Daily Archives: Sunday, December 18, 2005

Countdown to the end of IE for the Mac

Countdown to the end of IE for the Mac: (Notice on “mactopia,” the Microsoft website for Mac users of its software) “In June 2003, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced that Internet Explorer for Mac would undergo no further development, … Continue reading

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Wikipedia roundup

Wikipedia roundup: WSJ.com’s Jason Fry (no relation to Jason Fried) has a rehash (no relation to remix) of the last two weeks of Wikipedia news (free feature). His bottom line is similar to one familiar to readers of this weblog. … Continue reading

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What Chris Anderson said

What Chris Anderson said: Chris is on a “long tail” roll about the “probablistic age”: Is Wikipedia “authoritative”? Well, no. But what really is? Britannica is reviewed by a smaller group of reviewers with higher academic degrees on average. There … Continue reading

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Spinning the Google-AOL deal

Spinning the Google-AOL deal: I have been somewhat perplexed by the motivations (beyond beating Yahoo or Microsoft) that led Google to invest $1 billion in AOL for a 5% stake. The “defensive” reasons didn’t hold water when considering the downside … Continue reading

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Finding little-known work by authors means gold — sometimes – Boston.com

He’s not just hanging out: Steve Hines spends his time looking for gold at the Nashville Public Library. And he’s found some: obscure works by famous authors that are now in the public domain. Quote: “Hines found a forgotten (Louisa … Continue reading

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Not very delicious

Not very delicious: Trying to bookmark something to del.icio.us/rexblog and this is all I get: “del.icio.us is down for emergency maintenance. we’ll be back as soon possible.” Technorati Tags: delicious

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Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life – Flipping Your Startup 101

Why are big companies buying startups? Dare Obasanjo explains why a big company acquires a startup. Of course, long-time readers of the rexblog have a word for it: Acqhire. Technorati Tags: acqhire, web2.0

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