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Columbia J-School and Stanford Eng Nab $30M Joint Gift for Media Innovation From Helen Gurley Brown
Legendary former Cosmo Editor hands over a huge gift to spur new media on both coasts.
Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard
Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future entrepreneurs can stay on campus and innovate without having to head West.
Want to Organize Your Email? Go for High Thread Count, Not Folders.
It’s Clean Out Your Inbox Week! But hang on — you don’t necessarily want to go folder-crazy.
Pew: Nearly One-Fifth of U.S. Adults Own Tablets or E-Readers
Back-to-school season may not have spurred a ton of tablet and e-reader purchases, but the holidays were a different story, according to new data from the Pew Research Center.
Sound Bites From the SOPA Strike
A roundup of some of the interesting comments made about SOPA and PIPA during today’s Web-wide protest against the bills.
Former CBS Interactive Head Neil Ashe to Lead Wal-Mart’s Global Online Commerce Biz
Can he give the retail giant the oomph it has yet to find online?
Bloomberg Bizweek: Steve Ballmer a “Monkey Boy” No More
Despite the tough act of following Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer has quietly transformed Microsoft into a different kind of company, at least according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Microsoft Phoning In Its Last CES Keynote
The company is making a strong argument for why it is probably best that this year’s Vegas appearance will be its last. Expect some theatrics, but very little news.
Dynamic Dual Coverage: Ballmer’s Last Act in Vegas and the BCS Championship in 3-D
What? The biggest game in college football and the official start to CES are on at the same time? Fret not — AllThingsD had you covered with two live blogs in one.
A Tiny Bit More on Ray Ozzie’s New Start-up, Cocomo
The Lotus Notes creator and Groove founder is hiring for his latest project, an effort that pairs him with some old colleagues. However, Ozzie is remaining tight-lipped on just what he is up to.
Microsoft Pulling Out of CES After Upcoming Show
Redmond said on Wednesday that this year’s CES keynote will be the company’s last major involvement at the show.
Sorry, Folks, Bill Gates Is Not Coming Back to Microsoft
Fortune suggests Gates is mulling a comeback, but a source close to the billionaire says that just isn’t the case.
Roadshow: CEO Pincus Not Selling Shares in Upcoming Zynga IPO
While he has recently been portrayed as Mr. Potter of Silicon Valley, it looks like the online gaming leader will not get greedy in the IPO.
A Few Digital Complaints
Someone screwed up how computers work, and I blame it on Bill Gates. I had one typewriter in 50 years. But I’ve bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that’s why Bill Gates is rich and Underwood is out of business.
Tech Leaders Make Forbes’ Most Powerful People List
Forbes has compiled a list of the 70 most powerful individuals, and along with some of the world’s leading politicians and religious leaders, tech leaders made a strong showing.
CBS, Warner Bros. Sell “Gossip Girl” Again — This Time to Hulu
CBS and Time Warner’s Warner Bros., who just did a large rerun deal with Netflix for their CW network shows, have sold the same programming again.
Tech Goes Viral: Frozen Blackberry, Facebook Official, Leaping Chairman (Videos)
Sometimes the world of tech finds its way into viral videos. By that measure, it was a good week!
Now What? The Post-Jobs Era in Tech.
Can anyone in Silicon Valley fill the outsized shoes of Steve Jobs? Not likely.
The Steve Jobs I Knew
That Apple’s Steve Jobs was a genius, a giant influence on multiple industries and billions of lives, has been written many times. But there was a more personal side of Steve Jobs, of course, and I was fortunate enough to see a bit of it.
Tech and Media Titans Pay Tribute to Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs’ death at the age of 56 today has given many of his peers reason for pause. Here are their online tributes.
Steve Jobs’s Appearances at D, the Full Video Sessions
Steve Jobs was onstage for the first-ever D: All Things Digital conference in 2003, and a guest and interviewee four times since — five if you count the legendary two appearances he made onstage at D5 in 2007, one solo and one with longtime rival and friend Bill Gates. Here are the complete sessions for his D appearances.
Bill Gates: “I Will Miss Steve Immensely”
In a statement, Gates called getting to work with Jobs an “insanely great honor” and discusses the profound impact Jobs has had on the world.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Now Fits Into an App
The Encyclopaedia Britannica is set to launch a slick iPad app containing its entire contents at a greatly reduced price: $2 a month.
Oracle: You Have a Very Bad Memory, Mr. Lynch
Oracle says it was approached by the British software firm Autonomy about being purchased, and it has the CEO’s PowerPoint slides from the meeting to prove it.
Microsoft Teams With Former President Clinton on Education
The software giant wants to get one million low-income students using the Internet, and is teaming with the former president’s philanthropic organization to do it.
