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A Modest Proposal For The Auto Industry: Stop Building Cars 
Michael Arrington via TechCrunch on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
Everybody these days has some advice for the beleaguered U.S. auto industry. Bail them out. Break up the unions. Do something about the dealerships. Do something about spiraling health care and pension costs. Design cars people will love. Etc.
There’s always the “be more like Apple” ad
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Google: Yes, We Broke iPhone App Store Rules (GOOG)
Dan Frommer via Alley Insider on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
One of the more interesting recent questions in the iPhone geek circle: Is Google's (GOOG) neat, newish voice-powered iPho
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Harvard MBAs Still Insist On Ruining The Market
John Carney via Clusterstock on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
The post-graduate plans of business school graduates is one of our favorite contrary indicators. Each year in November, when Harvard Business School releases
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Induced Current
(unknown author) via xkcd.com on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
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Million Dollar Arm
Tyler Cowen via Marginal Revolution on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Singh and Patel came to the United States six months ago after being the top finishers in an Indian reality TV show called the "Million Dollar Arm" that drew about 30,000 contestants. The show sought to find athletes who could throw strikes at 85 miles per hour or faster....The contest was sponsored by a California sports management company that believed it could
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Microsoft May Rename 'Live Search." Again.
Mike via The Raw Feed on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Word on the street is that Microsoft will soon rebrand it's Live Search. It could be renamed as "Kumo.com," or possibly "Windows Live Search." The service was named "Live Search two years ago, and was previously called "MSN Search."
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Turning Ideas Into iPhone Applications
Raven Zachary via Inside iPhone on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
"I have an idea for an iPhone application."
The most common conversation I have with people these days concerns the process of turning ideas into iPhone applications. Someone reaches out to me from across the Internet, hoping I will be able to build an iPhone application or make connections to people who will.
I love talking with entrepreneurs and people passionate about their ideas. It's one of
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What Is It Like to Lose $100 Million a Day?
(unknown author) via WSJ.com: The Wealth Report - W on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
If you are feeling bad about your 401(k) losses, consider the case of Sheldon Adelson. His investments have declined by more than $30 billion, yes with a “b,” in the past year.
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Microsoft Pulls Plug On Windows 3.1 (MSFT): Windows 3.1?
Eric Krangel via Silicon Alley Insider on Sun, 09 Nov. 2008
The end of an era: On November 1, Microsoft (MSFT) officially stopped issuing licenses for the Windows 3.x line, the first version of Microsoft's graphical O
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Good to Gone: Disappearing "Great" Companies?
pk via Paul Kedrosky's Infectious on Sat, 08 Nov. 2008
Had someone point this out to me, so I thought I'd make a quick post of it. If you take the eleven companies from Jim Collins' bestselling Good to Great book a few years back, knock off Philip Morris and Gillette (the former doesn't have the trading history, and the latter is part of P&G), you're left with nine "great" companies. That list, however, includes Fanni
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Phone call: Can I keep chickens in Chicago
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Fri, 07 Nov. 2008
Fellow named Chad Kimball calls the Chicago police, the city clerk, and the legal department to find out if he can raise chickens in the city.
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China market of the day
Tyler Cowen via Marginal Revolution on Fri, 07 Nov. 2008
From a loyal MR reader: I just read that there is a company in China hiring young females who are paid to get pregnant and deliever a baby for couples suffering from infertility.
The interesting thing is the price discrimination. There are eight types of females with different "qualities".
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New Spy Pen Records Sound and Color Video
Mike via The Raw Feed on Thu, 06 Nov. 2008
The Marlin SpyPen is the WORLD'S SMALLEST DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER. It records AVI video in color. The Pen plugs into your PC for both charging
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4-1 odds on the existence of God
David Pescovitz via Boing Boing on Wed, 05 Nov. 2008
Online betting outfit Paddy Power is offering 4-1 odds that God exists. So far, folks have wagered $5000 on the question. Interest has increased resulting from an atheist ad campaign on London buses with the slogan: "There's probably no God." From The Telegraph:
A spokesman for Paddy Power said that confirmation of God's existence would have to be verified by scientists and given by a
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CNN Hologram Technology May Change Web Conferencing forever
(unknown author) via Digital Inspiration on Wed, 05 Nov. 2008
Shared by Todd Albertson
This is cool!
This is awesome. The female reporter that you see in the CNN newsroom here is actually miles away but appears to be standing on stage inside the room courtesy the "hologram technology" that CNN is testing for the first time.
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Election
(unknown author) via xkcd.com on Wed, 05 Nov. 2008
Shared by Ara
LOL
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Wikipedia — Time for a Redesign?
Dmitry via Usability Post on Tue, 04 Nov. 2008
Wikipedia is a fantastic resource and I’m sure many of you use it all the time — and probably even contribute — but I think it’s lacking terribly in one area: design. I think Wikipedia is a badly designed website. Sure, it may have worked f
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QUOTE: Figure out the absolute least you need to
Matt via Signal vs. Noise on Tue, 04 Nov. 2008
Figure out the absolute least you need to do to implement the idea, do just that, and then polish the hell out of the experience.
—John Gruber’s one central, overriding guideline for iPhone UI design
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