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NSFW: Jimmy Wales Wants Me Dead (The Neutrality Of This Article Is Disputed)

NSFW: Jimmy Wales Wants Me Dead (The Neutrality Of This Article Is Disputed)

Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:00

Some weeks, writing this column is easy. All it takes is for an influential person – a politician, a business person, perhaps even a fellow columnist – to say something dumb and I get to spend a thousand words or so explaining precisely why they’re wrong.

Mozilla Engineer Writes Steve Ballmer; Promptly Takes Foot Out Of Mouth

Mozilla Engineer Writes Steve Ballmer; Promptly Takes Foot Out Of Mouth

Saturday, March 20, 2010 19:47

Mozilla platform engineer Rob Sayre has probably had better ideas. Hoping Microsoft might allow Firefox on their new Windows Phone 7 Series, Sayre wrote an open letter this morning to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

Pierre Omidyar on eBay and Pez Dispensers, Leaving the Valley and the Most Important Thing He’s Ever Done

Pierre Omidyar on eBay and Pez Dispensers, Leaving the Valley and the Most Important Thing He’s Ever Done

Saturday, March 20, 2010 19:04

It’s almost a cliché that great Silicon Valley entrepreneurs don’t go sit on a beach when they make a lot of money, they get back to work building another company or at least investing in other people’s companies. But what did eBay founder Pierre Omidyar do? Moved to Honolulu ...

Hunch’s Twitter Predictor Game Is Awesomely Accurate

Hunch’s Twitter Predictor Game Is Awesomely Accurate

Saturday, March 20, 2010 18:29

When I first read about Hunch’s Twitter Predictor game , I was pretty skeptical. The game asks you to put in your Twitter user name and based on who you follow and who you are followed by, it predicts how you will answer questions on Hunch

Novell Rejects Hedge Fund’s Offer To Take The Company Private For $2 Billion

Novell Rejects Hedge Fund’s Offer To Take The Company Private For $2 Billion

Saturday, March 20, 2010 13:28

New York-based hedge fund Elliott Associates L.P. in a letter to Novell ’s board of directors dated March 2 offered to purchase the infrastructure software company for a cash price of $5.75 per share, or $1 billion net of the cash on the company’s books

Check-In Fatigue. Or, Why I’m Rooting For An All-Out Location War.

Check-In Fatigue. Or, Why I’m Rooting For An All-Out Location War.

Friday, March 19, 2010 22:04

I didn’t have the same problems at SXSW this year that some people did.

The Man Corporations Love and Xenophobes Hate

The Man Corporations Love and Xenophobes Hate

Friday, March 19, 2010 19:49

During my recent trip to India, I flew down to Bangalore for one reason: To meet N.R. Narayana Murthy.

Opera, Safari Beat Chrome On Google’s Own JavaScript Conformance Test

Opera, Safari Beat Chrome On Google’s Own JavaScript Conformance Test

Friday, March 19, 2010 19:39

Back in June, Google launched Sputnik , a suite of tools that runs over 5,000 tests to check a web browser’s JavaScript conformance.

Review: Aperture 3

Review: Aperture 3

Friday, March 19, 2010 19:18

If you’re a photographer and use a Mac, chances are you’re using Lightroom or Aperture. Probably Lightroom, since Aperture is less popular among pros — and the latest version seems to be an acknowledgment of that. The features added in version 3 are clearly intended to draw casual shooters ...

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