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Tracking the World’s Appetite for Innovation
via Bits by Steve Lohr on January 23, 2008
In its quest for what it calls “new metrics for the knowledge economy,” a nonprofit research group has come up with an index of global innovation confidence. The poll of 25,000 people in a dozen nations, published on Tuesday, found the United States squarely in the middle [...]
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Link: Davidson Ranked 335 out of 341 DI Schools In Student Body Size
via Lefty's Legacy by (author unknown) on January 23, 2008
Link: Davidson Ranked 335 out of 341 DI Schools In Student Body SizeI knew we were small, but this is astounding. Davidson’s basketball success is even more remarkable in light of this ranking.
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Inspiring Images: FFFFOUND!
via mental_floss Blog by Higgins on January 23, 2008
FFFFOUND! is a community-driven design resource, posting interesting images — photos, graphic design, paintings, all kinds of stuff. Users can “save” photos (marking them as personal favorites), and the site then recommends images based on who saved which photos. It’s a great way to get some design inspiration, or just browse awesome photos. By following the trail of related images you...
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Hope Will Not Be Televised: Obama YouTube vs. Clinton Clash
via techPresident by Ari Melber on January 23, 2008
Great speeches don't matter if no one hears them. Barack Obama delivered a riveting speech about America's moral crisis this weekend, calling for a united movement to overcome the nation's moral deficit and mounting economic inequality. Political observers praised the address and reporters covered it -- 53 mentions in major papers -- yet it's been largely overshadowed by the...
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Camelbak Better Bottle
via Boing Boing Gadgets by Joel Johnson on January 23, 2008
Camelbak, best known for their hydration backpacks with the "Bite-n-Sip" valve, have released a line of water bottles that incorporate the same valve, the better to prevent spills. I've got a generic Nalgene-type bottle I use for water all day, but when it's near empty the heavy cap often will pull it over, so I'm amenable to better cap solutions. On the other hand, I hate having to...
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Google Stock Heading Downhill
via AppScout by Mark Hachman on January 23, 2008
While we normally wouldn't care too much about the price of a particular stock, John Battelle noticed that Google's stock price has dipped more than 100 points since Christmas, about a 20 percent drop. (The stock is down about 25 percent from its 52-week high in late October, as the chart above shows.)GOOG's share price has risen to astronomical levels, especially throughout last...
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The secret life of firmware 1.1.3
via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Cory Bohon on January 23, 2008
Filed under: iPod Family, Apple, iPhone
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iPhone's 1.1.3 update gets ready for native applications
via Engadget by Joshua Topolsky on January 23, 2008
Filed under: CellphonesThe well known and respected iPhone hacker Nate True has discovered some very, very interesting information concerning Apple's latest update, 1.1.3. According to Mr. True, the boys and girls in Cupertino have all but prepped the device's OS for native applications, altering the functionality of SpringBoard to display additional apps, changing the ownership of...
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Two Against One
via NYT > Opinion by MAUREEN DOWD on January 23, 2008
It’s odd that the first woman with a shot at becoming president is so openly dependent on her husband to drag her over the finish line.
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Automattic Lands Massive $29.5M for WordPress, Other Products
via TechCrunch by Mark Hendrickson on January 23, 2008
As we speculated, Automattic, provider of the WordPress open-source blogging software and spam filter Akismet, has raised $29.5M in a Series B round of financing led by True Ventures. Other participants in the round include The New York Times, Polaris Ventures, and Radar Ventures.The large injection of capital will not only go towards the development of Akismet and WordPress (the downloadable...
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