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Being a behemoth: how Microsoft (and 9 others) make their billions [Reblog]

By Nistha | Published: August 19, 2010

via Arstechnica: Being a behemoth: how Microsoft (and 9 others) make their billions. For starters, it’s notable that a lot of very influential companies don’t even appear on the list. For example, seven of the top 10 have (at one time or another) offered a product based on ARM chips; four of them are actual [...]

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‘Intellectual Property’

By Nistha | Published: January 16, 2010

Over this past week, I had to bang my head several times on the so called scam of ‘IP protection’ and software patents. First, I didn’t even know much about this term except that it had become a buzz word in last 5 years. So, when we were asked about our awareness of patents by [...]

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A Crazy Weekend

By Nistha | Published: January 10, 2010

Deadlines. Ideas. Team. For sometime, I’ve been looking into few tech ideas. For sometime, I’ve been looking for people with same level of adrenaline and impromptu attitude. And for sometime, I’ve been researching the inane immigration and visa laws of Uncle Sam. 0   Liked this article? Follow me on Twitter and Subscribe by Email.

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VC interests in 2010

By Nistha | Published: January 6, 2010

The fun is where startups are. I would rather be a failed entrepreneur than be underemployed. This piece generated quite a buzz through NY Tech Meetup – http://www.speakertext.com As this CNN opinion piece points out – Job creation? Look to entrepreneurs According to the Census Bureau, nearly all net job creation in the U.S. since [...]

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iSlate: one for all

By Nistha | Published: January 5, 2010

The web is rife with speculations on an Apple Tablet and with Amazon kindling the market of ebook readers and iPhone’s spectacular success, it might just be the right time for one because it is time the consumers got a one-for-all solution to personal computing. Found this post by Mark Potts describing it excellently- Apple’s [...]

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