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Memoirs Of Extraordinary Popular Delusions (exe): eBook - Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - a collection of true stories about misconceptions in history. Read part of it free, pay to read the rest. Leithauser Research eBook reader included. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Memoir, E-books, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2007-11-19
WidgiBook: Dalian Memoirs (widget): Dalian Memoirs is a preview of three stories that focus on life in Dalian during its Colonial history (1894-1945). This WidgiBook edition offers a sample chapter of "Manchurian Legacy: Memoir of a Japanese Colonist," three sample chapters of "Blue Sky Red Tears: Book One," and two sample chapters of "On...; Tags: Chapter, Memoir, Dalian Memoirs; Software downloads 2007-07-11
Memoir tells Carly Fiorina's tale: Book exposes former HP CEO's softer sideCNET News.com's Neha Tiwari talks with Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and board member, about her new book, "Tough Choices." During her career, Fiorina was known as a fierce businesswoman; she opens up for the first time in her memoir, released in early...; Tags: Carly Fiorina; Videos 2006-10-20

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The Amazon Kindle: One week and 3,500 miles later: Guest post: Josh Taylor is the director of ZDNet and its sister site TechRepublic. Keep an eye out for Josh's product review blog later this year. In the meantime, here's his first impressions of the Kindle. While my initial reactions to the Amazon Kindle were generally favorable, a five-day...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Engineering, Sales Channel, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-29
Cheerfully spreading paranoia: A couple of weeks ago Cringley used his PBS pulpit to announce that IBM planned to lay off 150,000 people in the United States. Since IBM Global Services doesn't employ that many people, the report was quickly discredited; whereupon Cringley tried to argue that, regardless of the number, something evil...; Tags: Government, General, Enterprise Policy; Blog posts 2007-05-20

Pew Report notes, part three: He shoots, he scores... telling the story that makes a winner: The Pew Internet & American Life Projects report, A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users, has raised a lot of questions in the mediasphere in the past couple days. Despite the concerns that social media, or "Web 2.0," are not catching on with rapidly or broadly enough, the report...; Tags: Business &, Technology; Blog posts 2007-05-08
YouTube hosts Authors @ Google: Beware, NO talking back!: YouTube’s top marketing exec Suzie Reider is fond of extolling the real “conversations” that YouTube hosted videos spark amongst YouTubers, warning prospective marketers not to “mess up” the “authentic” YouTube community.Why then does Google not wish to spark authentic conversation around its own videos that it posts to YouTube?Google proudly...; Tags: YouTube, Video, Social Media, Google, Culture; Blog posts 2007-04-29
Carly Fiorina's Tough Choices: Last Thursday I sat down with Carly Fiorina for a video interview in our San Francisco studio. She has been on a tour for two weeks promoting her book, Tough Choices, and taking advantage of the occasion to defend her tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. The timing of her books...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Carly Fiorina; Blog posts 2006-10-23
Why is open source so fast?: Why is open source so fast?The IBM precedentWhat you describe has been the case for over 40 years. It was first discovered when IBM was developing the IBM 360. For more on all this, and its cost in human terms, might I suggest Tom Watson Jr.'s memoir, "Father Son &...; Tags: open source; Discussion threads 2006-09-26
The lesson taught by Wikipedia: The lesson taught by WikipediaI like Wikipedia better than the NYTThere have been some notable mistakes made at Wikipedia, but the information I've found there has been reasonably reliable, in my judgement. With the New York Times NYT I'm not sure what to believe. I don't feel they are that...; Tags: Wiki, Dana, knowledge, Wikipedia, Nupedia; Discussion threads 2006-06-19
ZDNet's newest blog--ValleyBark: Remember the famous New Yorker cartoon, "On the Internet, nobody knows you are a dog." It's so true. Our newest blog, ValleyBark, will be focusing on tech gossip and will have a serial memoir podcast only about the most celebrated tech bloggers (hopefully turned into a sitcom hit like...; Tags: ValleyBark; Blog posts 2006-04-01