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Romney: A Mistake for McCain
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You've probably heard the story about the tycoon who wanted to bring out a new kind of dog food. He spent lavishly. He hired the best marketing person, the top PR firm,...
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The Science Of Temptation...And How To Resist It
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LiveScience is reporting that women are less likely to succumb to temptation than men. Apparently women, after happening upon an attractive alternative, tend "to be even...
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Killing Features
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Brent Simmons talks about the pain and pleasure of deleting features from your software: I hope it’s self-evident that apps with too much stuff are, in general,...
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Transitions [A VC]
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The word transition is so loaded that I hate to use it. But it is what it is. Startups go through transitions all the time. And the biggest transitions of them all are...
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Classic great customer service experience from Magasin Catering
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We celebrated the baptism this weekend with great food from Magasin Catering. Unfortunately, a small hiccup on their end cause a third of the food to arrive about 3...
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Blogging Idol: Third Week Update
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Some big updates as we head for the fourth and final eight days of competition (it ends on July 31). The biggest controversy was related to the performance of the two...
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Rumor: Resident Evil 5 rears its ugly head once more
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Filed under: Rumors Simon Jeffrey, known around some parts as the President of Sega, is either very smart or ... not. It's a fairly simple story here -- he casually...
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Omar swings, Valley weighs - Calcutta Telegraph
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Thaindian.comOmar swings, Valley weighsCalcutta Telegraph - 4 hours agoSrinagar, July 22: Omar Abdullah today said he had made a “mistake” by becoming an NDA...
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AT&T announces free Wi-Fi for iPhones again by Mistake
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In May we reported that AT&T informed on their site that they would allow iPhone to use their 17,000 Wi-fi hotspots for free. The next day AT&T removed that...
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Onion News Network “Domino’s” Video Hits A Little Close To Home
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Haven't posted an Onion News Network vid in a while, mostly because they're just across the board funny and you shouldn't need us to remind you to check that site, but...
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The "one line of code" rule - Any UnixWare in SCOsource?
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In Judge Dale Kimball's recent order in SCO v. Novell, he accepted SCO's story about licensing practices. I think that was a mistake, and I'd like to show you why I...
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A Day Without a Laptop
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I forgot my laptop at home today. Just drove off without it. Left it sitting in the garage. Ugh. Fortunately, today wasn't a day that I was planning on spending...
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Free is only good if someone else is paying for it. .
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Everyone wants to give everything away for free. Thats the way the internet should work, right ? Wrong. Let me change the conventional wisdom a little bit with this :Free...
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AT&T blunders on free Wi-Fi for iPhones
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AT&T just can’t commit. To free Wi-Fi for iPhone 3G customers, that is. The company seems to be having a blunder-fest with announcements that iPhone 3G customers can...
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Resistible temptation...
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I know the whole 'Japlish signs' thing can be a cheap shot (after all, UK signwriter's [sic] have enough trouble with English, let alone what havoc they must wreak if...
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AT&T Pulls Free WiFi Offer Hours After Making It, Again
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Just hours after AT&T advertised free nationwide access to AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots for iPhone users today it canceled the offer saying it made a mistake. This is not the...
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Can Google (GOOG) Fix "Quality Control" Keyword Mistake And Boost Revenue? [Silicon Alley Insider]
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During Google's Q2 earnings call yesterday, Sergey Brin admitted to a rare mistake: The company pulled back too much on the number of keyword ads it displayed, and the...
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Beginning Writer Mistake (Take 4)
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STATUS: TGIF! Really, what more is there to say?What’s playing on the iPod right now? WHEN YOU COME by Crowded HouseLet’s round off this week by focusing on one more...
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Things You Should Memorize When Flying Without Identification [Tsa]
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You may be familiar with the TSA's new rules that went into effect June 21st regarding travelers who try to fly without identification. These travelers are essentially...