by Ron Miller

Five Burning Tech Questions for 2010

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I take a look at some key questions across a spectrum of coverage areas on my DaniWeb blog and look ahead to 2010. I look at Google, Microsoft, Apple, the AT&T-Verizon coverage battle and the eReader market.

Read my take on DaniWeb.

My Quick Look at the Nook

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The other day, I walked into Barnes & Noble and got my first hands-on look at the Nook, and for the most part I liked what I saw.

Read all about my first impressions at DaniWeb.com.

Word Injunction Likely Much Ado About Nothing

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Although the mainstream media has tried to make it a big deal, a closer look at the recent court ruling ordering Microsoft to stop selling Word, shows it's really not going to have very much impact.

Read my full view on DaniWeb.

Waving Good-Bye to 2009 Video

This is a very clever send off to the year that was from Google Wave.

DaniWeb TechTreasures Blog Passes 1 Million Page Views

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I'm thrilled to report that my TechTreasures by Ron Miller blog on DaniWeb passed 1 million page views on Sunday on 240 posts. It's a huge milestone and it makes me so proud to have reached it.

This is even more remarkable when you consider that on Dec. 30, 2008, I posted a State of TechTreasures report and wrote: "Just today I passed 186,000 hits on 99 posts."

Just a year later, I passed a million. That was a heck of a year folks. And I want to thank you for reading and visiting my blog.

Beware of Comcast's Growing Power

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With the purchase of NBC Universal, Comcast's power grows unabated. It may be up to cities and towns building their own municipal networks to find a way to fight that growing hegemony.

Read my view on DaniWeb.

Google and Yelp Would Make a Fine Match

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TechCrunch reports that Google is in advanced stage negotiations to purchase Yelp. These two companies are so well suited to each other, it's a wonder talk of this deal didn't happen sooner.

Read my full post on DaniWeb.

Apple and Google Have Different Mobile Goals

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While Google and Apple may both be working the mobile space hard, Google is giving Android away, and even if they sell a Google smart phone, they'll never be hardware company like Apple. Google's ultimate goal is to sell ads, and the more platforms, they have to do that, the better off they will be.

Read the full story on DaniWeb.

Could Google Phone Mark End of Network Domination?

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The rumored Google Phone would not only provide an open source phone powered by Android, it could actually free us from the control of the large network providers at the same time.

Read my take on DaniWeb.

Social Media Drives New Forms of Interaction

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Instead of removing serendipity and coldly pointing us the way, technology can provide new ways to discover the world that are just as valid as offline methods.

Read my take on DaniWeb.