Tech Linkfest 3/12/08
Tight US immigration forces outsourcing: Bill Gates - Microsoft (MSFT) chairman, and no longer the wealthiest guy in the world, makes some interesting points about our immigration policy regarding skilled workers. At SocialOptimize, we’ve been outsourcing some of our work to Guatemala and the Philippines.
Google could be superseded, says web inventor - Tim Berners-Lee shares some wisdom about the semantic web. He talks about how a new company in the future could exceed everything Google (GOOG) has done up to this point. Wouldn’t Google just buy that company?
Japanese government investigates sparking iPod nano - Apple’s (AAPL) stock does not seem to be hurting too bad from this news today. Let’s see if there is a big recall.
TiVo to bring YouTube videos to TV screens - YouTube, the phenomenal video sharing website that Google owns, with all its inane user generated videos, will now be pumped into your TiVo (TIVO). The convergence of YouTube and the Boob Tube is upon us.
Wiki boss ‘edited for donation’ - Jimmy Wales denies all wrongdoing. Say it ain’t so Jimmy!
Linux Market to Triple by 2012 - We’ve been hearing about the ascendancy of Linux for at least a decade it seems. Red Hat (RHT) shareholders cross your fingers this prediction comes true.
Puretracks DRM-free music store hitting BlackBerry platform in April - Engadget, a very popular blog owned by Time Warner’s (TWX) AOL unit, reports on a new service that should make Blackberry users (RIMM) happy. Those darned iPhone and iPod users keep bragging about their iTunes. What now?
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