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MSFT vs GOOG: The New Cold War?

July 13, 2009

When I was a child growing up in the suburbs of Vancouver, we conducted regular drills to rehearse for what we believed was the inevitability of a nuclear assault at the hands of an evil Communist empire half a world away.  This was the height of the cold war, and as our air raid siren’s [...]

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The Fox and the Hedgehog: Which one are you?

May 19, 2009

“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”  – Archilochus
Which one are you?  The ancient parable of the fox and the hedgehog has come into increasing view in popular culture lately.  And while its origins are somewhat ambiguous, the allegory has been applied to entrepreneurs, scientists, philosophers, playwrights, business leaders, economists, [...]

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Widening Inequality and the Envy Politic

October 24, 2002

George W. Bush should be glad that CNN and CNBC are being plastered with aerial shots of crime scenes from the random killings in and around DC. Before the Washington Sniper started popping suburbanites, America was just starting to get down to a serious discussion of America’s exceedingly disproportionate distribution of wealth, specifically as [...]

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TeleDesic Dream Dies..

October 6, 2002

http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/3343817.html Teledesic shuts down, dimming a dream Helen Jung Associated Press
Published Oct 7, 2002 NET07
Envisioned by cellular pioneer Craig McCaw, backed by Bill Gates — and financed in part by their bottomless wealth — the idea of delivering high-speed Internet via a constellation of satellites seemed almost a sure thing.
But after 12 [...]

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Inside the Rolling Stones, Inc.

September 18, 2002

——— http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id 9509
Inside the Rolling Stones Inc. The Rolling Stones are an astounding moneymaking machine. Here’s how Mick Jagger & Co. have perfected the business model behind the most successful act in rock & roll today. FORTUNE Monday, September 30, 2002 By Andy Serwer
Mick Jagger is wearing a cool pink shirt, slim black [...]

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Agere Shifts Gears..

August 29, 2002

——— http://biz.yahoo.com/smart/020829/20020822tech_2.html SmartMoney.com Agere Shifts Gears Thursday August 29, 3:07 pm ET
By Russ Mitchell
This article was originally published on SmartMoney Select on 8/22/02. NOT EVEN A PROMISING pedigree was enough to spare Agere Systems (NYSE:AGR.A – News) the indignities of the telecom meltdown.
Last week, the Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU – News) [...]

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Microsoft’s Hiring…

July 26, 2002

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020726/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_dc_13
Microsoft to Pump Up R&D, Hire 5,000 Thu Jul 25,11:43 PM ET
By Reed Stevenson
REDMOND, Wash. (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it would boost spending on research and development by 20 percent and hire nearly 10 percent more workers this year, buoyed by strong sales of Windows XP ( news – [...]

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FW: Good Article….Post Bubble Silicon Valley Realities

March 20, 2002

—— Forwarded Message From: Wilson Zehr Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:43:40 -0800 To: ‘Ian Andrew Bell’ Subject: FW: Good Article….Post Bubble Silicon Valley Realities
Silicon Valley Reboots
The dot-com bust was bad for Wall Street, but it was the best thing to happen to this high-tech crucible
By Steven Levy NEWSWEEK
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Serious Privacy Concerns Taint MS Media Player

February 22, 2002

Once Microsoft (if it ever does) clears its baffles of the Security problem, the next issue that will plague them is Privacy. The arrogance displayed by the thoughtless program manager quoted below is exemplary of why Microsoft still just doesn’t get it.
Combine their general disregard for security with their general disregard for privacy [...]

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World Economic Forum: Rich Folks Gather to Ponder Navels

February 4, 2002

The WEF were kicked out of Switzerland this year due to the high cost of policing the rampant protests that have clouded previous gatherings. They seized the opportunity for a PR coup by shifting the meeting to New York so that they could proclaim the move as a “show of solidarity” to New Yorkers, [...]

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