The Pirate Bay Launches Last.fm Powered Music Section  —  The music section is a beta release, but it already looks very promising.  It allows you to discover new artists based on hundreds of genres or tags.  —  True to the p2p nature of the site, The Pirate Bay uses the last.fm API to collect their […]

R.I.P. Marc Orchant, 1957-2007  —  It breaks my heart to report that Marc Orchant passed away today, after being hospitalized since suffering a massive heart attack exactly one week ago.  Sue Orchant sent this message this morning: … Marc’s colleague Oliver Starr, who has helped keep …

Source:   Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise
Author:   Ed Bott
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Time for Luddite & Wanton Label Chiefs to go  —  It is ironic that in recent months, label chiefs have been stealing center stage from their more illustrious label acts but for all the wrong reasons.  Where Britney had teased to reveal too much of her inner self, Doug Morris …

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Misunderstanding enterprise software  —  In a post titled “Robert Scoble doesn’t understand enterprise software,” ZDNet blogger Michael Krigsman lays in to Scoble for having the temerity to ask why business applications can’t be redesigned to be more like consumer applications - fun, friendly, even “sexy.”

Source:   Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog
Author:   Nick
Link:   http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/12…

Why Valleywag is only right 17.3% of the time and why we like it  —  I’m having a good laugh all the way over here in London thanks to Fake Steve Jobs.  —  Oh, my.  Turns out that Valleywag printed a rumor about Facebook’s founder that turned out not to be true.

Source:   Scobleizer — […]

The Twice Shy Entrepreneur  —  Silicon Valley these days is made up of two kinds of entrepreneurs (I’m painting with broad strokes, bear with me).  The first group is the old guard.  These are people who started companies during the late nineties and up until the 2000 stock market crash.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
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Robert Scoble doesn’t understand enterprise software  —  Before saying a word, let me state that in my few dealings with famed uber-geek blogger, Robert Scoble, I’ve found him to be a great guy and I like him.  Having said that, let’s address the issue: Scoble asks his readers about enterprise software …

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Why enterprise software isn’t sexy  —  Bill Gates seems to bemoan the fact that enterprise software isn’t covered by blogs and journalists.  Instead, he points out, that we like talking about consumer software.  —  It’s a good point, especially since business software like that from Oracle, SAP, Microsoft etc makes a TON of money.

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50 Cent: File-Sharing Doesn’t Hurt Artists, Industry Should Adapt  —  Curtis James Jackson III, aka 50 Cent has been a drug dealer, he’s been shot, he’s a hugely successful artist - selling over 20 million albums - and he even has his own label, G-Unit Records.

Source:   TorrentFreak
Author:   Enigmax
Link:   http://torrentfreak.com/50cent-file-sharing-doesnt…

Bill Gates, Mix n Mash, and the future of Microsoft  —  Being in the same room with Bill Gates, while it wasn’t breathtakingly nerve-wracking (he is, after all, a geek, and we weren’t there for a performance review, we were just lucky enough to be able to ask him a few questions), we were all […]