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John Markoff / New York Times:
It's a Shipping Container. No, It's a Data Center in a Box. — Sun Microsystems has developed a novel "data center in a box" in an effort to transform the fundamental economics of corporate computing. — The expandable computer system, called Project Blackbox, is based …
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Bryan Gardiner / PC Magazine:
MPAA: Frustrated Consumers Will Pirate — The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) isn't known its leniency when it comes to the distribution of copyrighted material. — So it was no surprise on Thursday at the Digital Home Developers Conference that Brad Hunt …
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Smaran / Torrentfreak:
MPAA: Piracy is the outcome of DRM complications — Last week at the Digital Home Developers Conference Brad Hunt, the MPAA's executive vice president and chief technology officer said that piracy is the inevitable outcome of the music and movie industries' inability to provide a simple, inter-compatible and non-intrusive DRM solution.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
It Pays to Have Pals in Silicon Valley — Peter Thiel, a PayPal co-founder, went on to start Clarium Capital, a hedge fund. He also runs a venture firm with other PayPal alumni. — Every now and then, a group of former PayPal employees get together to catch up on life and work.
paulgraham.com:
The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups — Oct 18: Deadline for next YC funding round. — In the Q & A period after a recent talk, someone asked what made startups fail. After standing there gaping for a few seconds I realized this was kind of a trick question.
ninemsn:
The geeks shall inherit the earth — Australian entrepreneurs are being forced to leave home in search of the funding they need to become the next YouTube in the Web 2.0 dotcom boom. Joshua Gliddon reports — Cameron Reilly has $5000 in the bank and a plane ticket.
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Skills Gap Hurts Technology Boom in India — Nandan M. Nilekani, the chief executive of Infosys, at its headquarters in Bangalore. He says India must educate and provide jobs for its youth. — TIRUCHENGODE, India — As its technology companies soar to the outsourcing skies, India is bumping up against an improbable challenge.
Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Is the Botnet Battle Already Lost? — It's dress-down Friday at Sunbelt Software's Clearwater, Fla., headquarters. In a bland cubicle on the 12th floor, Eric Sites stares at the screen of a "dirty box," a Microsoft Windows machine infected with the self-replicating Wootbot network worm.
Leander Kahney / Wired News:
Straight Dope on the IPod's Birth — Thanks to Apple Computer's penchant for CIA-like secrecy, there are several myths concerning the birth of the iPod. — One of these myths is that the iPod has a father — one man who conceived and nurtured the iconic device.
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Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
Wikipedia co-founder plans 'expert' rival — One of Wikipedia's founders and closest critics is launching an alternative to the free online encyclopedia this week. — Larry Sanger, a co-founder of Wikipedia and the site's former editor-in-chief, is launching a rival site called Citizendium.
International Herald Tribune:
Wireless: Mobile marketing in an ink blot — By Eric Sylvers International Herald Tribune — The twentysomething with the ponytail races down the steps to the platform to find that she has just missed her subway and will have to wait seven minutes for the next one. — She is unperturbed about the unexpected delay.
Doreen Carvajal / New York Times:
Defending a Blurred Line: Is It Spam or Just a Company Marketing by E-Mail? — When a torrent of unsolicited e-mail arrives with cut-rate promotions for pheromone cologne and mint-flavored Viagra, a volunteer foreign legion of antispam warriors is ready to fight back with its most lethal weapon: blacklists.
Daniel Jacobs / International Business Times:
Apple iPhone Details Unveiled: Analyst — NEW YORK (International Business Times) - Apple Computer is moving closer to releasing its rumored mobile phone, analysts revealed on Monday, moving the company into areas of the consumer electronic industry previously untouched.
Official Google Blog:
Corporate solar is coming — Epic games of beach volleyball, urban indoor workspaces infused with natural light, enthusiasm for the outdoors - at Google, we've always taken advantage of the sun. And now we're ready to use the sun yet another way: to create clean electricity.
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