http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020726/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_dc_13 Microsoft to Pump Up R&D, Hire 5,000 Thu Jul 25,11:43 PM ET By Reed Stevenson REDMOND, Wash. (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it would boost spending on...
I read this article in Harper’s Magazine in February and I was shocked. I’ve been talking about it ever since. I just found it, thanks to Google. Very much easier to read in this format than on the web page, though. -Ian. —–...
http://www.rense.com/general16/inside.htm Failed Daring Effort To Steal WTC Gold From Vaults Said ‘Inside Job’ The Telegraph – London 11-2-1 A daring plot to steal bullion from vaults beneath the collapsed World Trade Centre has been revealed by...
AOL’s funky capitalization of what I believe are operating expenses — specifically, the cost of customer acquisition have raised eyebrows for years. But have they really reformed their ways? I don’t think so. Neither do some analysts. Interestingly,...
I was just thinking the other day: “gee, we haven’t heard from DrKoop.com” for a while. Well, after languishing in bankruptcy for ages, somebody finally bought the site for next to nothing (still more than it’s worth). This, despite the fact...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
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