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How to Buy a Flash-Based MP3 Player - Reviews by PC Magazine
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I have two pieces in this week’s issue. One’s a recap of last week’s Venice Festival of Media and the other is a news piece about the third installment of Millward Brown’s ranking of the world’s most valuable brands. I’m coming up short in finding a thread that winds through both stories so I’m […]

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Windows is ‘collapsing,’ Gartner analysts warn
Calling the situation “untenable” and describing Windows as “collapsing,” a pair of Gartner analysts yesterday said Microsoft Corp. must make radical changes to its operating system or risk becoming a has-been.
(tags: microsoft windows software gartner)

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How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)
Buy second monitors for everyone, they will save at least 30 minutes a day, which is 100 hours a year… which is at least $2,000 a year…. which is $6,000 over three years. A second monitor cost $300-500 depending on which one you get. That […]

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Relax, Chill and maybe Blog - GigaOM
My doctors told me that if you are going to spend an inordinate amount of time in front of a computer screen at night, you might have a tough time going to sleep. The screen flicker makes your eyes, and your mind, think it’s daytime, hence you have trou
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The Believer - Interview with Luc Sante
The con is a kind of jiu-jitsu that turns the sucker’s own greed into its principal weapon. The greedier you are the more likely you are to be conned, and for the greater a sum. Since people regularly dispose of their intelligence in their rush to be sw
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Whenever I talk to non-industry people about hot topics in advertising, the boom in Internet ads comes up. As I’m describing all the hope that the publishers, agencies, and advertisers are putting on the web as an ad-friendly successor to TV or magazines, a look of incredulity usually washes across their face. Invariably, they […]

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Gary Gygax, ‘Father of D&D,’ Dies at 69 | The Underwire from Wired.com
“I don’t think I’ve really grokked it yet,” said Mike Mearls, the lead developer of the upcoming 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. “He was like the cool uncle that every gamer had. He shaped an entire generation of gamers.”
(tags: games news gaming)

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Wal-Mart Tastemakers Write Unfiltered Blog - New York Times
Corporate blogs are nothing new — General Motors, Dell and Boeing have them — but Wal-Mart’s site, called Check Out (checkoutblog.com), turns the traditional model on its head. Instead of relying on polished high-level executives, it is written by l
(tags: blogging walmart brand)

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Consumer Reports’ Secret Shoppers Have Lots of Explaining to Do
. In 2006 (last year’s numbers aren’t available yet), CR tested 3,377 products, drove 85 cars, purchased 572 tires, washed and dried 192 wrinkle-free shirts, and prepared 470 pounds of mashed potatoes. According to the magazine’s rigid ethics code, it all
(tags: Shopping consumerreports)

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