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Venture Investors Wrap Up an Unusually Bleak Quarter (Matt Richtel/New York Times)SAN FRANCISCO — So far this has been a challenging year for companies hoping to go public. But it has been even rougher on venture capitalists who were hoping to get a big payday from such an offering. Venture Investors Wrap Up an Unusually Bleak Quarter (Matt Richtel/New York Times)SAN FRANCISCO — So far this has been a challenging year for companies hoping to go public. But it has been even rougher on venture capitalists who were hoping to get a big payday from such an offering. ) - 10 weeks ago |
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The Google Way of Science - There's a dawning sense ... (The Technium)There's a dawning sense that extremely large databases of information, starting in the petabyte level, could change how we learn things. The traditional way of doing science entails constructing a hypothesis to match observed data or to solicit new data. Kevin Kelly -- The TechniumThe technical term for this approach in science is Data Intensive Scalable Computation (DISC). Other terms are "Grid Datafarm Architecture" or "Petascale Data Intensive Computing." ( 10 , 22 ) The Google Way of Science - There's a dawning sense ... (The Technium)There's a dawning sense that extremely large databases of information, starting in the petabyte level, could change how we learn things. The traditional way of doing science entails constructing a hypothesis to match observed data or to solicit new data. ) - 10 weeks ago in toread, future, science, interesting, and tech |
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10,000 Canadians petition Steve Jobs for iPhone rate relief (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Apple 2.0)It's taken more than a year for the iPhone to make its way across the world's longest undefended border, which may help explain why so many Canadians are upset this weekend. — On Friday, Rogers Communications (RCI) 10,000 Canadians petition Steve Jobs for iPhone rate relief (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Apple 2.0)It's taken more than a year for the iPhone to make its way across the world's longest undefended border, which may help explain why so many Canadians are upset this weekend. — On Friday, Rogers Communications (RCI) ) - 10 weeks ago |
The GOOG->MSFT Exodus: Working at Google vs. Working at Microsoft (Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life)Recently I've been bumping into more and more people who've either left Google to come to Microsoft or got offers from both companies and picked Microsoft over Google. I believe this is part of a larger trend especially The GOOG->MSFT Exodus: Working at Google vs. Working at Microsoft (Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life)Recently I've been bumping into more and more people who've either left Google to come to Microsoft or got offers from both companies and picked Microsoft over Google. I believe this is part of a larger trend especially ) - 10 weeks ago |
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Rhapsody's new MP3 store offers full song previews (Donald Bell/CNET News.com)Today, Real Networks has announced several improvements to their Rhapsody music service, including a new online music store and integration with Verizon's VCAST mobile phone music service. — Taking a cue from competitors such as Amazon and Napster Rhapsody's new MP3 store offers full song previews (Donald Bell/CNET News.com)Today, Real Networks has announced several improvements to their Rhapsody music service, including a new online music store and integration with Verizon's VCAST mobile phone music service. — Taking a cue from competitors such as Amazon and Napster ) - 10 weeks ago |
Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday (Associated Press)REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista. Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday (Associated Press)REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista. ) - 10 weeks ago |
AOL's Platform A: We'll pay Bebo, Facebook developers top pennies (Larry Dignan/Between the Lines)AOL's Platform A said Monday that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers “a guaranteed CPM” for U.S. traffic and says the ad rate is one of the highest in the industry. — However, there are a few caveats AOL's Platform A: We'll pay Bebo, Facebook developers top pennies (Larry Dignan/Between the Lines)AOL's Platform A said Monday that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers “a guaranteed CPM” for U.S. traffic and says the ad rate is one of the highest in the industry. — However, there are a few caveats ) - 10 weeks ago |
Quincy Smith Named Chief Executive Officer and Neil Ashe Named ... (cbscorporation.com)CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of CNET Networks, Inc. and merged its operations into a newly expanded CBS Interactive division. Quincy Smith Named Chief Executive Officer and Neil Ashe Named ... (cbscorporation.com)CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of CNET Networks, Inc. and merged its operations into a newly expanded CBS Interactive division. ) - 10 weeks ago |