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		<title>tcpdump and IPv6, (Sun, Oct 23rd)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) I have been experimenting with IPv6 and tcpdump libpcap over the past several weeks and here are some of the filters that I have found working for me to look for certain types of IPv6 traffic. tcpdump and IPv6 still has some limitations but it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/tcpdump-and-ipv6-sun-oct-23rd/</link>
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		<title>Hacking .NET Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) I saw a new .NET decompiler this week. This a big deal because the two existing ones that I often use are no longer free, have trackback ad functions (which makes me feel like big brother is watching my hacking activities… or my customers rather), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/hacking-net-resources/</link>
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		<title>Security By Obscurity — a New Theory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) mikejuk writes &#34;Kerckhoffs&#039; Principle suggests that there is no security by obscurity — but perhaps there is. A recent paper by Dusko Pavlovic suggests that security is a game of incomplete information and the more you can do to keep your opponent in the dark, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/security-by-obscurity-%e2%80%94-a-new-theory/</link>
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		<title>Node.js is Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) If there&#8217;s one thing web developers love, it&#8217;s knowing better than conventional wisdom, but conventional wisdom is conventional for a reason: that shit works. Something&#8217;s been bothering me for a while about this node.js nonsense, but I never took the time to figure it out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/node-js-is-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Minimum Viable Personality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Today we have a special guest post. There have been a few guest posts here at AVC. Maybe a half dozen in total. One of my favorites was this one by JLM during the financial crisis of 2008/2009. But this one today may top that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/minimum-viable-personality/</link>
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		<title>Can Neutrinos Move Faster Than Light?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) If it&#8217;s true, it will mark the biggest discovery in physics in the past half-century: Elusive, nearly massive subatomic particles called neutrinos appear to travel just faster than light, a team of physicists in Europe reports. If so, the observation would wreck Einstein&#8217;s theory of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/can-neutrinos-move-faster-than-light/</link>
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		<title>Scientists attempt to give spark of life to all-synthetic metal cells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Just because it hasn&#8217;t happened yet, doesn&#8217;t mean it can&#8217;t; at least that&#8217;s what a Scottish research group is hoping as it attempts to create reproductive synthetic cells made completely from metal. At this stage, the idea of sentient metallic life remains a distant sci-fi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/scientists-attempt-to-give-spark-of-life-to-all-synthetic-metal-cells/</link>
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		<title>6 secrets of fundraising success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) (Editor’s note: Jon Olafsson is chairman and co-founder of Icelandic Water Holdings. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.) With fear running amok on Wall Street and the future economic picture so uncertain, it can be hard to raise venture capital these days. Over the last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/6-secrets-of-fundraising-success/</link>
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		<title>CyanogenMod founder joins Samsung Mobile, promises to make Android &#8216;more awesome&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) We already knew Samsung loved the guys at CyanogenMod, but we didn&#8217;t think they&#8217;d start absorbing parts of its development team. According to Steve Kondik&#8217;s Facebook page, the Android facade&#8217;s head sculptor is setting up shop at Samsung Mobile. Sammy&#8217;s new software engineer told his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/cyanogenmod-founder-joins-samsung-mobile-promises-to-make-android-more-awesome/</link>
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		<title>The diamond`s quantum memory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) For years, quantum computers have been the holy grail of quantum technology. When a normal computer has to solve a number of problems, it can only execute them one after the other. In contrast, a quantum computer could occupy several different states at the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/the-diamonds-quantum-memory/</link>
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		<title>Anti-Matter Belt Discovered Around Earth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) hydrofix writes &#34;A thin band of antiprotons enveloping the Earth has been spotted for the first time. The find, described in Astrophysical Journal Letters [arXiv] (Note: abstract free, full text paywalled), confirms theoretical work that predicted the Earth&#039;s magnetic field could trap antimatter. The antiprotons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/anti-matter-belt-discovered-around-earth/</link>
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		<title>Fish Photographed Using Tools to Eat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) A professional diver has captured what are believed to be the first images of a wild fish using a tool.]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/fish-photographed-using-tools-to-eat/</link>
