But Yahoo is right to be taking an interest. The Japanese took cars, stereos and computers and showed the world how to make them properly. Now mobile phones are getting the same treatment, and Europe is nervous. But there's a gulf between what's being promised and what can be delivered in that time. Risto Siilasmaa hopes to safeguard your wireless world.
Investors seem to love the idea.
Ten European Internet companies to watch, even if this column will no longer be around to track them and tell their story. Yes, after four years, this is the last EuroBytes . The swooning of tech-stocks and the series of mergers, acquisitions, failures and layoffs have started a process of reshaping the contours of the industry. There are a lot of skeptical noninvestors, too, who now feel vindicated in their belief that Internet stocks mean trouble. It seems that everybody these days across Europe wants to be an Internet start-up incubator.