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Saturday, September 26, 2009
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Twitter’s Nemesis, Jason Fried, Is Self Appointed

5:26AM Ryan Tate | The revenues of Jason Fried’s scrappy Chicago startup are estimated at maybe $US10 million annually. Twitter, meanwhile, is about to deposit 10 times that in its already-stuffed bank account. Which helps explain why Fried’s sniping has reached mocking extremes. More »
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
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Jealous Geeks In $US2 Billion Wrestling Match Over Skype

3:22AM Ryan Tate | How did a group of private investors snag Skype for $US2 billion+ when big public corporations like Google were too scared to bid, thanks to lawsuits? With stolen computer nerd sorcery, allegedly. More »
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Bitter Breakup Splits Tech’s Biggest Boosters

6:22AM Ryan Tate | It should be a happy day for Mike Arrington and Jason Calacanis. The tech nabobs just wrapped their latest TechCrunch 50 conference, which captivated venture capitalists and the press. But the moguls are locked in Northern California-Southern California civil war. More »
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