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Jim Muttram

Sound words in difficult times

Amidst the thousands of words which have been written about the credit crunch and more latterly about the proposed $700bn bail-out for Wall Street, this comments stands out in the crowd. It now looks likely that the deal will get approved after frantic weekend negotiation.

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Jim Muttram

Android day

It's supposed to be Android Day today - the day Google officially launches the Android mobile phone operating system. Although widely tipped as a yawn by comparison to the iPhone near-hysteria, it is likely in the end to have far-reaching effects on the mobile landscape.

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Jim Muttram

Google's view of the future

An interesting blog post from a couple of Google engineers speculating on what the convergence of cloud computing and massive hardware and software improvements might mean for humanity. Technorati Tags: computing, convergence , future, Google, predictions

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Jim Muttram

City money and the housing market

My friend Andrew Don spotted this nugget in a Times piece on the expected clamp-down on city excesses: Savills estimates that £5.5 billion was invested in property last year by City bonus buyers alone. More woes for the property market ahead! Technorati Tags: property,credit crunch,city…

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