Friday, April 1, 2011

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Paul Allen’s memoirs critical of Bill Gates

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Paul Allen’s new memoirs offer a new take on the early days of Microsoft and are somewhat critical of Bill Gates. Like it really matters at this stage of the game. Many of the greatest companies in the world, tech-based or otherwise, have been formed through partnerships. It takes more than one element to create [...]

GoDaddy suffers for CEO’s elephant cull?

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GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons shot an elephant and then uploaded the video to the Web. He appears to have enjoyed it, but I suspect his shareholders won’t have. If you’re the founder and CEO of a big, well-known company then [...] Related posts: GoDaddy.com says RateMyCop.com exceeded bandwidth GoDaddy.com drops the hammer on RateMyCop.com GoDaddy [...]

Android is really Windows Jr.

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There are many signs and similarities that could lead one to believe that the Android smartphone / tablet operating system from Google is well on its way to becoming the Windows equivalent of the mobile OS. My writing on the mobile scene has frequently included references [...]

Google agrees to independent privacy reviews

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Google has formally settled a Federal Trade Commission complaint over its introduction of social networking tool Buzz. But that’s not the end of its social ambitions: the company is launching its own take on the Facebook “like” feature. Google Buzz launched last year [...] Related posts: Facebook privacy policy sparks EPIC row Australian trade regulator [...]

Would you notice if your phone went missing?

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A newly published survey suggests there’s a wide disparity in how long people would take to notice a missing phone. The differences break down along age and gender lines in a way that appears to justify stereotypes. The [...]

Microsoft hammers Google on antitrust

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Microsoft, seen by many as one of the ultimate antitrust bad actors worldwide, has picked up the tar brush in order to wage war on Google, which it accuses of a wide variety of antitrust activities. It's hard to tell if [...] Related posts: US Supreme Court allows Novell to continue Microsoft antitrust suit EU [...]