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The Wall Street Journal comes out and says what everyone knows or should be saying: that “Microsoft is partying like its 1999.” Let’s think about the numbers here for a moment. Microsoft just invested $240 million in Facebook, netting it a stake of only 1.6%. This means that, according to Microsoft, Facebook […]

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TechCrunch just wrote that Facebook is opening up their API to any third party developer who is so inclined. This is an interesting development and, as the post writes, is a dividing point between Facebook and MySpace. Facebook’s move will undoubtedly add plenty of functionality as new applications are brought online. The […]

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TechCrunch just posted about Google’s continued push into the Chinese market. In a few years this market will be larger and even more lucrative than the US domestic market. Google should use its experience and deep pockets to gain what it lacks most in China: a locally produced and thought out product, rather […]

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It looks like the central Chinese government may be starting to realize it is fighting a losing battle against technology.  Its desire for security and accountability online run counter to the creativity and profits of its internet industry and internet citizenry.  It seems the government has decided it values business success more than strict control […]

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It now seems that the major Hollywood studios have chosen two different paths when it comes to offering their content over the Internet.  CBS, as the Wired interview with its Chairman reveals, doesn’t really care how you watch its offerings as long as it gets paid for it somehow.  Warner Brothers is also following suit […]

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I was lucky enough to get an invite to Joost a while back and have been playing around with the program ever since.  I like it enough that I am willing to put up with periodic outages and a very unstable program, but if I were Joost I would get my act together.  While am […]

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CBS seems to have finally realized what media distribution in the internet means: giving customers the content they want, when they want to watch it, and in the way they want to watch it. Specialization and competitive advantage have caught up to the entertainment industry over the past few years, but it is CBS […]

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There is a great guide on how to handle high traffic on a WordPress blog.  Seeing as his site is being Dugg heavily right now his response time still seems to be very low.  I will definitely implement the WordPress plugin to speed things up, even though my traffic is low it still seems to […]

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