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Ubiquitous Broadband
As a luddite, I did not pay much attention to those 2G, 3G mumble jumble. I turn on my cell phone when I wake up. I would make several phone calls in a day and send/receive some text messages. That’s … Continue reading
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Internet Price War
How do you set a price of something that has zero variable cost (it costs nothing to make copies and distribute them to the customers) and a limited set of customers? Well, that’s online media: newspapers, magazines, music, video, and … Continue reading
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Human Rights, Free of Speech, and Privacy
A top Senate Democrat is asking 30 leading technology, Internet and communications companies to provide detailed descriptions of their operations and human rights practices in China. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois sent letters to the companies on Tuesday … Continue reading
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CalTech Kid
“So you went to CalTech?” Asked the bartender, glancing the emblem on my baseball hat. “Oh, no. I am not that smart,” I replied. “My kid did.” “I heard they are, like, #2 or #3 in the world in something.” … Continue reading
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New Light, Old Topics
What the Dog Saw Malcolm Gladwell ISBN: 978-0316075848 This is Malcolm’s best book. I must be a Malcolm fan, having read every books he published so far. Before this one, the best was still the Tipping Point. I read others … Continue reading
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Old People Flicks
This generation that defined American’s tastes and styles is now old. Unfortunately, the new ones, call them X, Y, post-80, whatever, has not taken over the most important reign: money. No wonder entertainment industries still try to wring the last … Continue reading
Gates on Google
We were all curious on the new tenant. Only the affluent can afford this prime real estate. Yet this new company was clearly beyond the most affluent of us. They leased the whole building, gutted the entire interior, brought in … Continue reading