August 2009
A Hired Gun for Microsoft, in Dogged Pursuit of... →
Qi Lu knows as well as anyone just how difficult it is to take on Google. — For nearly a decade, Mr. Lu played a leading role in building Yahoo’s Internet search and advertising technologies.
Tennis officials a-Twitter: US Open players warned... →
The messages define that as “information about the likely participation or likely performance of a player in an event or concerning the weather, court conditions, status, outcome or any other aspect of an event which is known by a Covered Person and is not information in the public domain.”
Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » The Beatles... →
You can’t digest these remasters in an afternoon, you need a whole season. To dig beneath the shock of the sound to investigate what can now be heard, to not only learn but reevaluate your original impressions.
Cybersecurity Act of 2009: President allowed power... →
may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network;
“Today’s challenging economic climate has made it difficult for nonprofit...”
– Sergey Brin and Wife Donate $500,000 to Creative Commons
Spotify has its iPhone app approved by Apple - we... →
The green light from Apple now leaves the way open for Spotify to launch in the US, as it’s been planning, and attempt a massive change in the music industry for the record labels that have invested in it. No mean feat.
Rock Band Crowdsources Song Creation | Epicenter |... →
wonder what that means?
If the community approves of them, the songs will go on sale in the Rock Band Network Music Store
AMERICA'S 25 DOUCHIEST COLLEGES: GQ Features on... →
ouch jeb:
#21 - Trinity
Home of: The “I brained Someone at Exeter with a 9-Iron but My Dad Got Me in Here” Douche Overheard at freshman orientation:“It’s just like boarding school, except all the nerds are at Yale!” Typical Saturday evening: Squash match, followed by elephant walk.
RightsFlow raises $1.5M to help manage music... →
RightsFlow, a company that manages licensing and payments for record labels, musicians, and online music services has raised $1.5 million in a first round of funding.
hypebot: Sony Music's Web Efforts Bear Fruit →
Sony Music Entertainment recently became one of the Web’s top 10 entertainment music destinations
Massive Twitter Security Problem Not Resolved Just... →
It’s important to note that you’re probably safe when you use any third-party client for your Twitter needs, although I’d recommend you make use of the more popular ones and stop visiting the Twitter website for the next couple of days. Whatever you do, be careful when you click links to Twitter profiles you don’t know, even when they are linked to by people you know and trust, and be on the...
Amazon Web Services Blog: Introducing Amazon... →
lets you create your own logically isolated set of Amazon EC2 instances and connect it to your existing network using an IPsec VPN connection. This new offering lets you take advantage of the low cost and flexibility of AWS while leveraging the investment you have already made in your IT infrastructure.
Cash for Clunkers over, dealer deadline for filing... →
The website has been down since yesterday morning, and the Transportation Department has officially extended the deadline for dealers to file their reimbursement requests twice now – once yesterday to noon today and again late last night. The second extension is open ended until the site comes back online and is able to handle the influx of dealer submissions.
The Final Curtain Falls for The Pirate Bay →
And as much as this piece of information would cause a huge upset a couple of months ago, now it is likely to go fairly quietly, as most users have already moved on to other BitTorrent trackers.
Watch FFI Plain Preferred Term Sheet
WatchIntroducing Rhapsody on the iPhone
Conde Nast Traveler's "Gold List" →
The magazine’s 15th annual “Gold List” is “is your ultimate annotated guide to the world’s finest properties and cruise lines, as elected by more than 32,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers.”
the coolest bikes in pdx →
As of April 20th, 2009 the wait for a custom Vanilla is over five years.
(via jebgutelius)
Online Banking - The Best Bank Accounts | MintLife... →
some of the more forward-thinking institutions are on the vanguard of a mission to make banking more enjoyable and more accessible for its customers.
Paul Goldberg: Game theory and ad-hoc networks →
Ad-hoc networks are composed of nodes, which in a game-theoretic context would constitute the agents or players.
Slashdot | Obstacles Near Emergency Exits Speed... →
Video tapes of the experiments show that people made it out quickest when a pole was placed about 30 degrees to one side of the exit. The lead researcher believes an obstacle reduces jamming and friction among people in crowds by decreasing conflicts as the crowd presses toward the exit. A
Books For Entrepreneurs →
Kavalier and Clay, Atlas Shrugged, The Prince (Machiavelli)
App Store Exposed: Notes Of Interest From Apple’s... →
There is a provision in Apple’s agreement with AT&T that obligates Apple not to include functionality in any Apple phone that enables a customer to use AT&T’s cellular network service to originate or terminate a VoIP session without obtaining AT&T’s permission.
Google Labs Launches Listen Podcast App
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Google Labs just launched Listen - an “audio magazine” that allows Android users to subscribe to programs and search terms to queue up their podcasts for easy listening
NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott Blogs for More... →
Hi. My name is Nicole Passonno Stott. At 46 years old, I’m a mother, I’m a wife, and I’m a NASA astronaut who’s about to make her first space flight. I’m writing this blog to try and share some of my experiences preparing for the flight and then once on orbit I hope there will be some surprising things to share with you about living and working in space
BREAKING: Porsche offices raided on suspicion of... →
The soap opera surrounding Volkswagen AG and Porsche has just taken a turn for the legal, as Bloomberg reports that the company’s German offices have been raided by prosecutors who are investigating whether the automaker has violated security laws.
