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mkordahi — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:24:00 GMT

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from MIX Online: Piecing “My” Puzzle Together

mkordahi — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:01:00 GMT

Piecing “My” Puzzle Together — Many years ago, I dreamt of what computer networking could bring to the world and how it would be fantastic if we had unlimited access to all the published works and information in the world.

Techmeme: Is Twitter actually making money?

mkordahi — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:59:00 GMT

from techmeme:

Is Twitter actually making money? — Web2.0rhea outfit in ‘revenue-sharing deal’ — Free whitepaper - Best practices in SOX compliance — It's a question that has consumed the Silicon Valley pundit brigade for several months now: How will Twitter make its money? — And the answer may be just under their noses

Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

mkordahi — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:14:00 GMT

Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 — While attending the MSDN Conference on Monday last week I decided to switch tracks for the last session and listened into the SQL Data Services presentation

VC investors make Silicon Valley startup capitol

mkordahi — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:11:00 GMT

VC investors make Silicon Valley startup capitol — Body: — Silicon Valley is the epicenter of the universe for technology startups. Why? They have some of the best technology universities in the world. Sand Hill Road is home to the largest venture capital firms

Jaunty Jackalope: Where's the Beef?

mkordahi — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:11:00 GMT

Jaunty Jackalope: Where's the Beef? — Ubuntu's upcoming 9.04 release offers few new end-user features. Is Ubuntu losing the end-user focus that made it a smash-hit distro? — Keir Thomas, PC World — Recommends — I'm getting a little worried about the state of open source on the desktop

Review: Samsung's 256GB SSD offers capacity, speed

mkordahi — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:10:00 GMT

Review: Samsung's 256GB SSD offers capacity, speed — But tests yield slower read speeds than Samsung claims — Computerworld) I was deeply in techno-lust when I opened a UPS box the other day and pulled from it Samsung's new 256GB, SATA II laptop solid-state disk (SSD) drive — stainless steel all around and oh so sleek

Adam Carolla's Podcast: 1M Downloads... Radio, XM Officially Dead?

mkordahi — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:09:00 GMT

Adam Carolla's Podcast: 1M Downloads... Radio, XM Officially Dead? — Last week, Adam Carolla transitioned from national radio talk show host. His contract with CBS prevents him from returning to radio (supposedly through 2009) - and in exchange, he is paid handsomely in the

The New York Times Expected To Launch Local Blog Network On Monday (Confirmed)

mkordahi — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:25:00 GMT

The New York Times Expected To Launch Local Blog Network On Monday (Confirmed) — If this post on a local blog about Brooklyn has it right, the NY Times will be debuting a neighborhood blog project next week on Monday. Here's the gist: … Still according to the blog

Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader

mkordahi — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:20:00 GMT

Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader — The publisher plans to introduce a large-format device this year based on electronic-ink technology. — NEW YORK (Fortune) — Against a backdrop of plummeting ad revenue for newspapers and magazines, and rising costs for paper and delivery

Amazon Kindle 3 Rumors Surface: Bigger, Better (Of Course)

mkordahi — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:20:00 GMT

Amazon Kindle 3 Rumors Surface: Bigger, Better (Of Course) — The ink has barely dried on the new production Amazon Kindle 2 e-readers and now there's a hot rumor surfacing about the Kindle 3. Among the speculation is one interesting suggestion: The Kindle version 3 may actually arrive on the shelves before Christmas

Facebook's “In-House Sociologist” Shares Stats on Users' Social Behaviorrrr

mkordahi — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:20:00 GMT

Facebook's “In-House Sociologist” Shares Stats on Users' Social Behavior — The famous Dunbar number, or “theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships”, is generally accepted to be about 150. However, in a recent interview with The Economist

Sarah Milstein on Twitter, Web2Open and Self.

mkordahi — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:12:00 GMT

Sarah Milstein on Twitter, Web2Open and Self. — I had a great phone call last week with Sarah Milstein - NYTimes.com writer, O'Reilly Radar blogger, @tweetreport geek, speaker and organizer of Web2Open, our official on-site (free) unconference. I took some notes and decided to creatively transcribe it for the blog.

It's not always about money; sometimes hackers just hate you

mkordahi — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:10:00 GMT

It's not always about money; sometimes hackers just hate you — Malware authors and hackers have to eat like the rest of us, but security data from 2008 suggests many engage in their illegal activities for other reasons besides a desire to get money. Twenty-four percent of all the attacks

Facebook's “In-House Sociologist” Shares Stats on Users' Social Behavior

mkordahi — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:55:00 GMT