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		<title>Useful Business Web Sites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) It bugs me that there are tools on the Internet that I would find handy if only I knew they existed. I did a bit of searching and pulled together a list of useful, single-purpose, free, business utility sites that you probably didn&#039;t know exist. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/useful-business-web-sites/</link>
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		<title>How Much Money To Raise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Image via Wikipedia I spent some time yesterday talking to an entrepreneur about this topic and I thought I&#8217;d share what I told him with everyone. When your company is growing really fast, doubling employees year over year, adding users and customers at a very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/how-much-money-to-raise/</link>
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		<title>Richard Branson on Thinking Big</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) The celebrated entrepreneur shares advice on shaping company culture as you expand your business.]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/richard-branson-on-thinking-big/</link>
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		<title>Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Editor’s note:This guest post is part of an in-depth series looking at the daily deal industry written by Rocky Agrawal, an entrepreneur who has worked on local products since 1995.  Read Part I, Part II, and Part III also.  He blogs at reDesign and Tweets @rakeshlobster. Imagine you’re a small business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/why-groupon-is-poised-for-collapse/</link>
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		<title>Scalability panel (djangocon.eu)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Participants: Andrew Godwin, Andy McKay, Jesper Noehr, Eric Florenzano. What are the common mistakes you see. Things that take a long time (&#8220;sending an email&#8221;) that lock up a process. Using the filesystem for caching. Testing locally and pushing it live and see it fall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/scalability-panel-djangocon-eu/</link>
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		<title>My Job As A Pre-Launch Startup CEO Was To Buy Sandwiches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Seth Sternberg is the CEO and Co-founder of Meebo. He previously worked in M&#38;A at IBM. I love talking to aspiring entrepreneurs—I do it once a week at minimum. I often get asked “what’s the role of a startup CEO?” Sometimes people are curious about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/my-job-as-a-pre-launch-startup-ceo-was-to-buy-sandwiches/</link>
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		<title>21 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Summer is here, and even dire workaholics should take a few hours to relax. Read one of the following books and you&#8217;ll become a better entrepreneur while you&#8217;re at it. We asked small business leaders and VCs to name books that anyone starting a business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/21-books-every-entrepreneur-should-read/</link>
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		<title>Multiverse = Many Worlds, Say Physicists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Via The Physics arXiv Blog (MIT Technology Review) - The many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is the idea that all possible alternate histories of the universe actually exist. At every point in time, the universe splits into a multitude of existences in which every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/multiverse-many-worlds-say-physicists/</link>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) There&#8217;s a huge &#8220;gap between what the public thinks the Patriot Act says and what the American government secretly thinks the law says,&#8221; according to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon). The gap is so big, in fact, that it amounts to entirely different, and secret, law.]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/theres-a-secret-patriot-act-senator-says/</link>
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		<title>Financing Options For Startups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) I got a bunch of great suggestions in my kickoff post on this topic last week. Based on that feedback, the series is going to look like this: 1) Friends and Family 2) Contests/Prizes/Accelerator Programs 3) Government Grants 4) Customer Financing 5) Vendor Financing 6) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/financing-options-for-startups/</link>
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		<title>Following the White Rabbit: Software Attacks Against Intel VT-d</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Today we publish a new paper which is a result of our several month long in-depth evaluation of Intel VT-d technology. To quote the abstract: We discuss three software attacks that might allow for escaping from a VT-d-protected driver domain in a virtualization system. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/following-the-white-rabbit-software-attacks-against-intel-vt-d/</link>
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		<title>This Is The Best Blog Post We&#8217;ve Ever Read By An Entrepreneur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Ben Pieratt is the founder and CEO of Svpply, a social shopping startup in New York City, and he wrote the best blog post we think we&#8217;ve ever read from a startup CEO. The title gives the tone of the post: &#8220;I have no idea [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/this-is-the-best-blog-post-weve-ever-read-by-an-entrepreneur/</link>
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		<title>Beating Up on Android: Practical Android Attacks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) http://www.immunityinc.com/infiltrate/presentations/Android_Attacks.odt.pdf Abstract In this talk Massimialiano Oldani and Bas Alberts exploit the Android Attack Surface. This talk will demonstrate the various ways Android devices may be compromised both remotely and locally. Furthermore, it will explore many of the interesting things a remote attacker can do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/beating-up-on-android-practical-android-attacks/</link>
