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5 Great Science Books to Expand Your Mind 
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 02 Oct. 2008
From the dynamics of social networks to market bubbles, science has a lot to say about
the world of technology.
One of the great discoveries of modern science was the realization of
how interconnected the world is. The deterministic, Newtonian view of
a clockwork Universe was replaced by the much more
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Patent Crisis and The Age of Open Source Ideas
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Fri, 26 Sep. 2008
We live in an age when success of innovation is mixed with unprecedented failures.
On one hand we're reinventing the web, fighting for a greener future and building genomix.
On the other there are housing bubbles, credit crises and war.
The technology patent crisis is important to our future. For decades the patent law
serv
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What Startups Can Learn From Haruki Murakami - ReadWriteWeb
Alex Iskold via www.readwriteweb.com on Wed, 30 Jul. 2008
I'm a big fan of Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. The genius of Murakami is in his discipline, focus and determination. I see him as a virtual Zen master ...
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Beyond the API: Why Companies Should Have a Presence on All Major Platforms
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 24 Jul. 2008
Much has been written lately about the rise of the API.
Offering a programming interface to an online service is now standard practice amongst this generation of web companies.
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Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
The future of software development
is about good craftsmen. With infrastructure like Amazon Web Services and
an abundance of basic libraries, it no longer takes a village
to build a g
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The Future of Computer Applications: Help Me or Entertain Me
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 17 Jul. 2008
In the introduction to his book,
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux operating system, wrote that life is about entertainment.
He might seem the last person you'd imagine as focused on entertainment, until yo
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Facebook Platform: The Fanfare Revisited
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Tue, 15 Jul. 2008
When the Facebook platform debuted last year it was touted as the next big thing.
Media, VC, startups and big companies shared the enthusiasm for its future.
And no wonder:
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iPhone: The New Personal Computer - ReadWriteWeb
Alex Iskold via www.readwriteweb.com on Mon, 14 Jul. 2008
When Apple first announced the launch of its iPhone platform, we wrote here that it is a game changer. Even the core of iPhone is a major advance ...
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Can Browser Add-ons Be Businesses?
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Wed, 09 Jul. 2008
Full disclosure: Alex Iskold runs a browser add-on company called AdaptiveBlue. Also Fred Wilson, who is cited in this article, is a partner in Union Square Ventures - an investor in Alex's company.
VC Fred Wilson asked recentl
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Does Microsoft + Powerset Beat Google?
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 03 Jul. 2008
What can the plan be with Microsoft's purchase of hot startup Powerset? The 3-year old company, founded by Dr Barney Pell, recently launched a
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Is Email In Danger?
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Wed, 02 Jul. 2008
Human history is one of progressive improvement in communication. From the 20th century mail was a fundamental form of communication. The invention of electronic mail (email) changed two things. It became cheap to send short mail, and delivery was instant. Email became favored for both c
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People in Tech: Mike Dunn, VP Interactive Media, Hearst
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Fri, 27 Jun. 2008
The technologists behind large companies are always fascinating. Unlike entrepreneurs, who often code their vision into software, CTOs channel their vision through the engineers working for them. CTOs of modern media companies are measured on their ability to bring innovation to the market quickly. This installment of People in T
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People in Tech: Brad Feld, Foundry Group
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Wed, 18 Jun. 2008
MIT Alumni, technologist, venture capitalist, marathon runner, Colorado dweller,
thinker, blogger, and all around super human, Brad Feld (LinkedIn, Twitter) has made a huge impact on startups. With posts on his personal blog,
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People in Tech: Andraz Tori, CTO/Co-Founder of Zemanta
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Tue, 03 Jun. 2008
Zemanta is a an interesting European startup that is applying semantic technologies to blogging.
Sarah Perez covered the company's launch in March. One can think of Zemanta
as an auto-complete function
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Semantic Search: The Myth and Reality - ReadWriteWeb
Alex Iskold via www.readwriteweb.com on Thu, 29 May. 2008
For a few years now people have been talking about semantic search. Any technology that stands a chance to dethrone Google is of great interest to all of ...
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Making the Web Searchable: The Story of SearchMonkey
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Wed, 28 May. 2008
Last week at the SemTech 2008 Conference that took place in San Jose, Yahoo! Researcher Peter Mika spoke in detail about the company's new SearchMonke
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SemTech Panel: Investor Opportunities and Pitfalls
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Thu, 22 May. 2008
What sort of funding opportunities exist in the budding Semantic Web space? What are VCs looking for and how much are they will to invest? That was the topic of a panel at the SemTech 2008 Conference that just concluded in San Jose.
The panel featured Stephen Hall from Vulcan
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SemTech Panel: Taking Semantic Technology to the Masses
Alex Iskold via ReadWriteWeb on Wed, 21 May. 2008
How will the Semantic Web make the jump to the mainstream? That was the topic of a panel at the SemTech 2008 Conference that is going on right now in San Jose. The panel was moderated by Carla Thomson from Guidewire Group and featured Josh Dilworth from Porter Novelli,
Tom Tague
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The Rise of Contextual User Interfaces (59)
Alex Iskold via RSSmeme on Thu, 15 May. 2008
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Web 2.0 has brought many wonderful innovations and ideas to the Internet.
We can no longer imagine the web without a social dime
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