Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter

March 13, 2005

Warren Buffett’s 2004 Letter to Shareholders is now available online. Via Feld Thoughts.

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New Powerline Technology Hits 170 Mbits/sec

March 13, 2005

Sony, Mitsubishi and Matsushita have announced a new alliance built around a powerline technology they have just developed that is reported to have demonstrated speeds of over 170 megabits per second.   That’s 10X Homeplug speeds.  And it’s 3X 802.11a and g, but apparently stable.

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SXSW by BitTorrent

March 12, 2005

My cousin Dave tipped me off to SXSW’s music being available via BitTorrent.  Details at Dave’s blog.  I’m seeing speeds of approx 600 kB/s.  That’s over 2.5 gigs of music in just over an hour.  Numbers to make the RIAA and CRIA weep …. If you’re a Be Good Tanyas fan, apparently Po’ Girl has […]

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Blogging is the Killer App of Community

March 12, 2005

My first title for this post was "Blogging and the Infinite Verticalisation of the Internet" – honestly, I have no idea whether verticalisation is a word or whether there even is a word for this concept, but it was a coy (too coy, so I changed it) introduction to something that’s been on my mind […]

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Jetsgo Files for Bankruptcy Protection

March 12, 2005

Jetsgo, a Canadian discount carrier,  filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday.  This isn’t something I would ordinarily write about here, but I don’t practice bankruptcy law and one aspect of the case has me a little puzzled – I’m hoping for some comments from those in the know that might shed some light on this. Jetsgo […]

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Om Malik’s Bubble-a-Thon

March 11, 2005

On Malik’s Bubble-a-thon has triggered some of the best writing on the Bubble, or on anything to do with technology or financing it for that matter, that I’ve read in ages.  These are absolute must-reads.  Links to the posts here.

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McGill Scholar Proposes New Music Distribution System

March 10, 2005

Sandy Pearlman, a former producer of the Clash and now a visiting scholar at McGill, proposed at a Canadian Music Week conference a system that would see all music available on the internet at $.05 per song – details here – the idea apparently being that at that price, with the music available through a […]

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The Inherent Instability of IT Employment

March 10, 2005

There is a particularly poignant letter to the editor in a recent Globe, which responds to an article by Jack Kapica (paid sub. required) that apparently featured quotes from IT industry spokespeople painting positive pictures of IT employment in Canada. It speaks for itself: Dear Editor: As an expatriate Canadian IT worker who, after three […]

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Celtic House Closes New Fund

March 10, 2005

The Globe reports that Celtic House has closed a new $280M fund: Celtic House Venture Partners, an Ottawa-based technology venture capital firm, will announce today that it has closed a new $280-million fund — its third and the largest raised in the private equity arena in Canada. This new venture capital money follows on the […]

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Coalition of Canadian Security Businesses Speaks Out Against Canada’s Proposed DMCA Legislation

March 9, 2005

From the press release: A coalition of Canada’s leading security research businesses today called on Industry Minister David Emerson and Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla to safeguard the interests of Canada’s security community in respect of anticipated legislation to amend the Copyright Act. The government is considering amending the Act to make it illegal to […]

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Cost Over-runs Because of Failure to Secure Access to Source Code

March 9, 2005

Via Computerworld, a story about how cost over-runs at the Boston big dig contruction project arose because of a failure to secure access to source code. It sounds as though once the project came to phase #2, the developer of the software refused to deliver source code, and the resulting delays pushed the project considerably […]

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Ten Commandments for Entrepreneurs

March 8, 2005

Allen Morgan of Mayfield is blogging the ten commandments for entrepreneurs – his "ideas of the 10 most important "procedural" things to keep in mind when you approach a VC."  He’s now up to #6.  Snapshot: Connect with the partner in the firm who has the closest investment interest to the space your startup is […]

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