8 posts and columns on Spock

Woz Plus Spock Equals a Geek Swarm

in News on January 4 at 3:20 pm PT

Apple co-founder and geek hero Steve Wozniak will share a stage with geek hero Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock. They probably won’t talk about how flash memory speeds up servers.
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Larry Page Might Be Bill Gates+, But He Wants to Be Steve Jobs

in Mobile on August 16, 2011 at 10:12 am PT

Let’s face it: Everyone in Silicon Valley — one way or another — fashions themselves as the next Steve Jobs.
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Google's Bing Attack Has Larry Page Written All Over It

in News on February 3, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

While he won’t officially take over as CEO of Google until April, the recent full-frontal slapfest on Microsoft’s Bing search engine for shoplifting results from the search giant was so Larry Page in tone and temperament that it brought back memories from many years ago when I covered Google more closely. I would wager that we’re about to see a lot more of this pugnacious, in-your-face tone from Google under Page’s leadership, which could have far-reaching implications for the company.

BoomTown Casts the Google Movie (You're Welcome, Hollywood!)

in News on August 23, 2010 at 1:54 am PT

With the news that a Hollywood production company is working on a movie about Google, based on the non-fiction book “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It,” by Ken Auletta, BoomTown has been noodling on which actors would be good to cast in the various roles of the top players. While the Google film is not as juicy as the upcoming fall film about Facebook, there is plenty of opportunity to bring a little glamour to the Googleplex.
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Google Search Stories–Including Batman!–Or Are They Anti-Bing Commercials in Disguise?

in News on November 21, 2009 at 9:41 pm PT

It’s well known that Google doesn’t do much in the way of marketing around its search service. So, then, what is one to make of a half-dozen videos–called “Search Stories,” which look suspiciously like commercials, starring the company’s many products–that Google introduced late last week on its blog and posted on a new channel on YouTube? Could it be that the $100 million marketing campaign that Microsoft launched for its Bing search service, which seems to be slowly gaining share, is starting to get on the nerves of those Spocks in Silicon Valley?
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Author Ken Auletta Talks About Google and Its "Lack of Emotional Intelligence"

in News on November 12, 2009 at 12:50 am PT

Guess what? Google has too many Spocks and not enough Captain Kirks. This is one of the many interesting insights BoomTown gleaned from a video interview last night at a San Francisco book party for well-known New Yorker scribe Ken Auletta, who has just written a new book, “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It.” This “lack of emotional intelligence,” said Auletta, reminded him a lot of the subject of one of his previous books: Microsoft. Oh, the delicious irony!
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Online Video: How Did BoomTown Leave Out the Trekkies?

in News on December 19, 2008 at 1:37 am PT

After posting the hot new trailer for the fourth in the cyborg series, “Terminator Salvation,” yesterday, someone pointed out BoomTown was remiss in not including the one for the new “Star Trek” movie. No longer! It’s out in May and will look at the early lives of Captain James Tiberius Kirk and his sidekick and Vulcan-phenom, Spock. The video preview definitely boldly goes….

Yahoogle Countdown–Will It Blow Up, Get Neutered, Go Judge Judy or Move Forward?

in News on October 30, 2008 at 6:00 am PT

The election is not the only event with only days to go–a move in face-off Yahoo and Google are in with the Justice Department over their controversial search advertising partnership will have an outcome, sources close to all sides said, before the next President is chosen. Thus, I predict news either Friday or Monday.