Eat Your Children - Is Intel’s Atom Strategy Opening The Door To Competitors?

Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 26-08-2009

Intel’s [INTC] Atom microprocessor is a fine chip and it’s designed specifically to power Netbooks - a new category of computing device.

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Microsoft Moves to Smarten Up Cheap Phones

Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 25-08-2009

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Finally - Standard Legal Docs For Startups . . . But Where’s The Funding?

Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 25-08-2009

Mike Arrington at Techcrunch has a great post on standard legal docs for startups that can save them as much as $50k in legal fees when taking investment monies.

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Facebook To Grow Staff By As Much As 50% This Year

Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 24-08-2009

From Tech Trader Daily’s Eric Savitz:

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Common Linking Methods of Affiliate Programs Explained

Filed Under (Small Business) by Admin on 23-08-2009

LinkingIf youre a small business owner, an affiliate marketing program is a fantastic opportunity to make a lot of money without having to have a lot of capital or overhead costs. And if you have a web page, affiliate marketing is a great way to make quick cash without adding a lot of extra work.

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WeekendWatcher: How To Explain Twitter On A Bus

Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 23-08-2009

Heddi Cundle is in town this week, which reminded me of an educational video we shot where she explains Twitter to a group of young visitors from the Ukraine.

Oracle’s Ellison Takes a Pay Cut

Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 22-08-2009

Larry Ellison is usually among the highest compensated executives in business. But in the current fiscal year the Oracle CEO will only draw a base salary of $1, down from $1 million annually for the past three years.

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5yrs: Lessons And Insights: Wish Everyone Well . . .

Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 22-08-2009

[This is a series of articles marking my 5 year anniversary of leaving the Financial Times to become the first professional journalist/blogger.]

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The Perils of Oversharing on Facebook

Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 21-08-2009

Over-sharing on Twitter and Facebook has always been annoying, but in recent months over-sharing has been in the news for getting people fired from their jobs.

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Who will bag Gharda Chemicals?

Filed Under (Ventures) by Admin on 21-08-2009

Business Today has an article on the move to sell the Rs. 1,000 crore Gharda Chemicals, which manufactures agrochemicals, veterinary bulk drugs and high performance polymers, and the hurdles in the way of a deal. Forbes India has an interview with the firm’s 80-year-old founder Keki Gharda on the same issue.From the BT profile:Ghardas life story is one of such innovations that allowed him to