The Effect of Market Forces on Arbitrage and Efficiency [The Yahoo Case Study]

Jeff Nolan | August 17th

I just read Paul Graham’s excellent post on what happened to Yahoo and this one paragraph jumped out at me:

I didn’t realize the answer till later, after I went to work

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Microsoft Patent Points to Instant On in Windows 8

Paul O'Flaherty | August 17th

Judging by a new Microsoft patent uncovered by Manan Kakkar, DCE or “Direct Computing Experience” could be bringing the long awaited “instant on” feature to Windows 8 machines.

The patent describes a simple

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The Real Value of Facebook Geo-Location: Contextualizing Ads around Social, Mobile Gaming

Kristen Nicole | August 17th

With expectations of Facebook’s geo-location launch to go down this week, the question around hyper-localized consumer tools moves even further down the path of monetization, usefulness and appeal. Geo-location is something we’ve anticipated from Facebook

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Spain Demands Google Hand Over Street Views Hard Drives, Too

Kristen Nicole | August 17th

Spain’s jumped on the Google-suing bandwagon, launching an investigation around the search engine’s Street Views mapping service. Judge Raquel Fernandino has ordered a Google representative to appear in court early October, in regards to...»

Analysis: Why Dell Bought 3Par – A Deeper Look – A Historical Perspective – A Case Study

John Furrier | August 17th

Industry analyst and Wikibon.org founder Dave Vellante wrote an indepth analysis on the history of 3Par.  Dave goes into detail on the history of 3PAR and the reasons why they were so attractive to Dell.  Dave's...»

E-Reading, Multitasking, and a Less Insightful Society, Part 2

Bert Latamore | August 17th

Editor's Note: This is the second-half of a 2-part series on mobile e-readers. Click here to read part 1. Yesterday I looked at...»

HP Acquires Fortify, Great Time to Beef Up Security

Kristen Nicole | August 17th

Mark Hurd may still be in the hot seat, but it's business as usual over at HP. The company has announced its acquisition of securities company Fortify Software, for an undisclosed...»

VMWorld Live Video at VMworld 2010 – The CUBE Is Back – Covering All The Angles In Virtualization and Cloud – No Hype Just Proof Points

John Furrier | August 16th

The CUBE is back for another live event, and we are growing to include more content than ever before!

SiliconANGLE introduces VMworld Live – The CUBE.

The CUBE is part of SiliconANGLE’s continuous coverage of cloud computing and...»

Apple iAds Fumble Not Reflective of Mobile Marketing Industry

Kristen Nicole | August 16th

After the promise of Apple’s iAds helped to soften the potential blow of Google’s growing Android influence, it looks like iAds hasn’t been able to follow through on all the hype. Apple’s mobile advertising...»

How to Game the Human Brain: Copious Citations

Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins | August 16th

I caught a quick post today from Tim Finin on Semweb-focused blog “UMBC ebiquity” that talked about the relationship between a high number of citations in scholarly and white papers and how often that paper itself is

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