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  1. Visit Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/technology/01cnd-subyahoo.html?ref=technology

    Frankly, this is a good deal for Microsoft and a good deal for Yahoo. I hope Yahoo's shareholders accept the offer. The "Yahoo strategy" did an excellent job of motivating the Web 2.0 Movement, but struggled against the larger Google. If Microsoft… More

  2. Visit FCC Auction Opens Door to Open Access FCC Auction Opens Door to Open Access

    http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc20080131_154134.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives

    Yesterday a yet to be known bidder (Google) exceeded the FCC's reserve price of $4.6B for the right to control the 700Mhz C Block of the spectrum. What this means is that the winner of the auction will be required to provide open access to competi… More

  3. Visit Wikitravel Wikitravel

    http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page

    When I was walking around London, I thought to myself, "someone should really take the local information from Wikipedia and create a city guide that is mobile enabled." I'm really glad I found Wikitravel which takes care of the first half of th… More

  4. Visit MacWorld Madlibs MacWorld Madlibs

    http://bureauofcommunication.com/contest/

    Try to see if you can predict what will be announced at the next MacWorld Expo.

  5. Visit 2007 Mobile wrap-up & 2008 predictions 2007 Mobile wrap-up & 2008 predictions

    http://www.chetansharma.com/MobilePredictions2008.htm

    Chetan Sharma offers a great wrap-up of the "Year of the iPhone." Stating "mobile data market continued its steady growth with substantial shifts in revenue towards non-SMS data applications and services." Good news for the future of the Mobile Web.

  6. Visit David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music

    http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_yorke

    Two of my favorite pioneering musicians talk about the current state of the music industry, how you make money (or not if you are dealing with a label and online distribution) and the future of the music business.

  7. Visit Happy Birthday TCP/IP Happy Birthday TCP/IP

    http://january-1-tcp-ip.blogspot.com/

    The technology that makes the Internet work is is 25-years old today.

  8. Visit Every man, woman and child in America is in $30,000 debt and growing Every man, woman and child in America is in $30,000 debt and growing

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-12-03-debt_N.htm

    National debt is increasing by $1.4 billion a day, or $1 million per minute. It means almost $30,000 in debt for each man, woman, child and infant in the United States (The average household only earns $45,000 per year). And it is growing every da… More

  9. Visit Loving the Death and Taxes Poster Loving the Death and Taxes Poster

    http://www.thebudgetgraph.com/site/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1&zenid=33d7e0195b0d496cd27200e35a271a79

    Here is a really nice infographic to see how our government spends your hard earned money. You can quickly see that we spend nearly twice as much money on Iraq than Homeland Security.

  10. Visit US spending more on the military than the rest of the world combined US spending more on the military than the rest of the world combined

    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/spending.htm

    This is a staggering number. $623 billion dollars is close to ten times the military budget of our nearest superpower China. No wonder the dollar is so low, we are in debt up to our eyeballs.

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