http://www.deadbytes.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:05:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_52" align="alignleft" width="150" caption=""CompuServe Requiem""][/caption] It is amazing to think that the original CompuServe service was first offered in 1979 before dominating online services for more than a decade.   Now, according to various sources, the service is being completely shut down by AOL, its current owner. Apart from the actual service, ... http://www.deadbytes.com/?p=53 [caption id="attachment_44" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="On Path to Irrelevance"][/caption] Joost, the Internet TV service created by the legendary Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, has announced it is dropping its consumer service offering together with about 80% of its employees, including CEO Mike Volpi.  The company had already discontinued the Joost application in ... http://www.deadbytes.com/?p=20