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Guy Kawasaki / Let the Good Times Roll:
The Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs — (Since I've antagonized the venture capital community with last week's blog, I thought I would complete the picture and "out" entrepreneurs to begin this week. The hard part about writing this blog was narrowing down these lies to ten.)
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Jason / Signal vs. Noise:
Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs: Guy gets it right — Jason Jan 08 — Guy Kawasaki follows up his Top Ten Lies of Venture Capitalists with Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs. — I obviously don't get pitched for investment by other entrepreneurs, so I don't know what lies are being told …
Gary Price / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google Video Player Removed From Downloads of Google Video Pack — Several people have sent along notes this weekend and I've seen a few blog postings mentioning that the new Google Video Player has been removed from downloads of the new Google Video Pack that went live on Friday evening.
Loren / Incremental Blogger:
Tablet/Blogger Gathering at CES — The CES Tablet Gathering was amazing. I can't believe how many people showed up. Despite the fact that the gathering was organized at the last minute, there was a strong group of Tablet owners and influential bloggers. The best count we have is 47.
Ludens / Preoccupations:
What DRM argument? — I enjoy both of Lloyd Shepherd's blogs. His work blog, given that he is Deputy Director of Digital Publishing at Guardian Unlimited, helps me see into the world of commercial publishing and follow the developments at his paper. His most recent post calls …
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David Berlind / Between the Lines:Reverse DRM: Verizon phone defeats MP3 playback
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The Doc Searls Weblog
Richard Siklos / New York Times:
Linking a Device to a Gadget That's Wired to a Gizmo — At the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, Panasonic introduced a 103-inch plasma screen television. The company also announced a set-top box deal with Comcast. — THE average American household now owns …
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Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Feedster Will Die in 2006 — Is it just me, or has Feedster been completely useless for over 6 months now? I have no idea if it's related to the recent departure of Scott Rafer (former CEO) and Scott Johnson (former co-founder), but I'm amazed at how bad it is. And I should know.
Tom Bridge / Adventures in Troubleshooting:
Understanding Mac Geeks: The Week Before Keynote — This is the first of an occasional series that tries to explain just why it is Mac Geeks are like we are. I know that some people Just Don't Get people like us, but I figure if you're trying to understand a certain Mac person in your life, this might be a place to start.
Paul Thurrott / winsupersite.com:
Hands on with Google Pack — During its first-ever appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2006 (see my show report), Internet search giant Google unveiled two initiatives, both of which are aimed, in part, to counter Microsoft, the company it considers a primary competitor.
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James / MocoNews.net:
Ringtone Biz Goes Off Tune As Piracy Creeps In — Another piracy story...but this one isn't aimed at consumers but rather carriers. India's music-licensing body Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) has complained about a number of things regarding mobile music...shops are selling high-end phones …
Abcoates / kontrawize:
Poor and Stupid — I was amused to read Tim Bray's conclusion that PHP is part of a plot to force everybody to replace their old PCs with powerful new servers. When I lived in Germany in the early 90s, my boss there told me that there had been a historical agreement between church and state in Europe …
Ashlee Vance / The Register:
Is Google DRM crippling culture as great as it seems? — CES Opinion Anyone the least bit concerned about DRM (digital rights management) technology would likely have been put off by Google co-founder Larry Page's ho-hum approach to revealing the company's new proprietary media locks. And with good reason.
Lora / What Is New:
Toshiba Portege M400 Notebook — Tablet PC by design — Toshiba's Tablet PC demonstration area was the best that I saw at CES. They not only had very visible signage, but also had a cartoonist demonstrating the precision that the pen offers. … On Friday, Toshiba set …
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Incremental Blogger
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Is Google a Good Candidate for Rational Exuberance? — IS the dot-com bubble reinflating? — Last week, a relatively obscure Wall Street analyst named Safa Rashtchy, from Piper Jaffray, became an overnight sensation among the Internet faithful. He predicted that Google's stock price …
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Mark Evans
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Michael Bazeley / SiliconBeat:
TurnHere for local video — We were trolling the job listings on craigslist tonight (it's a great way to find start-ups) when we ran across this ad from a new company called TurnHere. Turns out that Bradley Inman, who made a name and probably a small fortune for himself as a real estate expert …
