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Monday, 26th April 2010

RWW Mobile Summit 2010

2 More Weeks Until the ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit - Register Today!

There are just two more weeks until the ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit 2010, so we invite you to register now. Be a part of high-value, intimate conversations with people working throughout the world of mobile, from garage developers to industry luminaries. The summit will take place May 7, 2010, in Mountain View, California and will be an…

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Hugo Chávez to Make Terrorist Threats, er, Join Twitter

After getting the short end of the Twitter stick, Venezuela president, Hugo Chávez, called it "terrorism," "a battle trench" and a "current of conspiracy. "The Internet cannot be free!" he proclaimed. Since he has taken six television channels he didn't like off the air and imprisoned reporters, who knew what he would do? Well, it turns out he…

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Akamai's State of the Internet Report

Digital platform company Akamai has released its latest State of the Internet Report. The report covers the last quarter of 2009. Among the findings are the persistence of Russia as the top location for attack traffic and of South Korea for speed of web connections.The number of unique ports attacked has increased by almost three times what it…

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Startups and the Lure of the (Hyper)Local

For a long time, technology has been touted as a force that can help us connect globally. But the urge to stay connected locally remains. And the same technological innovations that have facilitated global commerce and communication now seem to be turned towards helping us (re)connect to our neighborhoods, communities and local businesses. As…

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Lessons for Entrepreneurs from World of Warcraft

When film critic Roger Ebert posted on his blog that "Video Games Can Never Be Art," he seemed to incur the wrath of the gaming community, and the entry now has over 3,000 comments, many protesting Ebert's claims. Ebert wonders why the designation of art or not-art matters to those who play video games: "Do they require validation? In defending…

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