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BlackBerry Playbook joins the Angry Birds Space bandwagon
www.engadget.com
To the surprise of no one, Angry Birds Space has ballooned into a casual gaming phenomenon -- a feat that Rovio has somehow managed without the aid of a BlackBerry PlayBook audience. RIM announced today, however, that fans of its deeply discounted tablet can now hop on board the...
Payback: Samsung says Apple destroyed evidence
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Samsung tells court not to buy Apple's excuses for why managers, including Steve Jobs, generated so few e-mails relevant to the companies' patent dispute. Samsung wants Apple penalized. [Read more]...
You Are Now About to Witness the Strength of Street Knowledge
pandodaily.com
The headline of this story is the first line Dr. Dre says in “Straight Outta Compton,” and I often think more people could use a good dose of street knowledge, especially considering the putrid wave of self-affirmation bullshit that has swamped the world of entrepreneurship. To be fair, I didn’t grow...
Kevin Systrom: Having His Cake and Eating It Too?
pandodaily.com
In case you haven’t seen the news, Facebook has bought Instagram for $1 billion. Today is clearly a good day to be Kevin Systrom, the people who chose to back Kevin Systrom, and the people who chose to work with Kevin Systrom. It is one of those days when you...
FORRESTER: Here's Proof That 'Showrooming' Is Blown Way Out Of Proportion
www.businessinsider.com
Facing intense competition from online, brick and mortar retailers are terrified of being reduced to "showrooms" — meaning that people come to the store to test out their products then order the cheaper version later. But according to a recent Forrester study, these fears are blown way out of proportion....
Payback With Square
parislemon.com
Payback With Square: It’s bad enough that Google Wallet co-founding engineer Rob von Behren left the Google Wallet team (following several others out the door). It’s worse that he left Google. But subsequently joining Square is the ultimate kick in the nuts. As is von Behren’s entire comment to NFC Times:...
Chevron's CIO Talks Transformation and Why IT Leaders Should Smile
www.computerworld.com
In the latest installment of the CIO Interview Series, Louie Ehrlich, CIO and president of Chevron Information Technology Company, talks about the most important things he's learned leading a giant, global IT team through massive change. His answers may sound simple, but they're hard-won lessons for Ehrlich, the top tech...
The Flash Monster
parislemon.com
“If Greenpeace were a legitimate environmental watchdog, it would target Flash as a bigger threat than PVC and BFRs combined, just by the composite amount of energy it consumes to do absolutely nothing of value. via AppleInsider | Inside Apples iPad: Adobe Flash Hilarious take. This whole back and forth...
avdi on Payback for a cheating girlfriend and her female mentor who was helping her get away with it: Chris in St. Louis, your girl is cheating on you.
Anonymous Leaks Marine Corps Massacre Case (Updated) [Hackers]
gizmodo.com
The bombs keep dropping from Anonymous—first local cops, then the FBI, and now the Marine Corps: sensitive documents from 2005's Haditha Killings trial. Anon doesn't think the Marine in charge should have gotten off so lightly. This is their payback. More »...
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