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Archive for January 7th, 2008

my new job at mozilla - Sometimes in life, you find … (John/John’s Blog)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

my new job at mozilla  —  Sometimes in life, you find an opportunity to make a difference in something you care about, and it feels like, even though you didn’t know it at the time, that the last few years have really just been practice, giving you the background, skills and ability to really help.

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Mozilla Corporation CEO and Chairman (Mitchell/mitchell’s blog)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Mozilla Corporation CEO and Chairman  —  2007 has been another year of extremely high growth for Mozilla and thus for the Mozilla Corporation.  The number of Firefox users has grown to approximately 125 million.  Mozilla’s mindshare in the industry continues to grow.

Source:   mitchell’s blog
Author:   Mitchell
Link:   http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/mitchell/archives/2008…

Q&A: Author Nicholas Carr on the Terrifying Future of Computing (Spencer Reiss/Wired News)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Q&A: Author Nicholas Carr on the Terrifying Future of Computing  —  Nicholas Carr is high tech’s Captain Buzzkill — the go-to guy for bad news.  A former executive editor of Harvard Business Review, he tossed a grenade under big-budget corporate computing with his 2004 polemic Does IT Matter?

Source:   Wired News
Author:   Spencer Reiss
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CES 2008: The Belly of the Beast (Brian Clark/CNBC)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

CES 2008: The Belly of the Beast  —  Welcome to the belly of the beast, Central Hall at the Consumer Electronics Show.  Some 140,000 people will be making their way through this part of the Convention Center.  That’s 280,000 feet all looking to step on mine.

Source:   CNBC Top News and Analysis
Author:   Brian Clark
Link: […]

CES 2008: The Belly of the Beast (Brian Clark/CNBC Top News and Analysis)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

CES 2008: The Belly of the Beast  —  Welcome to the belly of the beast, Central Hall at the Consumer Electronics Show.  Some 140,000 people will be making their way through this part of the Convention Center.  That’s 280,000 feet all looking to step on mine.

Source:   CNBC Top News and Analysis
Author:   Brian Clark
Link: […]

CES 2008: The Belly of the Beast (Brian Clark/Tech Check with Jim Goldman)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

CES 2008: The Belly of the Beast  —  Welcome to the belly of the beast, Central Hall at the Consumer Electronics Show.  Some 140,000 people will be making their way through this part of the Convention Center.  That’s 280,000 feet all looking to step on mine.

Source:   Tech Check with Jim Goldman
Author:   Brian Clark
Link: […]

Live from Intel’s CES press event (Joshua Topolsky/Engadget)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Live from Intel’s CES press event  —  Well here we are folks, back for more at Intel’s sprawling CES press event.  The room is teeming with people right now, and the mood is thick with Penryns and MIDs.  We’ll see if it all works out like we hope.  Stay tuned!  —  4:27PM PT - We’re […]

Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond (Marshall Kirkpatrick/ReadWriteWeb)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond  —  Steve Outing wrote a very good article at Editor and Publisher on Friday about the need for cultural change inside the newpapers around the US (found via the wonderful CyberJournalist.net).

Source:   ReadWriteWeb
Author:   Marshall Kirkpatrick
Link:   http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives…

Jerry Yang offers sneak peak of Yahoo’s future: Life! (Dan Farber/Between the Lines)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Jerry Yang offers sneak peak of Yahoo’s future: Life!  —  Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang made his inaugural CES appearance, outlining how he plans to evolve his company ahead of the curve and to become an indispensable starting point for consumers’ Web experience, which has become richer and more complex over the last decade.

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CES: Yahoo’s Jerry Yang Talks Up Yahoo! Go! … (Tiernan Ray/Tech Trader Daily)

Monday, January 7th, 2008

CES: Yahoo’s Jerry Yang Talks Up Yahoo! Go!  3.0, Letting Any Developer or Advertiser Build “Widgets”  —  Yahoo’s (YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang comes out in khaki’s and a blue polo shirt.  —  “We’re ready and excited about what the next phase of the Internet has to offer.”

Source:   BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily - Barron’s Online
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