USA Today - Venture capitalist Khosla joins in effort to save the planet

Excerpt:
"Khosla won't disclose how much he's invested in energy start-ups since launching his firm. But Khosla Ventures, where he invests only his own money, pops up in many of the biggest deals in an industry now investing boatloads in the sector. His six-employee firm ranked No. 1 in deals during the first nine months of this year; it participated in 14 worth $68 million, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) says."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20071226/tc_usatoday/venturecapitalistkhoslajoinsinefforttosavetheplanet;_ylt=Aj.3XvFXM5EHl4_Na36lqVUE1vAI

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Best of 2007 Video: D5 Interview With Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

Best of 2007 Video: D5 Interview With Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

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Paul Allen applies to bid in U.S. wireless auction

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"A venture led by Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) co-founder Paul Allen has applied to bid in an upcoming U.S. auction of coveted wireless airwaves, according to auction documents released late on Tuesday."
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1854781120071219

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Google's Eric Schmidt Explains Google's Culture In An Era Of "Instant Information"

Google's Eric Schmidt Explains Google's Culture In An Era Of "Instant Information"

Excerpt:
"Eric Schmidt does a short interview of sorts in the New York Times in which he discusses how Google and its culture are responding to the age of "instant information" and relentless technological change. It's a short and interesting piece."
http://searchengineland.com/071217-122927.php

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Torvalds: Linux to make dent in smartphones in '08

Torvalds: Linux to make dent in smartphones in '08

Excerpt:
"The Linux operating system, which so far has made little headway into cell phones, is set to become more widely available next year, helped by Google's mobile push, Linux creator Linus Torvalds says."
http://www.news.com/Torvalds-Linux-to-make-dent-in-smartphones-in-08/2100-1039_3-6223001.html?tag=html.alert.hed

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Google's Vint Cerf Interviewed

Google's Vint Cerf Interviewed

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"Google vice president and chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf was interviewed by Suisse publication Das Magazin in Zurich in late November. Here are some of his statements (my translation):

Asked on the semi-religious meaning of his job title: “Humanity should understand the blessings of the internet. Our history shows: the more people go online, the more flat hierarchies are becoming. The more people join, the more free the world will be. Indeed I have almost religious faith in this.”"
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-12-17-n61.html

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Michael Arrington - The Fact And Fiction Of Sam Sethi - Crunchnotes

Michael Arrington - The Fact And Fiction Of Sam Sethi - Crunchnotes

See also:
Here’s to You Mr(s) Arrington, Goodbye and Good Luck Startups (Sam Sethi)

Arrington and Sethi throwing mud

Sethi: Everyone is to blame except me - - mathewingram.com/work,

Crunchnotes Excerpt:
"So Sam Sethi, former TechCrunch UK editor, announced the closing of his Blognation blog network today. He lays 100% of the blame for the failure on me personally....

Sam is, in my opinion, a classic confidence man....

At the time it served Sam to say he was fired to get people to sympathize with him. Later, he says he quit, which is actually the truth....

But Sam made some very dumb decisions in the early days of Blognation. First, he booted the guy that actually came up with the idea, Lee Wilkins. It was probably not legal, but Wilkins, who lives in Romania, had little legal recourse. But Wilkins did tell potential Blognation investors what Sam had done, prompting Sam to lose his cool and threaten to kill him. I found out about this fairly quickly back in the Spring of 2007, but didn’t post on it....

Second, Sam said from the start that he had venture funding even though he didn’t. This was even written on the About page of Blognation....

In those intervening months Sam and some of his editors continued to take shots at TechCrunch....

Sam claims that my posting of that term sheet killed the financing, and blognation. That’s just not true. What is much more likely is that the term sheet was a fake created by Sam...

In his final post, Sam forgets to thank his editors who worked for free, or express any regret for lying to them during the entire process. I hope that some day Sam fixes that and tells the real story of Blognation."

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Mark Zuckerberg Cashes Out - Valleyway

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"We hear Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, has cashed out -- before an IPO, before a sale, and before his investors. In the company's recent financing round, insiders believe, he sold about $40 million worth of stock. A tiny portion of his $5 billion stake, but in cash rather than on paper, and "enough that he never has to think about money for the rest of his life," says a person made privy to details of the sale. On the Sand Hill Road of old, this is simply not how things are done."

http://valleywag.com/tech/scoop/mark-zuckerberg-cashes-out-331589.php

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Zuckerberg writes long post about Beacon

Excerpt1:
"About a month ago, we released a new feature called Beacon to try to help people share information with their friends about things they do on the web. We've made a lot of mistakes building this feature, but we've made even more with how we've handled them. We simply did a bad job with this release, and I apologize for it."

Excerpt 2:
" Last week we changed Beacon to be an opt-in system, and today we're releasing a privacy control to turn off Beacon completely. You can find it here. If you select that you don't want to share some Beacon actions or if you turn off Beacon, then Facebook won't store those actions even when partners send them to Facebook."

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=7584397130

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Things to come: Chris de Wolfe, Chad Hurley, Biz Stone et al on ...

Things to come: Chris de Wolfe, Chad Hurley, Biz Stone et al on ...

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How to survive Rupert Murdoch

How to survive Rupert Murdoch

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Murdoch set for 500 mln stg LinkedIn bid - report

Murdoch set for 500 mln stg LinkedIn bid - report

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NYT: Facebook's Zuckerberg Lied To Us; Coke: Ditto

NYT: Facebook's Zuckerberg Lied To Us; Coke: Ditto

Excerpt:
"The "Beacon" fallout continues. The New York Times' Louise Story essentially accuses Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg of lying to her about Beacon's being "opt-in." Coca-Cola got a similar impression from the company--and, having learned the truth, is holding off on using the program. Meanwhile, Facebook's spokesman attempts to explain to the NYT's Louise Story what Zuckerberg really meant--and makes matters worse."

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/12/nyt-facebooks-zuckerberg-lied-to-us-coke-ditto.html

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