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The Sky is Falling!

It's been a busy week for the "death of newspapers" camp. We've had Michael Hirschorn's Atlantic Monthly piece forecasting the demise of The New York Times by May, Jack Shafer weighs in at Slate, James Surowiecki in The New Yorker, Clay Shirky raises some very interesting points, and today Fred Wilson joins the chorus with My Focus Group of... Read more.

Free O'Reilly Webcast - Equity Research in the Age of Web

Equity Research in the Age of Web — In this live webcast, happening Friday, January 16th, Robert Passarella presents an eclectic, yet practical, look at Wall Street , Equity Research, Technology and the Internet. See how new ideas of finding and getting information are supercharging the research process for companies and industries. Attendance is limited, so register now.

Why the AWS Console is Good for Cloud Tool Vendors

By George Reese
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The release of the Amazon Web Services console has had a number of people predicting doom for cloud tools providers. On the contrary, by removing a barrier to experimentation that has kept people out of the cloud, the Amazon Web Services console should bring more people in the cloud and benefit tools providers whose value propositions are beyond Amazon's core value proposition. Read more.

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Analysis 2009: The Financial Crisis Hits IT Hard

By Kurt Cagle
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The recession that started in January 2008 looks to be four phased. The first phase, The housing collapse, actually started in August 2007. The financial meltdown hit in September 2008, and likely will continue through to March 2009 or so.... Read more.

Analysis 2009: Some thoughts for a New Era

By Kurt Cagle
Comments: 6

This particular look forward is definitely longer than what I have written in years past, and for those of you who have managed to wade through the admittedly voluminous text I both admire your fortitude. This has been a hard... Read more.

The Biggest Ponzi Scheme of Them All

By Tim O'Reilly
Comments: 70

Since Bernie Madoff has put Ponzi schemes back onto the front pages, it's worth considering whether we are all complicit in the biggest Ponzi scheme of them all, the idea that the global economy can grow indefinitely. I grew up on the idea that humanity would grow out into space, and that resources were for all practical purposes infinite. It... Read more.

Food, Technology, and Energy

By chromatic
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What are the true costs of getting fresh strawberries in Oregon in January? I don't know. Can we find out? Read more.

A Brief Guide for Mac Switchers/Try-ers (No Laments, Please!)

By Todd Ogasawara
Comments: 12

Wow, CNET's Rafe Needleman sure raised a ruckus with his Mac switcher's lament article. If you are thinking about moving from a Windows PC to a Mac and want to avoid the feeling of lament, read on, I have some advice that might help you make the change. Read more.

Learning Haskell

By Eric Larson
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Real World Haskell has revealed a huge gap in my experience with functional languages as well as presented me with an opportunity to make major strides towards growing as a programmer. Read more.

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WSJ's End of Wall Street: Don't Order The Tombstone Just Yet

By Robert Passarella
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It's nice to be back after the holidays. I just watched a series of short videos from the Wall Street Journal's Digital Network. The series is called the "End of Wall Street". It is a short oral history of the past year since the demise of Bear Stearns and the current crisis. It ends with a part called "What Happens... Read more.

O'Reilly Week in Review for Jan 5th, 2009

By James Turner
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O'Reilly Week in Review for Jan 5th, 2009

This week's podcast has a commentary from editor Kurt Cagle on the potential opportunities that this year could bring, a conversation with Tim O'Reilly about ways the SEC could leverage search technology, the answer to last week's quiz and a... Read more.

An attack on public key infrastructure

By John Viega
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Any major changes to the way we establish trust are probably too big to actually happen. That leaves the Internet fundamentally broken. Read more.