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This week, Hewlett-Packard (where I am on the board) announced that it is exploring jettisoning its struggling PC business in favor of investing more heavily in software, where it sees better potential for growth.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903480904576512250915629460.html

Marc Andreessen on Why Software Is Eating the World - WSJ.com

http://uncrunched.com/2011/10/26/andreessen-horowitz-raising-huge-new-900-million-fund-iii/

Andreessen Horowitz Raising Huge New $900 Million Fund III « Uncrunched

You can’t accuse Andreessen Horowitz of spending money too slowly.

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/10/mf_milner/

How Russian Tycoon Yuri Milner Bought His Way Into Silicon Valley | Magazine

This is my first trip to Moscow, and Yuri Milner, the world’s most successful investor in social media, is taking me to his parents’ apartment, which he bills as a typical middle-class Moscow dwelling.

Very interesting profile of Yuri Milner. Definitely one of the game changer in the way the vc industry works. by PED Oct 26

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-27/facebook-backer-accel-targets-mobile-after-beating-rivals-to-social-media.html

Facebook Backer Accel Targets Mobile After Social-Media Spree - Bloomberg

More than a decade after missing out on the most valuable Web companies of the 1990s, venture- capital firm Accel Partners is emerging as the leader in the new rapid-growth area of investing: social media.