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TechFlash Podcast Ep. 11: Will Microsoft's Kin sink or soar? By Todd Bishop on Saturday, April 17, 2010, 1:18pm PDT Technical Note: You'll hear varying levels of background noise at times in this one. As soon as we started recording, they started doing the dishes in the restaurant where we were hanging out. But Wilson has lots of good stuff to say, so it's worth it. READ FULL ARTICLE TOP SPONSORED POST Seattle University Software Engineering Upgrade your career! Earn your Masters degree while continuing to work full-time. Our balanced curriculum of technical and management courses enhances professional leadership in planning, design and development of today's software systems. More information here. The 'vast social brain' and other highlights from TEDx Seattle By Todd Bishop on Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8:57am PDT As he walked off the stage, it looked to me like Ben Huh may have been a little surprised and pissed at himself for having gotten choked up as he told the TEDx audience about overcoming his early business and financial struggles before founding the successful Cheezburger Network of comedy sites. But the talk was one of the more memorable and meaningful of the day, and having heard Huh speak about business and entrepreneurial lessons multiple times over the past year, it was refreshing to hear him take a different approach by sharing the challenges, lessons and aspirations of his personal life. "I don't know anything about investing," he said at one point. "I know how to run a cat picture website." For more background on the topic, see Huh's "Life Goals" blog post, which was the basis for his TEDx talk. Quote of the day: "It's not an individualistic venture for status, but a community effort to reach this climactic moment." -- Martha Gonzalez of participatory music group Fandango Without Borders. Those were just a few of the highlights from a day of inspiring and insightful talks -- a great event, overall, especially as a first-time effort for the UW MCDM. See the official event live blog for a more comprehensive summary of all the TEDx Seattle speakers. The TEDx Seattle photo stream is here. Looking forward to seeing where this one goes next year. READ FULL ARTICLE TOP SPONSORED POST NAE "Grand Challenges" Summit in Seattle, May 2-3 Join UW Engineering Dean Matt O'Donnell, moderator John Markoff of The New York Times, and a distinguished group of keynote speakers in a stimulating dialogue about engineering better medicines, tools for scientific computing, and progress in space exploration. Complete schedule and details. Microsoft apologizes, edits Kin video after 'sexting' complaints By Todd Bishop on Friday, April 16, 2010, 4:31pm PDT Less than a week after its unveiling, Microsoft's new Kin mobile phone project found itself in the middle of a bit of a controversy today when Consumer Reports and others pointed out that a portion of one of its promotional videos looked a lot like an endorsement of "sexting" -- the practice of sending explicit photos and text messages. Microsoft is targeting the phones to teenagers and twenty-somethings. In a tweet about an hour ago, the company's online safety team apologized and said the inappropriate portion of the video had been removed. Here's what the video showed, as described by Consumer Reports. READ FULL ARTICLE TOP SPONSORED POST CoreLink Data Centers - Deal of the Decade The Deal of the Decade: Colocation Pricing - Great Entry Level Offering for Colocation Solutions CoreLink Data Centers offers pre-packaged bundles for data center solutions, including colocation, in secure, environmentally controlled locations. More information here.

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