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Oracle is the only winner in Sun-MySQL Deal

Sun Microsystems Inc. gobbling up MySQL is perhaps the worst single event I have ever witnessed in the histor of tech mergers and acquisitions.
The move, announced earlier this week, is potentially more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

Have you pondered the moral implications of your startup?

I'm working on a start-up that, if successful, has potential to be a major reference of human knowledge (think wikipedia in terms of vastness and impact, although it isn't particularly similar to wikipedia). more...
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How to Turn Your VC into Your Worst Enemy

In other words, VC's have been my best friends and my worst enemies, in ways that are not always within my immediate control. In the process, ironically, I have come to respect Venture Capitalist as a more...
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Wink - A People Search Engine

Wink is a people search engine which lets you control your identity. People search engine Wink, the less bubbly but more filling competitor to Spock, is adding an interesting antilibel feature. Now, if more...
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Awesome Move by Red Hat and Amazon

Red Hat is going to start offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux on EC2. more...
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FreeRice.com - A website with a twist

FreeRice.com is a simple website that you'll enjoy spending a few minutes on. It's a word game, monetized by Cost Per Action affiliate ad links, with a social justice twist. more...
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Facebook World Domination Plans - Raising More Money

Prior to taking over the world, what does the Facebook duo have in stock for us? First of all, they’re gonna get more money. Yu, Facebook’s C.F.O., said that the company is preparing to raise an additional more...
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Multiply's Big International Following

Multiply has been growing rather quietly internationally. The social media aggregator now has 7 million registered users and 10.5 million monthly unique visitors according to their internal numbers, nearly more...
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Google Can Take the High Road on Privacy

Meanwhile Google played their hand brilliantly. They unveiled OpenSocial, taking the “open” high ground and a lot of wind out of Facebook’s sails (to mix some metaphors!). And with Facebook aligned more...
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Why Is Google Afraid of Facebook?

Google (GOOG) announced its OpenSocial strategy last week, starting with some of the smaller (albeit fast-growing) social networks, and quickly ensnaring MySpace (NWS), Bebo and a bunch of other companies more...
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