- And... Myspace savior Specific Media laid off 8% of its staff yesterday, about 50 people. Those laid off were mostly Myspace employees, presumably eagerly awaiting their severance package according to one source; “The people that [sic] got let go were celebrating because Specific Media doesn’t have a clue what to do.”
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- www.huffingtonpost.comSloan Churman, 29, was born deaf. Until recently, she had never heard the sound of her own voice.
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www.nytimes.comEye-popping severance packages thrive in spite of the measures put in place in the wake of the financial crisis to crack down on excessive pay.
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mashable.comTech titans Facebook and Apple have a contentious relationship that is frequently put to the test. But a Facebook for TouchPad application was very nearly the last straw. 
www.readwriteweb.comA bill proposed in Congress last week sponsored by Representatives Lee Terry and Edolphis Towns aims to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to allow "informational calls to mobile telephones and for other purposes." Basically, it is a bill that would allow robo-calls from marketers and political ca...- Owen Frager via CBS News
www.cbsnews.com60 Minutes on CBS News: Preview: Andy Rooney - Morley Safer interviews the iconic commentator about his remarkable career right before Rooney's last regular appearance on "60 Minutes," where he has had the final word since 1978. Watch Safer's report on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Owen Frager shared a link.
www.pbs.orgAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos had his Steve Jobs moment this week, unveiling a slew of new Kindles, a new Silk browser and even a Newsstand. (Here's a handy comparison chart of the Kindles, and here's a roundup of all the media coverage and analysis.) The big point was that Amazon was offering up a new Kind...
www.youtube.comInternational debt inspectors are having trouble visiting key ministries in Greece - because angry workers are occupying them in their latest anti-austerity ...
www.techcrunch.comIt looks like Amazon and Barnes & Noble aren't the only ones who want to get into the LCD e-reader scene. Kobo, who like them has a 6-inch touchable e-ink reader, must have felt left out of the 7" LCD device race, and apparently is releasing the Vox to fill that gap. We actually heard about the V...Owen Frager likes a link.
Last night at an informal gathering of tech people, someone likened Silicon Valley to a "Las Vegas for people who want to make crazy shit" equating VCs and angel investors to gamblers of sorts. Well if investors are gamblers, and startups are hands of cards, what does that make engineers? I don't kn...
techland.time.comSometimes you need to listen to a particular song that's in your head, just to exorcise it. And sometimes that song is so embarrassing—Owen Frager shared a link.
www.csmonitor.comThe pop star is not shy about taking strong stands on social issues.Owen Frager shared a link.
online.wsj.comIn The Wall Street Journal, Michio Kaku writes that scientists in Switzerland may have discovered a neutrino that travels faster than the speed of light—and unlike religion or politics, science will mercilessly pursue the evidence with repeated experiments.Owen Frager shared Lindsey Smith's photo.
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In a tiny corner of western Poland a forest of about 400 pine trees grow with a ...
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