other states in imposing a sales tax on "digital goods," including music, video and electronic books. A bill that passed the Washington state House and Senate and awaits Gov. Chris Gregoire’s signature would impose sales and use taxes "on certain streamed or remotely accessed digital services, goods, [...]
02 May
Posted by erikbowman as Uncategorized
Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, didn’t make any earth-shaking news at today’s Technology Alliance luncheon in downtown Seattle — despite jokingly pretending at one point that he was pulling a list of Microsoft’s secret projects from his jacket pocket.
He did, however, say some interesting things on a wide range of topics, responding to questions [...]