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Archive for July 19th, 2009

The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack (Nik Cubrilovic/TechCrunch)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack  —  The Twitter document leak fiasco started with a simple story that personal accounts of Twitter employees were hacked.  Twitter CEO Evan Williams commented on that story, saying that Twitter itself was mostly unaffected.

The Internet Is Alive And Well (As An Investment) (Fred/A VC)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Fred / A VC:
The Internet Is Alive And Well (As An Investment)  —  James Altucher penned a column in today’s WSJ titled The Internet Is Dead (As An Investment).  James is a fund manager and well read columnist on investing and he is entitled to his opinion.  He puts his money where his mouth […]

Toshiba Will Sell Blu-ray Player This Year (Melissa J. Perenson/PC World)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Melissa J. Perenson / PC World:
Toshiba Will Sell Blu-ray Player This Year  —  Exactly a year and five months after Toshiba brought an end to the high-definition disc format war, the Japanese consumer electronics company confirmed its plans to produce its own Blu-ray Disc player.  Previously, rumors trickled …

The Internet Is Dead (As An Investment) (James Altucher/Wall Street Journal)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

James Altucher / Wall Street Journal:
The Internet Is Dead (As An Investment)  —  I can live all day inside the Internet.  I can talk to my friends, listen to music, watch TV, trade stocks, play games, do work - all on the Internet.  From 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. every day I can spend […]

Nokia planning a new line of handsets dubbed Cseries (Zach Epstein/Boy Genius Report)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Zach Epstein / Boy Genius Report:
Nokia planning a new line of handsets dubbed Cseries  —  Interesting, very interesting.  We are all familiar with the branding nightmare that is Nokia’s higher-end line of phones.  Eseries for business, Nseries for fun — but even fanboy blogs seem to have a tough time remembering how to spell […]

AT&T Is A Big, Steaming Heap Of Failure (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
AT&T Is A Big, Steaming Heap Of Failure  —  When Om Malik of GigaOM said he was breaking up with his iPhone 5 months ago because of the failures of AT&T, I must admit, I thought he was overreacting.  I was wrong.  —  Since I switched to AT&T from Verizon just […]