Monday, October 31, 2011

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston - techcrunch.com
 
Yesterday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Y Combinator's Startup School in a candid interview with Y Combinator Partner Jessica Livingston. You can watch the full interview here, and it starts around...
 
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Custom Reporting using Google Analytics and Google Docs - The Ultimate Analytics Mashup - seomoz.org
 
Realtime Google Analytics data inside a Google Doc— a panacea! In this blog post I'll show how you can do this yourself, and I've created an easy template to help get you started. Create your own custom reports and slice and...
 
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Best Costume: Use Two iPads to Create an Awesome Gaping Hole in Your Gut - gizmodo.com
 
A very smart dude by the name of Mark Rober figured out that if you strap two iPads to yourself, you can create this incredible, freaky hole effect. This guy should work for NASA.
 
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GCHQ chief reports 'disturbing' cyber attacks on UK - bbc.co.uk
 
30 October 2011 Last updated at 21:53 ET The UK says cyber crime is as serious a threat as international terrorism The UK has been subject to a "disturbing" number of cyber attacks, the director of communications intelligence...
 
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The Entire $1.65B Acquisition Of YouTube Took A Week, Was Negotiated At Denny’s - techcrunch.com
 
In an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing today, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen reminisced about selling his company to Google. “Was there any way you could not have sold?” Sarah Lacy asked? Hindsight is 20/20 Chen replied....
 
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Friday, October 28, 2011

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Massive hack hit 760 companies - money.cnn.com
 
Google, Microsoft and Facebook are among the companies named in a list of firms affected by the same hack that took down RSA earlier this year.
 
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Rometty Knows IBM One Mistake From Obsolescence as New CEO: Tech - bloomberg.com
 
International Business Machines Corp. directors reached within the company’s ranks and on Oct. 25 named 30-year-veteran Virginia “Ginni” Rometty chief executive officer.
 
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Looks like Congress has declared war on the internet - gigaom.com
 
A new copyright bill proposed in the House would give governments and private corporations unprecedented powers to remove websites from the internet completely, on the flimsiest of grounds, and would also force internet service...
 
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Bill Gates On “The Miracle Of Availability” And Applying Computer Science To The World - techcrunch.com
 
Bill Gates just gave a talk at the University of Washington's School of Computer Science and Engineering. As is typical of his talks, this one was broadly focused on new and helpful implementations of technology. It was...
 
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

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IBM sets an example with Ginni Rometty — and not just by selecting her as its first female CEO - washingtonpost.com
 
Even more kudos-worthy than the fact that IBM selected its first female CEO may be the other example the company just set.
 
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Why We Owe Amazon a Huge "Thank You" - businessinsider.com
 
If more companies sacrificed near-term profit for long-term investments, our economy would heal itself quickly.
 
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Vinod Khosla's Five-Second Slide Rule - forbes.com
 
By any measure, Vinod Khosla is one of the most influential people in business today. In his long and distinguished career, Mr. Khosla has contributed to the growth of hundreds of companies, primarily in his role as a venture capitalist..
 
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Crazy Nokia Kinetic Concept Does The Twist - techcrunch.com
 
What. The. Bleep. Not to say that Nokia's new smartphones aren't interesting, but this crazy flexible smartphone-like device CNET spotted over at Nokia World has to be the coolest thing to grace the showroom floors....
 
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The Top Eight Rules of Networking - fins.com
 
You know the type. The people with obnoxious laughs, pushy pitches, and the ability to corner you at industry conferences and talk about themselves continuously for what seems like hours? The ones who clearly mean well, but their lack of etiquette can..
 
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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IBM's new chief: "Don't accept inevitable" - tech.fortune.cnn.com
 
FORTUNE -- IBM ( IBM) has a new chief. Longtime executive Ginni Rometty will replace Sam Palmisano as president and CEO starting January 1. Having put in 30 years at the company and survived IBM's near death experience in the...
 
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IBM Names Sales Chief Virginia Rometty As CEO, Samuel Palmisano Will Remain As Chairman - techcrunch.com
 
IBM's board of directors has just named Virginia M. Rometty as the company's new CEO and president, replacing Samuel J. Palmisano, who currently is IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. Palmisano will remain...
 
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Introducing a thermostat Steve Jobs would love: Nest - gigaom.com
 
Can gorgeous design, learning algorithms and millions in venture capital funding make a simple home thermostat as coveted as the iPhone? If anyone can achieve such a lofty goal it's Tony Fadell, the godfather of the iPod and...
 
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Artificial intelligence community mourns John McCarthy - bbc.co.uk
 
25 October 2011 Last updated at 06:57 ET Artificial intelligence researcher, John McCarthy, has died. He was 84. The American scientist invented the computer language LISP. It went on to become the programming language of...
 
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Google Introduces “Bid For Calls” On The PC - searchengineland.com
 
Google is rolling out what it’s calling “bid for calls,” a pay per call (PPCall) offering on the PC. This is distinct from Click to Call, its successful mobile PPCall product. The program will launch in the US and UK at first...
 
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