About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Gossip Archive
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So what do these men have in common?
Posted on July 7, 2005 | No CommentsSo what do these two have in common? Apparently at the Live 8 show, they both were forgotten about, and had to *gasp*, SHARE a dressing room with someone else. BillG hung with U2, in his “un-ironed trousers” and Pitt spent some quality time with... -
China, Everyone’s Favorite Communist Trading Partner
Posted on July 6, 2005 | 2 CommentsSo eBay wants to expand Paypal to China, and the valley is all abuzz about Google’s possible buyout of Chinese search juggernaut Baidu, possibly before its IPO later this month. Now the only left for the Chinese to do is to continue the space race.... -
Now if we added some RFID into this whole mix . . .
Posted on July 6, 2005 | 1 CommentThat’s just what we need, technology taking the place of good ol’ fashioned sommeliers. I can just imagine instead of being annoyed by people yakking away on their cell phones, people are going to be yakked to by their bottle of wine. While we’re at... -
So It’s Official. We, as Humans, Can Now Never Be Without the Internet.
Posted on July 6, 2005 | No CommentsSo this guy wrote a piece for Popular Science magazine on how to build a WiFi hotspot backpack. It’s $1000, and yes, while cool (the geek in me is drooling), I wonder if things like The Quiet Zone are in danger. So to all you... -
Showdown: Om vs. CNET on Podcasting Figures
Posted on July 6, 2005 | No CommentsOur good friend Om Malik basically trashes a new report by The Diffusion Group that podcast consumption will grow from “15% of portable digital music player owners in 2004 to 75% by 2010.” CNET, on the other hand, leads with this: Researchers at The Diffusion... -
Live Long and Prosper, Indeed
Posted on July 6, 2005 | No CommentsSo Paul Allen is not only swimming in money, he’s getting local subsidies for his companies too! Ah, the life! Allentown: Rich guy Paul Allen and his Vulcan Inc. are about to receive hundreds of millions in various public subsidies for their South Lake Union... -
Cause Obviously iPod Deaths are Like the War in Iraq
Posted on July 6, 2005 | 1 CommentSo Steve Jobs gets +10 Nice Guy points for calling the family of the boy who was slain in Brooklyn recently. But then the Times of India gets +5 Huh? points for comparing this murder to the deaths of the Iraq War. On Tuesday, Jobs... -
As If One Scobleizer Wasn’t Enough
Posted on July 6, 2005 | No CommentsThe next generation is just around the corner. Patrick Scoble, Robert Scoble’s son, is now podcasting as well, as a “punishment” for listening to the Dawn and Drew Show as an 11-year-old. Some punishment. Kid admitted that he downloads all the ones with the EXPLICIT... -
Pepe le Pew
Posted on July 6, 2005 | No CommentsIs there anyone who considers what Pew researches to be news? I mean, I feel like all they do is confirm what most people can pretty much expect exists out in the online sphere. Their next study is going to talk about how people are... -
Digiwood: Morgan Freeman and Intel, Together At Last
Posted on July 6, 2005 | No CommentsMorgan Freeman is providing his traditional folk wisdom to yet another white guy, but this time it’s Intel CEO Paul Otellini. Why has it taken so long for someone to figure out how sell/stream films online? Argh. Wait, wait, they’ve built a “model digital home”...
