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Digital piracy hits the e-book industry

Posted by sliceghost on Friday January 01, 2010 @09:12AM
from the cnn.com dept.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/01/ebook.piracy/index.html

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Radical changes in books and magazines could transform the world we live in

Posted by sliceghost on Friday January 01, 2010 @09:09AM
from the computerworld.com dept.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142872/Elgan_Is_that_the_Library_of_Congress_in_your_pocket_

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Seeking Profit in Open-Source Search Software

Posted by sliceghost on Thursday December 31, 2009 @03:47PM
from the bits.blogs.nytimes.com dept.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/seeking-profit-in-open-source-search-software

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Catching Google Wave With Waveboard Mac

Posted by sliceghost on Thursday December 31, 2009 @03:09PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2009/12/31/31gigaom-catching-google-wave-with-waveboard-mac-56370.html

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Synchtube: Watch Synchronized YouTube Videos With Your Friends

Posted by sliceghost on Thursday December 31, 2009 @03:08PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/12/31/31readwriteweb-synchtube-watch-synchronized-youtube-videos-99017.html

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What's strategic for Google?

Posted by sliceghost on Thursday December 31, 2009 @10:22AM
from the cdixon.org dept.

http://cdixon.org/2009/12/30/whats-strategic-for-google

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Google Docs vs manual typewriter

Posted by sliceghost on Thursday December 31, 2009 @08:24AM
from the tommorris.org dept.

http://tommorris.org/blog/2009/12/31

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Programmer Competency Matrix

Posted by sliceghost on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @08:46AM
from the self-post dept.

http://www.indiangeek.net/wp-content/uploads/Programmer competency matrix.htm

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What Makes Us Happy

Posted by sliceghost on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @08:34AM
from the huffingtonpost.com dept.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gretchen-rubin/a-year-in-the-pursuit-of_b_405456.html

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Five ways to generate momentum in your venture or angel round

Posted by sliceghost on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @08:28AM
from the thisisgoingtobebig.com dept.

http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/2009/12/five-ways-to-generate-momentum-in-your-venture-or-angel-round.html

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Women play harder than men in online games, study finds

Posted by sliceghost on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @02:56PM
from the latimesblogs.latimes.com dept.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/12/women-play-harder-than-men-in-online-games.html

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Sublime Sand: Desert Dunes Seen From Space

Posted by sliceghost on Monday December 28, 2009 @08:52PM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/deserts-gallery-1

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Re:Tell PG: paulgraham.com is down on Monday December 28, 2009 @08:36PM (#1019841)

It's up now.

Collar Tech Tracks Wolfs North Pole Treks

Posted by sliceghost on Monday December 28, 2009 @07:55PM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/wolfs-north-pole-treks

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Texas County to Name Drunk Drivers on Twitter

Posted by sliceghost on Thursday December 24, 2009 @04:04PM
from the pcworld.com dept.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/185483/texas_county_to_name_drunk_drivers_on_twitter.html

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Paper Laptops, SoundBulbs and Designer Power Bars: Best of Yanko Design 2009

Posted by sliceghost on Thursday December 24, 2009 @03:54PM
from the yankodesign.com dept.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/12/24/best-of-yanko-design-2009

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What Matters Most to Business Owners? You May Be Surprised

Posted by sliceghost on Wednesday December 23, 2009 @07:56PM
from the openforum.com dept.

http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/innovation/article/what-matters-most-to-business-owners-you-may-be-surprised

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Track Santa and his sleigh with NORAD

Posted by sliceghost on Wednesday December 23, 2009 @05:43PM
from the googleblog.blogspot.com dept.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/now-dasher-now-dancer-track-santa-and.html

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2010: The Year of the Tablet

Posted by sliceghost on Wednesday December 23, 2009 @05:26PM
from the bits.blogs.nytimes.com dept.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/2010-the-year-of-the-tablet

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Brain Chips: Artificial Intelligence Is All in Your Head

Posted by sliceghost on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @02:05PM
from the gigaom.com dept.

http://gigaom.com/2009/12/22/artificial-intelligence

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2009: The year tech blogging died

Posted by sliceghost on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @01:23PM
from the technovia.co.uk dept.

http://www.technovia.co.uk/2009/12/2009-the-year-tech-blogging-died.html

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Re:Five laws of human nature on Friday December 18, 2009 @01:31PM (#1003626)

Odd: "engineers are more likely to be religious than other graduates"

Anthrax in heroin leads to deaths in Scotland.

Posted by sliceghost on Friday December 18, 2009 @11:53AM
from the newscientist.com dept.

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/12/anthrax-in-heroin-leads-to-dea.html

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Review: Powerful Avatar Stuns the Eye, Seduces the Heart

Posted by sliceghost on Friday December 18, 2009 @10:59AM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/12/avatar-review/

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Bacteria Turn Microgears in Suspended Solution by Swimming

Posted by sliceghost on Thursday December 17, 2009 @11:05AM
from the sciencedaily.com dept.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091216121500.htm

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A Digitally Conjured Magazine - Short a Device

Posted by sliceghost on Thursday December 17, 2009 @10:19AM
from the mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com dept.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/a-digitally-conjured-magazine-short-a-device/

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Re:Management's Dirty Little Secret on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @04:11PM (#999729)

Dan Pink has a great talk about motivation on TED.

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan%5Fpink%5Fon%5Fmotivation.html

Exits: Laying the foundations for maximum company value

Posted by sliceghost on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @03:09PM
from the startupnorth.ca dept.

http://www.startupnorth.ca/2009/12/16/exits-%e2%80%93-laying-the-foundations-for-maximum-company-value/

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