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The industries with the stingiest tech budgets still manage to innovate with technology. Here's how the mining, plastics, and construction industries do it.

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Jonathan Salem Baskin

Do You Want Your Vevo?
Vevo, a presumed successor to MTV, debuts today to much less fanfare than its progenitor, what with video having killed the radio star over 25 years ago. Do you think the world needs a for-profit web site that plays music videos?

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Allen Stern

Two Predictions For DNS In 2010
Earlier this week Google announced the launch of Google DNS. I'd like to share my two predictions for DNS in 2010.

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Jonathan Salem Baskin

The Causality Behind Apple's Success
Apple's new 21-inch iMac was October's best-selling desktop computer, according to retail analyst firm NPD. While sexy, the sales success was partially due to a slowdown in sales of competing PCs prior to the launch of Windows 7.

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Jonathan Salem Baskin

Content Providor Or Distributor?
I am still dumbfounded by Comcast's decision to buy NBC, and I'm not sure it's because I know too much about the past...or have to little faith in the future. Or both.

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