From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year  —  MARKUS FRIND, a 29-year-old Web entrepreneur, has not read the best seller “The 4-Hour Workweek” — in fact, he had not heard of it when asked last week — but his face could go on the book’s cover.  He developed software for his online dating […]

Telus considers dumping its ‘Betamax’ of wireless networks  —  With more wireless competition looming, executives at Telus Corp. are believed to be mulling a pricey swap of the firm’s network technology in a bid to offer subscribers a bigger selection of mobile devices and grab a larger slice of lucrative international roaming fees.

Source:   Toronto […]

Has Gawker Jumped the Snark?  —  “THE ideal Gawker item,” Nick Denton, the owner of Gawker Media, wrote in an instant message last month to a prospective hire, “is something triggered by a quote at a party, or an incident, or a story somewhere else and serves to expose hypocrisy, or turn conventional wisdom on […]

Gone Indie  —  OK, by popular complaint I’ve cracked open the stylesheet and (a) darkened both comments and body text; and (b) fixed the problem with magnified text.  —  My apologies.  I actually do like web design, but my patience with it is more limited than at regular programming …

Source:   Thought Palace
Author:   Jens […]

DRM Is Dead, But Watermarks Rise From Its Ashes  —  With all of the Big Four record labels now jettisoning digital rights management, music fans have every reason to rejoice.  But consumer advocates are singing a note of caution, as the music industry experiments with digital-watermarking technology as a DRM substitute.

Source:   Wired News
Author:   […]

5 Who Won’t Appreciate Google Android  —  Written by Thomas Howe, co-founder and CEO of The Thomas Howe Company, winners of the 2007 O’Reilly Emerging Communications Mashup Competition.  His blog is about voice mashups and communication-enhanced business processes.

Source:   GigaOM
Link:   http://gigaom.com/2008/01/12/5-who-wont-appreciate…

Windows Vista, Office 2007 Expelled From British Schools  —  A British educational report suggests the upgrade would increase costs and create software compatibility problems while providing little benefit.  —  The agency that governs educational technology in the United Kingdom has advised schools …

Source:   InformationWeek
Author:   Paul McDougall
Link:   http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml…

Big Think, the “Intellectual YouTube” backed by ex-Harvard Prez Lawrence Summer, Launches with Style and Starpower  —  Launched earlier this week, Big Think is a site with short video clips of leading thinkers in business and society.  —  The New York based start-up, founded …

Source:   Beet.TV
Author:   Andy Plesser
Link:   http://www.beet.tv/2008/01/big-think-the-i.html

Striking Writers to Launch Online Video Co., Seeking $30M+  —  Out of work and newly wise to the state of content being distributed online, a group of professional writers is looking to start their own production and distribution company.  Aaron Mendelsohn, writer of the Disney film Air Bud …

Source:   NewTeeVee
Author:   Liz Gannes
Link:   […]

Screw Winning The Lottery - Just Make a Facebook App and Get Your Millions Now!  —  How many times have we heard, “all it takes is a dollar and a dream”?  This phrase seems to always follow a commercial for the lottery.  Of course the odds are that there’s no chance in hell of you […]