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Steve Rubel wonders if “the Interruption Economy sacks prosperity…:” “Conventional wisdom says that technology — and nowadays the Internet — will always continue to advance and bring with it productivity gains and prosperity. That’s certainly been the case for years. However, historically there are pauses. After the
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Public information kiosks are supposed to allow users to find out more about a company or government agency, and that’s all. But on Saturday afternoon, Shanit Gupta, a senior consultant at McAfee Foundstone, demonstrated several ways that he and others have been able to map the internal network on ……

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The best place to transfer
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When you fly to Europe from the West Coast your choice of non-stop flights is rather limited. Outside of cities like London, Paris, Amsterdam or Frankfurt, you’re usually forced to fly to a large hub airport and then change ……

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On Monday when we launch the voting for the Webware 100 awards, we’re also going to go live with our partnership with the Web 2.0 Expo. This event, which starts on April 22, is the biggest Web 2.0 show there is, and we’re thrilled that Webware and the Webware 100 will be part of it.

CNET, Webware’s publisher, is no stranger to running big awards programs. We also run the Best of Show Awards… at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

We will announce the Webware 100 winners on April 21, the day before the

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“Who’s going to buy Yahoo?” isn’t the only big question in mergers and acquisitions this week. Over the past few days, rumors have circulated that social-networking site Bebo and contacts management site Plaxo are either in negotiations or already sold.
Nobody’s commenting, obviously.
First, TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington wrote on Tuesday… that a source told him that a Bebo acquisition was “definitely happening.” The company was in the process of negotiating a $1 billion sale, he said, but didn’t know who the buyer was. Arrington speculated it could be Google, considering that Bebo’s user base has “very little overlap” with

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