raelity bites: Whoopie’s TiBook – celebrity spotting and publishing by Cory Doctorow with his Danger HipTop.

Billetnet solgt til USA [danish]
TicketMaster buys the largest danish ticketing network – not really sure it’s a good thing in terms of americanization, etc. But let’s hope they can do some technology transfer making it easier to buy tickets online!

Nytimes profile on the “new” Microsoft: Microsofter [free registration required]
Includes Microsoft’s new mission statement: ”To enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential”.

Fortune: Wi-Fi U.S.A.. High-speed wireless Internet access isn’t just for the latte sippers at Starbucks anymore. Big business has discovered that it can pay off.

Gary Hamel: Innovation Now!
Conventional wisdom says to get back to basics.
Conventional wisdom says to cut costs.
Conventional wisdom is doomed.
The winners are the innovators who are making bold thinking an everyday part of doing business. Even in tough times!

Thomas A. Stewart, Business2.0; How to Think With Your Gut. Good fact-based article on decision making in the future – or as one might declare it – the reintegration of decision making processes to humanity/mankind. A part of getting away from valueing rationality and logic – the machine thinking – higher than intuition, passion and sincerity – the human thinking.

Metropolis Magazine: Reimagining Work. Six experts – spanning seven decades – offer up their perspectives on the future of the office.

The new Dell PDA. The device that will drive the pda market?

Sony History – the full history of Sony from the founding in the post second world war society in Japan to today. Good insight into the minds of true entrepreneurs and what a difference it makes if you have good people and a good understanding of technology.

And you wanna discuss whether Microsoft has a monopoly…?
Since i’ve got this discussion over and over with people here’s some data. Microsofts income margin for their total business is around 40-45%, but when you dig deeper into the reporting and get the data from the two business segments where they really have a monopoly the data get’s even more interesting.
Quarterly revenue from the three months ended Sept. 30 2002 showing the two most profitable segments:
Client operating systems: Turnover 2,892,000,000. Income 2,482,000,000. 85% income margin.
Applications (Office, etc.): Turnover 2,385,000,000. Income 1,879,000,000. …