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	<title>Fred Brunel</title>
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		<title>The Brief Life of Microsoft Kin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Segall: Inexplicably, Microsoft thought Kin was a good idea. It wasn’t. In fact, it wasn’t even close, which is why it died faster than any product I can remember. For a company in this industry not to recognize the utter wrongness of Kin is even more unforgivable than creating it.]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/07/the-brief-life-of-microsoft-kin/</link>
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		<title>iFixit: Inside the iPhone 4 Gyroscope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Impressive microscopic photos of the iPhone 4 gyroscope chip.]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/07/inside-the-iphone-4-gyroscope/</link>
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		<title>Google Acquires ITA Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ITA Software is famous among engineers for using Lisp and complex puzzles as part of their recruitment process. It will fit perfectly in Google&#8217;s culture. And with the deal, Google put their hands on the service behind the reservations systems for many major airline companies. Good call.]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/07/google-acquires-ita-software/</link>
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		<title>Jon Lech Johansen: Google’s Mismanagement of the Android Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You wanted the Far West? You got it: the good, the bad and the ugly, especially the last ones.]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/06/jon-lech-johansen-google%e2%80%99s-mismanagement-of-the-android-market/</link>
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		<title>Where Old iPhones Go to Die</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve underestimated the value of an &#8220;old iPhone.&#8221; An iPhone 3GS can still be sold for $300 to $400 on eBay, according to this article. 77% of iPhone 4 sales were upgrades. So, if I assume most people will resell their old iPhone to the second-hand market, it means an even bigger and stronger installed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/06/where-old-iphones-go-to-die/</link>
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		<title>The iPhone Is Not A &#8220;Smartphone&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin C. Tofel: I started the conversation by asking: “How many of your parents use a smartphone?” Not a single student raised their hand [...] But then the light bulb went on and I asked: “How many of your parents have an iPhone?” Nearly two-thirds of the hands went up. Brand recognition is where Apple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/06/the-iphone-is-not-a-smartphone/</link>
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		<title>iOS 4 Adds Support for Gmail Archive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When activated, it replaces &#8220;delete&#8221; with &#8220;archive&#8221;, so you don&#8217;t have to manually move mails to the &#8220;All Mail&#8221; folder. It&#8217;s very welcome since I was waiting for this since the first version of Mail for iPhone. But I would have expected to have a choice to archive or delete, now I have to move [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/06/ios-4-adds-support-for-gmail-archive/</link>
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		<title>IBM&#8217;s Watson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watson is a &#8220;question-answering&#8221; computing system designed by IBM that can understand complex questions expressed in natural language, and compete against the world&#8217;s best Jeopardy! contestants. Dr. David Ferrucci (Watson Research Lead) said that winning a game doesn&#8217;t mean the system is able to completely understand the language; still far from it. But it&#8217;s very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/06/ibmwatson/</link>
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		<title>Loic Le Meur on Silicon Valley vs. Europe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an on-going debate and like Loic, I&#8217;d like to believe in entrepreneurship in Europe, but unfortunately to date, I agree with him on every single point: Silicon Valley just wins big time! Loic mentioned importants points about the mindset in Silicon Valley — like thinking globally, trusting individuals and the dynamic job market —, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/06/loic-le-meur-on-silicon-valley-vs-europe/</link>
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		<title>Apple New Mac Mini</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great update. Gorgous, tiny, powerful and enery-efficient. The addition of an HDMI port make me think that this device could be as well a new Apple TV; load it with the next generation of iOS and you&#8217;ll have a very interesting product.]]></description>
		<link>http://fredbrunel.com/journal/2010/06/apple-mac-mini/</link>
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