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Archive for September 19th, 2007

Strategy Letter VI (Joel Spolsky/Joel on Software)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Strategy Letter VI  —  IBM just released an open-source office suite called IBM Lotus Symphony.  Sounds like Yet Another StarOffice distribution.  But I suspect they’re probably trying to wipe out the memory of the original Lotus Symphony, which had been hyped as the Second Coming and which fell totally flat.

Source:   Joel on Software
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First Look: Go, Go, Google Gadget Ads! (Andy Beal/Andy Beal’s Marketing Pilgrim)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

First Look: Go, Go, Google Gadget Ads!  —  Google has just announced the limited launch of Google Gadget Ads, a new interactive ad format that will run on their content network.  Unlike Google AdWords’ existing array of text, video and graphical ads, Google Gadget Ads are designed to be interactive …

Source:   Andy Beal’s Marketing […]

Apple promises 3G iPhone for 2008 (Stuart Miles/Pocket-lint.co.uk)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Apple promises 3G iPhone for 2008  —  You can expect a 3G iPhone later next year…  Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, has confirmed that there is a 3G iPhone in the works, although fell short of saying when we could expect to buy one.  —  Making the comments at the “Mum is no longer the word” […]

Apple promises 3G iPhone for 2008 (Stuart Miles/Latest News)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Apple promises 3G iPhone for 2008  —  You can expect a 3G iPhone later next year…  Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, has confirmed that there is a 3G iPhone in the works, although fell short of saying when we could expect to buy one.  —  Making the comments at the “Mum is no longer the word” […]

OS X Kernel-mode Exploitation in a Weekend (Uninformed Journal)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

OS X Kernel-mode Exploitation in a Weekend  —  Abstract:  —  Apple’s Mac OS X (OS X) operating system is attracting more attention from users and security researchers alike.  Despite this increased interest, there is still an apparent lack of detailed vulnerability development information …

Source:   Uninformed Journal
Link:   http://uninformed.org/?v=8&a=4

Mint Wins TechCrunch40 Top Company Award; Takes $50,000 Prize (Mark Hendrickson/TechCrunch)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Mint Wins TechCrunch40 Top Company Award; Takes $50,000 Prize  —  Jason Calacanis just announced that Mint was chosen as the best presenting company at TechCrunch40.  The provider of an impressive personal finance application will receive $50,000 as part of the award.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Mark Hendrickson
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/18/mint-wins…

Mint Wins TechCrunch40 $50,000 Award (Mark Hendrickson/TechCrunch)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Mint Wins TechCrunch40 $50,000 Award  —  Jason Calacanis just announced that Mint was chosen as the best presenting company at TechCrunch40.  The provider of an impressive personal finance application will receive $50,000 as part of the award.  —  Mint presented its application …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Mark Hendrickson
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/18/mint-wins…