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		<title>Google lobbies Nevada to be first state for self-driving cars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Google hasn’t given up on its sci-fi ambitions to make self-driving cars a reality. The company is now lobbying Nevada to be the first state to legally allow self-driving cars on public roads, the New York Times reports. We’re still far from seeing the self-driving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/google-lobbies-nevada-to-be-first-state-for-self-driving-cars/</link>
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		<title>Half In / Half Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Recently I met a great entrepreneur working in a hot space. Like many entrepreneurs he’s bootstrapping his company by running a services business on the side. Today, I passed on that opportunity. Why? - Does not yet have a clear vision and direction - Not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/half-in-half-out/</link>
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		<title>A Syrian Man-In-The-Middle Attack against Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) UPDATE: If you are in Syria and your browser shows you this certificate warning on Facebook, it is not safe to login to Facebook. You may wish to use Tor to connect to Facebook, or use proxies outside of Syria. Yesterday we learned of reports [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/a-syrian-man-in-the-middle-attack-against-facebook/</link>
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		<title>Robots Evolve Altruism, Just as Biology Predicts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Robots in a Swiss laboratory have evolved to help each other, just as predicted by a classic analysis of how self-sacrifice might emerge in the biological world.]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/robots-evolve-altruism-just-as-biology-predicts/</link>
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		<title>10 Best Practices For Raising A VC Round</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve come to think there are a set of dominant best practices that entrepreneurs should follow. 1. Valuation: Come up with what minimum valuation you’d be happy with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/10-best-practices-for-raising-a-vc-round/</link>
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		<title>Megatrend Crosscurrents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) It is an exciting time to be an entrpreneur and an investor in tech startups. The history of tech investing is a series of waves or megatrends that come one after another. Mainframes to minicomputers to PCs to client server to Internet, for example. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/megatrend-crosscurrents/</link>
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		<title>Why now is the “second golden age” for VC tech investing, says new report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) A new report issued today by venture capital company Clearstone Venture Partners on how well the venture capital community is doing says that VCs who put their money into technology startups now will get the best return on their money since the boomtimes of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/why-now-is-the-%e2%80%9csecond-golden-age%e2%80%9d-for-vc-tech-investing-says-new-report/</link>
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		<title>Ordinary Income vs Capital Gains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) I&#8217;m wandering a bit on MBA Mondays right now. I don&#8217;t have a strong view of where to take this thing next. So I&#8217;m just going to post about stuff I think people should understand until I find the next vein we can mine for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/ordinary-income-vs-capital-gains/</link>
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		<title>HIPAA Security Risk Analysis: How to Achieve Both Security and Compliance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Lets review different viewpoints driving why healthcare organizations implement a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis. The purpose of exploring these different perspectives is to show that the primary objectives for doing a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis can be categorically defined as either security or compliance – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/hipaa-security-risk-analysis-how-to-achieve-both-security-and-compliance/</link>
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		<title>entrepreneur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) entrepreneur VC, Startups, Business and Leadership Business IT Section &#8211; Ars Technica A VC StartupCFO : Mark MacLeod SAI: Silicon Alley Insider VentureBeat CVCA &#8211; Capital Rants Leading Geeks Tech Beat &#8211; BusinessWeek Business Pundit Forbes.com: Technology News StartupNorth VC Ratings Preview this bundle]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/entrepreneur/</link>
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		<title>Netflix on Canadian Data Caps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Netflix on the use of data caps by Canadian ISPs: data caps are actually a very poor way to manage demand and limit Internet congestion. All of the costs of supplying residential broadband are for supporting the peak loads, typically Sunday  nights for residential customers.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/netflix-on-canadian-data-caps/</link>
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		<title>4 essential ways to attract investors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) (Editor’s note: Doug Collom is vice dean and an adjunct lecturer on venture capital and entrepreneurship for Wharton &#124; San Francisco. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.) There really isn’t a one-size-fits-all formula that can be followed for optimizing the chances of attracting professional investment.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/4-essential-ways-to-attract-investors/</link>
