After taking a long detour into green-tech investments, the storied venture firm is returning to its sweet spot: the Internet.
Just two years ago people (including Fortune) were fretting that venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins -- an early investor in Netscape, Amazon (AMZN), and Google (GOOG) -- had missed the wave on the latest round of hot Internet startups in favor of a slew of risky wagers on "green" energy. (See MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Nov 29, 2010 3:00 AM ET
The hacking incident that convinced Google to remove censorship from its search results was a Chinese Government-sponsored effort according to a Chinese contact in the American Embassy in China.
The report briefly cites "government operatives, private security experts and Internet outlaws recruited by the Chinese government." as the source of the Google (GOOG) intrusion which was aimed at enemies of the Chinese state, including Falun Gong members abroad. As the New MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 28, 2010 5:20 PM ET
Shares the No. 17 spot on Foreign Policy's 2010 top 100 list "for reinventing reading"
Source: Foreign Policy. Bezos: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images; Jobs: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
You don't often hear Apple (AAPL) and Amazon's (AMZN) CEOs mentioned in the same breath, but there they are in the current issue of Foreign Policy, honored together for the contribution of their competing e-readers.
It's an odd pairing, given what Steve Jobs said about Jeff MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 28, 2010 12:48 PM ET
The Android mascot makes his (her?) first appearance in a carrier commercial for the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint
Sprint (S) this week released a new commercial for its popular EVO smartphone with a special guest. The Android Robot, which is often called Andy is skating around the commercial which shows off some glowing reviews of the product.
Verizon (VZ) uses its own, shortened Droid branding while T-Mobile seems to push its own sub-brands MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 28, 2010 12:09 AM ET
Sales estimates range from 35 million to 100 million, with the biggest slice going to Apple
Source: Barron's
In his debut performance in this week's Barron's, where he replaces the venerable Eric Savitz (now at Forbes), Tiernan Ray provides a useful round-up of Wall Street tablet sales estimates for 2011.
Only trouble is, the estimates vary so widely you don't whether to laugh or cry.
On the low end, Citigroup estimates sales of MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 27, 2010 12:50 PM ET
The traffic came largely from Facebook and other social networks, not search engines
What drove Beatles fans to iTunes on Nov. 16, the day Apple (AAPL) released the first digital editions of The Beatles' catalog?
Robin Goad, research director of Hitwise UK, has analyzed the traffic from his side of the pond and turned up some surprising and not-so-surprising results:
Traffic to the Apple website spiked dramatically that day, with visits from MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 27, 2010 6:40 AM ET
Tells a Danish publisher he can't sell a magazine about Google's OS in Apple's App Store
Source: Media Watch
Tuesday seems to have been Apple's (AAPL) day for saying "No."
First Apple Legal ordered the Chinese manufacturer of a Steve Jobs look-alike doll to stop making the popular action figure.
Then a representative from developer relations informed the CEO of Mediaprovider, a small magazine publisher based in Denmark, that he couldn't put a MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 26, 2010 6:27 PM ET
Chinese manufacturer discontinues popular $79 toy after being threatened with legal action
Image: M.I.C Gadget
We were determined not to write a word about the SJ Action Figure, the Steve Jobs look-alike doll that got so much free publicity earlier this week. But now Apple's (AAPL) legal department has turned it into a news story.
M.I.C Gadget, the toy's Chinese manufacturer, announced Tuesday that it had discontinued the product after selling out MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 26, 2010 7:52 AM ET
..and might replace some IT workers too.
Linus Upson via Google
Linus Upson, Google's (GOOG) vice president for engineering in charge of Chrome had some big words for the NYTimes on their soon-to-be-released OS. "ChromeOS machines could immediately replace 60% of the Windows desktops in the corporate market," he said.
That's quite a big chunk of Microsoft's (MSFT) business if it is in fact true. I'm assuming Google has done due diligence MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 25, 2010 4:40 PM ET
$299 now buys you a GoogleTV with a Blu-ray player
Best Buy (BBY)and Sony Style are now offering the Sony Internet TV Blu-ray Disc Player with Google TV for $299. That's $100 off of the launch price and the same as the Logitech Revue which is Blu-ray-less.
GoogleTV (GOOG) has recently been plagued with defections by major TV networks, most recently Viacom so some aggressive pricing may sway some buyers on the fence.
The MORE
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