LANCOR sues non-profit charity OLPC for $20 million  —  Lagos Analysis Corporation (LANCOR) is going forward with its patent infringement lawsuit against the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.  LANCOR has obtained a temporary injunction against the distribution of the OLPC XO laptop …

Source:   Ars Technica
Author:   Ryan Paul
Link:   http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080102-lancor…

JPMorgan Predicts 2008 Will Be “Nothing But Net”  —  JPMorgan’s Internet analyst Imran Khan and his team released a massive 312-page report this morning titled Nothing But Net that paints a bullish picture for the major Internet stocks (Google, Amazon, Yahoo, eBay, Expedia, Salesforce.com …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Erick Schonfeld
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/02/jpmorgan…

The three business models that make Twitter a billion-dollar business in 12-24 months.  —  Allen wrote a blog post today about Twitter focusing on a business model.  Allen, my friend, you’re thinking small.  Get out of Brooklyn and spend more time in the Valley.  Business models!?!?!

Source:   The Jason Calacanis Weblog
Author:   Jason Calacanis
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Twitter’s business model  —  When I was in college, professors used to ask questions that are much harder than the question Allen Stern asks in this piece.  —  The NY Times crossword puzzle is harder.  —  Geez, installing a new hard disk in a MacBook is harder, and as I’ve found out that’s pretty easy.

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Is Twitter F’ed?  —  The question of business model timing seems to come up weekly with regards to some startup.  As Twitter usage has grown, have they f’ed themselves out of a real, sustainable business model?  And has Pownce done something right by launching with a business model?

Source:   CenterNetworks
Author:   Allen Stern
Link:   http://www.centernetworks.com/twitter-business-model

First Hands On: Microsoft Office for Mac 2008  —  There’s no better sign of Microsoft’s increasing acceptance of the Mac population than the latest version of Office for Mac 2008, the first Office with native support for Intel-based Macs.  Like its Mac-side predecessors …

Source:   Gizmodo
Author:   Wilson Rothman
Link:   http://gizmodo.com/339376/first-hands-on-microsoft…

Apple daytrading: How to cash in on the Macworld keynote effect  —  The buzz among Apple (AAPL) traders today is a thought experiment that Matt Haughey worked up at A Whole Lotta Nothing.  He writes … Haughey worked the numbers and the result is the chart above, which he calls the Keynote Index Fund (click […]

Now You Can Graph Your Twitter Usage  —  Twitter has the potential of breaking into the mainstream this year.  A lot of what’s going on around Twitter is not dissimilar to the earlier days of blogging; we’re seeing evangelists, some basic mainstream adoptions, and even some tracking services.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Duncan Riley
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/02/now-you-can-map…

Washington Post Flubs Story On RIAA — RIAA Still Not Going After Personal Copies (Yet)  —  from the who-needs-to-read-the-details?  dept  —  Back at the beginning of December, we helped debunk a story making the rounds claiming that the RIAA was going after a guy named Jeffrey Howell for ripping his own CDs to his computer.

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Rudd online porn-free plan questioned  —  A RUDD Government plan to censor internet pornography and violence could undermine another of its election promises - to speed up our internet access.  —  The Internet Industry Association has warned the downside of censoring access could be a reduction in the speed of access to websites.

Source:   NEWS.com.au
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