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Tech geeks have two long-shots for mayor
Bill Gates
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim surpasses Bill Gates as world's wealthiest man. [Herald Sun] Chinese women forced to reconsider whose sperm they desire. [China Daily]
fake steve jobs
CNET lands an actual interview with Fake Steve Jobs, but questions about his identity are off-limits. "No me gusta, as they say in French." [CNET]
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Gimme Some Candy
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User trust is built by shilling
SAP
The SAP and Oracle rivalry gets a bit more interesting, involves episodes of corporate espionage and use of the domain testyomamma.com. [AP]
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"We ran out of Vloggies"
Getthemlaid.com
TUE JUL 3 2007 AT 3:10 pm
BY NICK DOUGLAS
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Apple
iPhones are now sold out of Apple stores in San Francisco (and everywhere else in Silicon Valley); meanwhile, the official site says Los Angeles now has some in stock. The Nintendo Wii, for those keeping score, still vanishes from shelves every time Best Buy gets a new shipment.
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For certain values of democracy
TUE JUL 3 2007 AT 10:31 am
BY NICK DOUGLAS
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Latest by ScaredOfTheirPower: I wonder about the "relevance score" of a pharmaceutical company to Michael Moore? Though, if their context-free robot doesn't judge more
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PodTech steals photo, stonewalls photographer
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Stephan Paternot of TheGlobe.com
MON JUL 2 2007 AT 9:04 pm
BY NICK DOUGLAS
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Latest by GhostSites: FYI, the clip above was excerpted from a student film made about the Death of Silicon Alley by students at more
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Top ten tech must-haves of the past
Allofmp3.com
Allofmp3.com, the Rasputin of digital music sites, quietly shuts down, again. [Times Online]
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The iPhone sales estimate guessing game
Advertising
Will it sell? How to successfully create a viral internet marketing campaign. [Wall Street Journal]
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Hold on to your pocketbooks
MON JUL 2 2007 AT 6:13 pm
BY THE WAG
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Imitation is the sincerest form of venture capital
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You're not the boss of me now
MON JUL 2 2007 AT 2:59 pm
BY NICK DOUGLAS
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Latest by nousername: "You're SO far from the truth hear Michael that this borders on complete journalistic incompetence." "hear"? nice... more
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Rising tide
iPhone
Forget to secure a date to the fireworks because you spent all your time in line for the iPhone? There's a 22-year-old "Parker Posy" [sic] lookalike who would like to meet you. [Craigslist]
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Find the Mountain View Kwik-E-Mart
MON JUL 2 2007 AT 8:13 pm
BY NICK DOUGLAS
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Underground San Francisco [gridskipper.com]
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Kevin Burton's Tailrank
MON JUL 2 2007 AT 1:55 pm
BY NICK DOUGLAS
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Can I still get an iPhone?
MON JUL 2 2007 AT 11:51 am
BY NICK DOUGLAS
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Congratulations Robert Scoble on finally getting some press!
MON JUL 2 2007 AT 10:59 am
BY NICK DOUGLAS
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Latest by ScaredOfTheirPower: Congratulations and I hope your face shows half as much excitement, when your kid is born, as it did on more
The Danger of Belief [glasshouse.waggeneredstrom.com]
Apple Blew Out iPhone Estimates [paul.kedrosky.com]