Orbitcast is live blogging the full-year 2008 and fourth-quarter 2008 investor conference call. Keep hitting the refresh button to see the latest updates. Regular old introductions of "forward looking statements" David Frear is on right now talking about how the company still managed to grow despite...

Recently, we spoke with John Nahm, the CEO and co-founder of Phonevite (www.phonevite.com), a new startup in town which recently relocated from Silicon Valley. We caught up with John to learn a little bit more about what the firm's services offer, as well as how the firm ended up moving to Los Angel...

A friend sent me the above cartoon, showing chancellor Angela Merkel reproaching Pope Benedict ("That's a no no, Ratzinger! As far as Holocaust denial is concerned you'll have to set things straight at your end at last, got me?!!") while protesters outside her window are shouting: "Kill the Jews", "...

Saying nuts to Nutricate? The apparent success and consumer popularity of municipal laws in New York City, Seattle, Philadelphia and elsewhere that require chain restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus means that (1) more American cities’ elected officials will propose simil...

Sorry it's been so long since the last post...I'm soooo busy!  I have several cool things saved up, and will hopefully post some of them soon.  This article is about a cool milling machine I hunted down after my friend and fellow luthier Ken Parker put the bug in my ear after a v...

Sun Doubles Performance and Cuts Power Consumption by up to 38% with Combination of SSD-Based Servers, OpenSolaris and Solaris ZFSSANTA CLARA, CA, March 11, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the next step in its end-to-end enterprise Flash strategy with the availability of...

South Korea's trade balance marked a surplus of 120 million U.S. dollars in the first 12 days of March with the import hard struck by the economic recession, the customs office said Thursday. South Korea's export marked 8.65 billion U.S. dollars during the period, while its import hit 8.53 billion U...

DriverSide, a startup that is taking the unique approach of helping users maintain their cars rather than buy or sell them, has closed a $5.3 million Series B funding round led by Allegis Capital, with Catamount Ventures and the company’s founders also participating in the round. As part of th...

Mel and I went for a walk yesterday. I wanted a croissant and a cup of cocoa, but I also wanted to buy a new mop. I've looked at the supermarkets and haven't found a suitable mop. All the supermarkets seem to have are very expensive mops with sponge-type heads instead of the fat yarn heads. I have a...

Lies.  We teach our children not to lie, we are stunned when they lie to us for the first time – in this case, when I say “we,â€� I really mean “you,â€� because I’m certain my children will never lie to me – but the cold reality is this: we lie to our children all time; they are lear...