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		<title>Sony: Hackers Stole Your Personal Info From PlayStation Network (SNE)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Sony&#8217;s PlayStation Network has been down for the last six days after being attacked by hackers, and Sony has just posted one of the scariest status messages we&#8217;ve ever seen. The relevant excerpt: Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/sony-hackers-stole-your-personal-info-from-playstation-network-sne/</link>
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		<title>The 100 Rules For Being An Entrepreneur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) If you Google “how to be an Entrepreneur” you get a lot of mindless clichés like “follow your passion” or “think big.” That’s not what you are going to get here. Again, for me, being an “entrepreneur” doesn’t mean starting the next “Faceook.” Or even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/the-100-rules-for-being-an-entrepreneur/</link>
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		<title>Always pitch in person</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) As we know all too well, most VCs you pitch will say ‘no’. So, when it comes to raising your round, you shouldn’t be jumping in a plane for every 1st meeting you get. 1st meetings mean nothing. There is no assurance that they will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/always-pitch-in-person/</link>
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		<title>OECD Broadband Rankings: Canada Ranks 28th out of 33 Countries Based on Bell, Rogers &amp; Shaw Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) The OECD published its latest comparative broadband Internet data last week, confirming yet again that Canadian consumers pay more for less when it comes to Internet access. While some will undoubtedly claim that the OECD methodology is faulty, it should be noted that the data [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/oecd-broadband-rankings-canada-ranks-28th-out-of-33-countries-based-on-bell-rogers-shaw-data/</link>
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		<title>Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) By Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden Update (7:45 am PT) &#8212; A section titled &#8220;Who has access to this data?&#8221; was added. Today at Where 2.0 Pete Warden and I will announce the discovery that your iPhone, and your 3G iPad, is regularly recording the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/got-an-iphone-or-3g-ipad-apple-is-recording-your-moves/</link>
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		<title>Nature to Get Legal Rights in Bolivia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Bolivia&#8217;s Law of Mother Earth is set to pass, and on Wednesday the United Nations will discuss a proposed treaty based on the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. Both mandate legal recognition of ecosystems&#8217; right to exist.]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/nature-to-get-legal-rights-in-bolivia/</link>
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		<title>The Moore&#8217;s Law of solar energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) This article was originally posted at Scientific American. It&#8217;s reprinted with permission. The sun strikes every square meter of our planet with more than 1,360 watts of power. Half of that energy is absorbed by the atmosphere or reflected back into space. Seven hundred watts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/the-moores-law-of-solar-energy/</link>
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		<title>The 10 Things Tech Company CEOs Should Know Right Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Written By Mark Anderson]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/the-10-things-tech-company-ceos-should-know-right-now/</link>
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		<title>WikiLeaks Cable about Chinese Hacking of U.S. Networks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) We know it&#8217;s prevalent, but there&#8217;s some new information: Secret U.S. State Department cables, obtained by WikiLeaks and made available to Reuters by a third party, trace systems breaches &#8212; colorfully code-named &#8220;Byzantine Hades&#8221; by U.S. investigators &#8212; to the Chinese military. An April 2009 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/wikileaks-cable-about-chinese-hacking-of-u-s-networks/</link>
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		<title>Resilience of the Internet Interconnection Ecosystem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) The Internet is, by very definition, an interconnected network of networks. The resilience of the way in which the interconnection system works is fundamental to the resilience of the Internet. Thus far the Internet has coped well with disasters such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/resilience-of-the-internet-interconnection-ecosystem/</link>
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		<title>TEDTalks : David Christian: Big history &#8211; David Christian (2011)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is &#8220;Big History&#8221;: an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/tedtalks-david-christian-big-history-david-christian-2011/</link>
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		<title>TEDTalks : Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy &#8211; Dave Meslin (2010)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) Local politics &#8212; schools, zoning, council elections &#8212; hit us where we live. So why don&#8217;t more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://royfirestein.com/tedtalks-dave-meslin-the-antidote-to-apathy-dave-meslin-2010/</link>
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		<title>Get Funded Faster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pulled from Google Reader (click on title for original post) One of the most frustrating aspects of raising capital is how long it can take. Even if an investor loves the idea after the 1st meeting, the process still takes months. Now that I am sitting on the other side, I have a better appreciation [...]]]></description>
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