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"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're... New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran
"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...Mass. Senate Votes on Gay Marriage
The Massachusetts state senate has voted to repeal a 1913 law that prevents the state from marrying out-of-state people who would not be able to marry in their home state. The law was enacted at a time when... Bell Ordered By CRTC to Publicly Prove Internet Congestion
Bell Canada has been left scrambling after a CRTC ruling ordered them to make public documents 'proving' Bell's claims that net congestion was forcing them to throttle users. Bell gave the CRTC a confidential filing... Warner Makes Kid Rock Their Attack Dog; He Turns on Them
Kid Rock did indeed make an announcement about illegal downloading, but it's not the message that Warner Records would have preferred." Atlantic came to him saying he needed to say something publicly because "people... LifeLock ID theft protection fraud?
If it sounds too good to be true ..."For a time, the ads were everywhere on TV and radio, the ones with the head of a security company brazenly challenging would-be thieves to try to steal his identity.Richard Todd...Obama Endorsed by 3 former SEC Chairs
Wow! A strong and unexpected group of endorsements, the most interesting one being from William Donaldson, who was SEC chair under President Bush I. It reflects the big lack of confidence Wall Street is showing in...The new ‘Miss Brooklyn’
"“Miss Brooklyn” is dead — but Bruce Ratner has released new renderings (above) of the 511-foot tower that he hopes will take her place.Ratner has said he won’t build the Frank Gehry–designed tower, now called “Building B-1,” until he finds an anchor tenant. And...Clinton Won't Disclose Names of Donors, but He will Sell them
Clinton Won't Disclose Names of Donors to Americans, but He will Sell them for the Right Price Commentary by Albert N. MillironThe Bush Administration is often described as the most secretive in... Toronto, Canada: 'Shocking' Islamic Terrorist Cell trial begins
Opinion (an Update Link March 30th, 2008 to this story is in my Comments section)Barry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a disturbing turn of events when 17 Canadian men, followers of Radical Islam who also... House Panel Questions High Pay for CEOs
Like the oil company profits last year, it's another situation of individuals making a lot of money in sectors experiencing trouble."The heads of three companies implicated in the mortgage crisis have been asked to explain how they collectively received hundreds of millions...Breakthrough in striking writers talks
"By LYNN ELBER, AP Entertainment Writer 1 hour, 40 minutes ago LOS ANGELES - A breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week, a person close to the ongoing negotiations...Music Labels Say There's no Deal With Qtrax
To anyone saying the announcement by startup Qtrax was too good to be true - free, ad-driven online music downloading - they were right.Four of the world's biggest labels have come out and denied they have any agreement to allow their songs to be downloaded from the... Microsoft: Vista More Secure Than XP and Open Source
Google is expanding into alternative energy in its most ambitious effort yet to ease the environmental strain caused by the company's voracious appetite for power to run its massive computing centers.
Getty Images May Sell For More Than $1.5 billion, Report
This will be a substantial acquisition for whomever ends up acquiring Getty Images, at a projected price tag of more than $1.5 billion."Getty Images Inc, the world's biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block...
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