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By John Shinal SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Last week we gave you our latest take on the public market for technology stocks.
Tech start-up bubble won’t get any bigger - John Shinal's Tech Investor
“Serendipity: The Hope and the Myth” - Oli Shaw at London IA
At London IA last week, Oli Shaw was reprising his EuroIA talk about serendipity.
From the man who discovered Stuxnet, dire warnings one year later
One year ago a malicious software program called Stuxnet exploded onto the world stage as the first publicly confirmed cyber superweapon – a digital guided missile that could emerge from cyber space to destroy a physical target in the real world.
Anonymous: From the Lulz to Collective Action | The New Everyday
Taken as a whole, Anonymous resists straightforward definition as it is a name currently called into being to coordinate a range of disconnected actions, from trolling to political protests. Originally a name used to coordinate Internet pranks, in the winter of 2008 some wings of Anonymous also became political, focusing on protesting the abuses of the Church of Scientology. By September 2010 another distinct political arm emerged as Operation Payback and did so to protest the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ), and a few months later this arm shifted its energies to Wikileaks, as did much of the world's attention.
Photo by Gene Lee A.K. Pradeep knows what you like and why you like it.
NeuroFocus Uses Neuromarketing to Hack Your Brain
Value Of Tech M&A Deals Nearly Doubled In Q2 2011 To $52.1 Billion
While tech company IPOs have captured buzz of late, it looks like M&A activity in the sector has been booming.Since the fall of 2008, LPs haven’t shown much appetite for stakes in either venture capital or buyout firms.
LPs Haven’t Hit the Brakes, But They’re Getting Just as Worried as the Rest of Us
Exclusive: SEC Will Likely Toughen Rules for Secondary Markets
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials in March met with secondary market executives to warn them of impending regulatory changes, peHUB has learned. The regulators told the executives that they want more stringent checks of individuals’ accreditation and improved diligence regarding the financials of companies being auctioned to investors, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
A few weeks ago, Google was involved in bidding for 6,000 patents being offered by Nortel, which many thought if Google should win, would beef up their defense against patent litigation.
Google throws a tantrum -- accuses Microsoft, others, of "hostile, organized campaign"
With all the hullabaloo surrounding Bitcoin and, in particular, Bitcoin exchanges it’s a ripe time for new players to enter into the market and wow people involved in the peer-to-peer virtual currency market.
Fast-Growing Bitcoin Exchange Ruxum to Begin Trading in European Currencies
Welcome to the age of the splinternet - tech - 20 July 2011
What's next for the internet? (Image: Jasper James/Getty) 1 more imagePosted by Tom Foremski - July 26, 2011
Jumio's Payments Breakthrough Challenges PayPal, Square, And Others
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