Nintendo: Third mover advantage

Sat May 13, 2006 12:34 AM EDT

Shortly after Microsoft announced the Xbox 360 rumors began to fly about system specifications and launch titles. The new console's muscular hardware made many gamers swoon with anticipation, and the $399 price tag for the high-end bundle seemed in line with estimates.

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entertainment, games, sony, microsoft, gaming, nintendo, xbox-360, ps3, wii

If you don't like rap, are you a racist?

Seeded on Tue May 9, 2006 9:49 PM EDT (Slate)

Stephin Merritt is an unlikely cracker. The creative force behind the Magnetic Fields, Merritt is diminutive, gay, and painfully intellectual. His music is witty and tender. He plays the ukulele. He named his Chihuahua after Irving Berlin.

entertainment, music, rock, beef, indie-rock

SGI files for Chapter 11 in deal with creditors

Seeded on Mon May 8, 2006 1:51 PM EDT (FT.com)

Apple - this could have been you. SGI made unique hardware, their own non-Windows OS, had an outspoken developer community, and used open-source as a battle cry long before any other commercial company. If they do indeed swirl the drain they will be missed.

technology

Cubs top the Marlins

Seeded on Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:43 AM EDT (The San Jose Mercury News)

With Derrek Lee injured it looked as though the Cubs might limp along demoralized. But instead, led by great pitching and a newfound ability to build runs, they've won three in a row.

mlb, chicago-cubs

Microsoft alerts to harass pirate Windows and Office users

Seeded on Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:24 PM EDT (itwire.com.au)

Microsoft intends to harass users of pirated copies of Office as well as Windows by sending them continual alerts after they download a software update patch.

technology, piracy, microsoft, copyright, windows

Public Citizen and United for a Fair Economy Expose Stealth Campaign of Super-Wealthy to Repeal Federal Estate Tax

Seeded on Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:21 PM EDT (citizen.org)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The multimillion-dollar lobbying effort to repeal the federal estate tax has been aggressively led by 18 super-wealthy families, according to a report released today by Public Citizen and United for a Fair Economy at a press conference in Washington, D.C.

politics, lobbying, death-tax