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Another question that I have not seen addressed is why is the video a mirror-image, If you notice the name tags in the video they are reversed.

Though SEO generally does not get a lot of respect here on HN, the article does contain some good observations about where search is heading.

You need to understand that things change in deals. On Friday you could have reported GM was closing down Saab and it would have been accurate, but on Sunday it was GM had received more inquiries on Saab and a deal may still be made. Just because the news has changed does not mean that there was not a basis in fact for the initial story.

"While I like the Einstein branding very much, it seems that I will have to get rid of it as soon as I get any serious traction."

It'd be better to get rid of it now, or be prepared to receive a letter demanding a payment of some X dollars. Corbis does not mess around.

Interestingly enough, it was just yesterday I was reading an article on Robert Gates reviewing the military senior mentor program. http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-12-16-gates-mento...

I agree. My first thought when reading the article was "WTF? No encryption?". Would be interested in learning more about the company that makes these, and how something so obvious was not done.

You actually have to look at Microsoft as part victim here. The company at fault is the subcontractor, and Microsoft handled it quickly and appropriately once notified of the issue. Plurk could have handled this differently from the start, but chose the publicity route and it got them noticed. Now the publicity train has left the station and they have not realized it, but soon they will see the goodwill they gained can be quickly lost if they push this too far.

You've got to know where the review takes place as well. I'd be fairly confident it remained in China and not the U.S., and this is just another example of what may happen when doing business in China. I know that the cool thing to do is vilify Microsoft, but I think they are part victim here. Now that corporate is aware of the issue, they are working to resolve it. Plurk should be happy for the publicity they received out of this (I'm sure they were high-fiving around the office when it was discovered).

The article is not about content scraping, it's about mass generation of low quality content. Read the Wired article they linked and it will open your eyes. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_demandmedia/all/1

(Of course, the demise of quality on the internet began with the creation of AdSense by Google in the first place.)

I agree. The original site was better in my opinion. The other site that inspired you is a nightmare to view. Design is as much about function as it is style.

My impression is that Arrington realized how bad Fusion Garage was and why there was discussion of a new company being formed. He probably just thought they could get the product out and then deal with the issues, not realizing the backstabbing by Chandresekar was already in motion.

I'm still waiting to see an Apple response to this. It would seem to have an impact on buying video through iTunes.

Here is a link to an article that provides the name of the company, Radixs Pte Ltd: http://www.e27.sg/2009/12/03/who-really-killed-the-crunchpad...

If you go to this article in the comments you can see one related to the folding of that company: http://blogs.todayonline.com/techtalk/2009/01/fusion-garage-...

The Radixs site is now a parked domain. I did not have time to do more searching for information about the company.

I've often felt that if you would remove health insurance from the employer-employee equation completely it'd be a financial boon for business. How many more employees could be hired, how much more could be put into product development, etc., etc., if one of the largest (and always growing) company expenses was not health insurance for employees.

(I'd also like to see health insurance be at a national level instead of being regulated state-by-state, but that's another topic.)

I hate when articles like this are split across multiple pages. Sure they want to increase the number of their page views for ad revenue, but I'd love to know the bounce rate on these multi-page lists. I did not bother to go further.

You may want to consider something like OpenID instead. http://openid.net/

I'm very (very,very) reluctant to use a ID for twitter, facebook, linkedin, etc., on a third-party site. Your site has to have gained some level of trust for me to do so. However, something like OpenID would provide that trust.

Well here's a place to start reading: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en...

This page on duplicate content might be appropriate: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answe...

In general, if your site does not present any original content then don't be surprised if it's delisted by any of the search engines. Also don't be surprised if the original source sends your ISP a take-down notice for copyright violations.

Well he says in the article "We jointly own the CrunchPad product intellectual property, and we solely own the CrunchPad trademark." So I'm thinking he probably has this covered, though it may be the other company sees a way around this or does not care about legal implications. It may be the product gets knocked-off by some overseas company before ever being produced itself (look out for the the iCrunchpod).

I think it's wrong to think of introverted/extroverted as a black/white area. Just as there are those that are clearly one way or the other, there are others that I'm sure are borderline.

For Meyers-Briggs I've tested as an INTJ (taken at a previous job), and ISTJ in a personal test. Since I scored the personal one myself, I could see my scores in S/N and J/P were very close. In examining descriptions of the types I'd tend to classify myself more INTP/INTJ - clearly recognizing the traits of each in myself, but the only section I'm truly certain of is the I and the T.

I also tend to disagree that a person is one way online versus offline. I know I suffer from anxiety, but I have no problem standing in front of a crowd making a presentation for which I'm prepared and/or confident in my subject knowledge. That does not indicate I don't suffer from general anxiety though. I'd say it's the same with introversion. I could have a blog or tweet, but I think you'd notice a distinct difference in tone versus an introvert and extrovert, or how much personal information is shared versus professional. I'm sure there are introverted bloggers just as there are introverted journalists, actors, musicians, and other professions with a high public profile. The 'public' nature of what one does is not what defines their personality traits.

Instead of 'tricks' they should have used 'causes' or 'results in', or some other phrase that does not imply a negative intention in the design. It's just bad design.

I'd think it's not really a cookie being available for use on another site at issue. It's that site visit data is collected in a central location (Google) and is potentially available for data mining.

And this was tried in businesses with the client/server model in the 90's as well. That failed, as much as I think what Google is aiming for here will fail except for a small niche of computer users (unless there is a light-years advancement in webapps replacing desktop).

In any event, I actually have no worries for Microsoft. They have a huge share of the web space already, and are already targeting webapps of their products (even if they have to play catch up, they'll get there).

Apple will have problems because their market consists of people that like their products just to be different and to appear in vogue. When that can be accomplished without buying overpriced hardware, see Apple's share of the PC market drop.

I think this was really more a joke about Rupert Murdoch than his personal view, especially since Murdoch's 'parasites' comment has been discussed a lot recently.

Edit: adding link to show a reference http://www.mediaite.com/online/google-rupert-murdoch-decries...

The way NYTimes lists it as just GigaOM when it's from any of the sites in the GigaOM Network is confusing. I went through the same thing awhile back when trying to find an original source post, and it was on NewTeeVee.com.

To be technical, I'd think you'd have to say 'seen on NYTimes.com', as I doubt the GigaOM syndication makes it to the print edition.

Though I'm sure we all know of situations where "layoffs" are used to get rid of problem employees because it's easier than a termination for reason.

Though I'm sure he feels bitter now, his post makes me think of the phrase 'don't burn bridges'. You never know what the future will hold.

I think he has 'opted out' by using another browser.

TechCrunch has excerpted the relevant section of the video here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/zynga-scamville-mark-pi...

I agree with you. The video is a big turnoff to me. Give me details somewhere in print. I'd bounce off the Zumbox page quickly. It looks more like someone just trying to gather my info to sell.