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Sitting here watching the closing ceremonies of 2008 Summer Olympics and a quick cut over to London for a chat with Michael Phelps reminded me of the London 2012 logo:
If you haven’t seen this yet, you might be wondering what in the world this is supposed to represent. Here’s what the official London 2012 site [...]
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We’re all familiar with the ubiquitous “Get a Mac” ads in which the uber-cool Mac (Justin Long) trades barbs with the hapless and frumpy PC (John Hodgman). In its June 2008 issue, FastCompany reported that Microsoft was working with ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky to help bolster the company’s image. Now FoxNews indicates that [...]
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According to this report on CNN, it appears that investors in a massive Ponzi scheme (huh?) have lost millions:
A Florida man used facilities at the University of Miami to run a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme and recruited school employees for the operation, angry investors and investigators tell CNN.
Andres Pimstein, a UM business school graduate, has confessed [...]
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Fans of the most excellent (and free) Internet radio app Pandora may soon have to get their free music fix elsewhere. According to this story in the Washington Post, government regulations have doubled the royalties that Internet radio stations must pay performers; by contrast, traditional radio stations pay no such fees. Pandora expects to pay [...]
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