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Narrate Your Work
Over the years I've seen ideas that show up over and over in various different forms, and when we discover one, we give it a name. Examples. Jay Rosen came… Read more »
Trading one centralized net for another?
Interesting question came up in response to yesterday's piece about naming. Since name resolution is inherently centralized, aren't we trading one vulnerable system for another? Couldn't a hacker take down… Read more »
Tr.im’s demise was temporary, but will its resurrection last?
It looks like URL-shortener tr.im, which shut down earlier this week, has come back from the dead — at least temporarily. Parent company Nambu Network says “the countless public and… Read more »
Facebook may ban selling status updates in new rights agreement
Facebook may ban users from selling their status updates or using their profiles for commercial gain as part of the company’s proposed new Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. Users have… Read more »
Twitter down for the third time in less than a week (Updated)
Updated: The site came back up shortly after noon PST and the company is analyzing data to learn more about the attack. Twitter went down today for the third time… Read more »
ZAP lands $25M, branches into full-size electric vehicles
ZAP, a company known for building electric motorcycles and three-wheel cars, has just raised $25 million in capital and plans to use the money to jump headlong into full-size electric… Read more »
Simply Hired hits profitability with new $4.6M
Simply Hired, a job listing search engine based in the Silicon Valley, announced today that it has crossed into profitability with a new $4.6 million in fourth-round capital from IDG… Read more »
Get ready for femtocells: Ubiquisys raises $11 M
If you’ve used an iPhone, you’ll know how frustratingly spotty its wireless coverage can be. Fact is, wireless carriers such as AT&T (which serves the iPhone) are desperately searching for… Read more »
BP gives nod to algae biofuels with $10M to Martek
Martek Biosciences, a company that has been working on growing algae for conversion into microbial oils and biofuels, has inked a $10 million deal with energy leader BP for the… Read more »
Search tech guru Doug Cutting leaves Yahoo, joins Cloudera
Doug Cutting, the respected open source engineer who has led the way in speeding up the processing of huge amounts of data, is leaving Yahoo to join a startup called… Read more »
