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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
How Microsoft put Apple owners on the defensive — Her name is “Lauren” and she's making the Apple (AAPL) guys nuts. — She's the young, hip, Volkswagen-driving redhead who stars in the latest Microsoft's (MSFT) TV campaign. Told that if she can find a 17-inch laptop for under $1,000 she can keep it …
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Don Dodge on The Next …, i-boy, Technologizer, PalmAddicts, MacDailyNews, 9 to 5 Mac, Gizmodo, Notes from the Field, VentureBeat, The Tech Report and TechFlash
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Huffington Post launches journalism venture — NEW YORK (AP) — The Huffington Post said Sunday that it will bankroll a group of investigative journalists, directing them at first to look at stories about the nation's economy. — The popular blog is collaborating with The Atlantic Philanthropies …
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries — TORONTO — A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded.
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InfoWorld, F-Secure Antivirus …, cl.cam.ac.uk, Threat Level, Gizmodo, ThreatChaos, ReadWriteWeb, IN DENVER TIMES, Gawker, Silicon Alley Insider and digg.com, Thanks:blogfisher
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay Torrents Spread Via Facebook — With the recent trial out of the way, it seems The Pirate Bay team have had more time for development of the site. Just last week they announced the addition of personal RSS feeds. This week we revealed that they will also offer a new IPRED-busting VPN service.
Philip Lam / PreThinking:
Palm Pre beta tester on Twitter, says release date is 4/30 — As I was questing for new Palm Pre news, I stumbled upon this interesting tweet from Jim Van, a very smart guy in the IT field. In his own words: — “Got Pre to work on Twitter, but it's a tad cludgy...”
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
What a difference a decade makes: Barron's proclaims Amazon best retailer — Reading Barron's cover story on Amazon where the publication loves damn near everything about the e-tailer—the cash flow, the business model, the cloud services, the marketplace for third party sellers and even the Kindle …
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Michelle Maisto / eWeek:
If Dell Buys Palm, Smartphone Strategy Set with Palm Pre — During Dell's recent Efficient Enterprise announcement, executives said while Dell used to be viewed as a hardware provider, it is now much more. Dell is also making forays into the smartphone market, and one analyst predicted …
Wall Street Journal:
Putting Your Best Faces Forward — With varying policies on identifying yourself, Web sites struggle to balance creativity with accountability — Do I contradict myself? — Very well then I contradict myself, —Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” — Who among us doesn't contain a few multitudes?
Thanks:mrinaldesai
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Wikipedia: Exploring Fact City — Contributors to Wikipedia have wondered aloud lately if — perish the thought — they are running out of topics. The obvious articles, low-hanging fruit like “China,” “Moses” and “Homer Simpson,” have been written and rewritten hundreds of times.
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Josh / Redeye VC:
Yogi Berra wisdom for startups — My first company was called Infonautics. I co-founded it in 1991 when I was an undergraduate at Penn. This was back in the dark ages of online services — when people used 1200 or 2400 baud modems. Our initial product (called Homework Helper) …
Thanks:atul
TechCrunch:
Steel Cage Debate On The Future Of Online Advertising: Danny Sullivan Vs. Eric Clemons — Editor's note: Last Sunday, we published a guest post by Wharton Professor Eric Clemons on “Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet.” The post questioned a basic assumption that many of us in the tech industry hold near and dear.
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HipMojo.com, Marc's Voice, Online Marketing …, Beyond Search and The Noisy Channel, Thanks:sampad
Micah Elliot / Silicon Alley Insider:
15 Roles Every Startup Needs Filled — I've been thinking about how to prepare for Startup Weekend, which is approaching quickly. Part of the registration process was assigning yourself a “specialty”. Of the seven designations, I chose architect for myself, whatever that means.
