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Quite a lot of interesting graphics, and as Calvin said "As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway." - explains trolls pretty well.
A nice piece on Steve Jobs, and the anecdote on how close he was to meeting Tim Berners-Lee and his demo of what became the www (it was apparently written on a NeXt machine) makes you wonder "what if" that meeting had happened...
A very interesting story that shows why things shouldn't be taken at face value
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One of the settings that was set to zero was the timeout to connect to the remote SMTP server. Some experimentation established that on this particular machine with its typical load, a zero timeout would abort a connect call in slightly over three milliseconds.
In the old days (before the Internet), no technology products were free, because distribution costs made it impossible to offer anything without some commitment from the end customer. As a result, new technology adoption generally started with the deepest
Probably jumping the gun & a bit too radical, but an interesting read on the changing times nonetheless. Moreover, a lot of content like video & even P2P does get served through the web.
Quite a different take on free by Malcolm Gladwell with a bunch of examples, summed up thus: "The only iron law here is the one too obvious to write a book about, which is that the digital age has so transformed the ways in which things are made and sold
Interesting take on Yahoo, and where technology startups should focus on. Also, big money distracts.
"The fact that digital content can be distributed for no additional cost does not explain the huge number of creative people who make their work available for free. After all, they are still investing their time without being paid back. Why?
... because c
Interesting concept that can be applied to consumers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levy_flight
"More than ten years into the widespread business adoption of the Web, some managers still fail to grasp the economic implications of cheap and ubiquitous information on and about their business. Hal Varian, professor of information sciences, business, an
Pretty interesting thoughts: 'Although Google doesn't need to "win" the battle with Apple, Apple's hysteria, along with its insistence on fighting the wrong battles, means that Google has a decent chance of winning. HTML5 may be Apple's last chance to cha
Facebook status update search tool that highlights the privacy concerns.
The service in question is apparently based on Google App Engine & so is having quota problems. Should be pretty useful when it's up nonetheless.
Interesting little tool. Not very descriptive though
via http://lifehacker.com/5526429/see-what-facebook-publicly-publishes-about-you/
The trouble with utilities, particularly with ones that are monopolies & the illusion of choice. Is facebook heading down the path to becoming a utility? But, it seems to be taking for granted that it'll not be regulated. What happens if it does get regul
Wonder whether things are as bad as all the articles that have been floating out over the last few weeks are making it out to be. Only time will tell.
In the meantime, I wonder what alternatives we have to facebook. Orkut? MySpace? Doubt that. At least my
facebook: All your everything are belong to us.
Time to look for safer alternatives?
Goes on to emphasize the fact that few people read license agreements & the likes.
Norton manages to top this test, while Avast 5 comes in the middle of the pack of 10
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