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XML is like violence, if it doesn't work, use more.

I don't think startups are zero sum games. Anyway, the tech skills and lessons learnt are invaluable, and there's a shortage of good talent. That's the advantage with a startup, co…

The worst thing about this award is that it gives them more money to launch even more patent lawsuits against more companies.

Looking great, good job.

>Finally, and most importantly for the future of the company, Bill Gates hired the architect of the industrial-strength minicomputer operating system VMS and put him in charge of t…

The writer does not seem to be a paid journalist and they helpfully provide the raw data. Perhaps someone will make a better chart and post it.

Reminds me of when CNET was blacklisted by Google for publishing Schmidt's personal info that was available on Google searches after he downplayed privacy. http://boingboing.net/20…

That doesn't help companies like Skyhook(and Mozilla if Firefox too is banned by the agreement) because almost all OEMs are current members who are bound to the agreement: HTC LG S…

If only there wasn't an agreement prohibiting such replacements. Bonus points for calling it the "Open" Handset Alliance agreement. http://www.theverge.com/2011/05/12/google-androi…

When I saw the comment, the story had 6 points i.e 5 upvotes. Even making the huge assumption and leap that it was all MS employees and no one else voted on it who thought it was i…

Same with almost all smartphones with cameras and microphones that people have with them 24/7 and even take to their bedrooms and bathrooms. Even on Android, the baseband and many …

IIRC, the biometrics profile is stored locally on the device, just like the iPhone 5S, and is never synced to the cloud. If you sign in on two consoles, you have to go through the …

Here is one real person driven to tears by the forced Google+ integration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccxiwu4MaJs

The article did say that 40 comments is the minimum cut-off before the flamewar penalty is applied. However, the flamewar detector seems to be throwing the baby with the bathwater …

>The share price going up makes employees, former employees, and all sorts of non-"wall street investors" very happy. Sure it does, but when some of the profit increases are made b…

Also, since it attempts to show how much the values of the shares change, it should be adjusted with the dividends paid out during that time.