Nicolò Borghi's Blog – September 2007 Archive (11)

The new HP Labs' director, 46 y.o. Prith Banerjee, wants to narrow research focus and making big bets.

"Let's identify some really big themes, some really big bets, and let's throw a lot of resources at it"

Full article on siliconvalley.com.… Continue

When you have a T-Rex skeleton just outside your office, it really means you have some many to spend (uh, and when you have created the best search engine ever too). In this yeas Forbes Richest Americans too, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both 34, have the 5th position, with an estimated wealth of about $18.5 billion. Each.…

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The Web is really appreciating Tony Zuccarino's PikiWiki. Here's a quicki video.

Here are the two books suggested by Stanford Professor William Miller during the Study Tour'07 first day.

They explain the Silicon Valley's evolution and its uniqueness and the Asia emerging power in the IT sector.

The first book is "The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for… Continue

When we visited Google they showed us a display with a new revolutionary animation software. The software is called Trendalyzer and Google recently bought it from the Gapminder Foundation.

The creator, Hans Rosling, made a fantastic demo at TED 2007...…

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Agitar's CEO Alberto Savoia talks about AgitarOne. A fresh interview posted yesterday on dailymotion.





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Some of the companies we visited had Sequoia Capital as their major investor in their early years. Sequoia is the VC behind the success of companies like Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Apple, PayPal and many others. But what does they really look for in a company? Find it just clicking on this very useful…

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To anyone interested in Creative Commons I strongly suggest the reading of "The future of ideas" by Lawrence Lessing.

You can also find in bookstores the Italian edition. …

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Hi guys,

for those of you who doesn't know it, TechCrunch.com is THE blog about technology and the Web. A review on Techcrunch means a lot and brings a lot of traffic for every start-up.

TODAY, they got a (great) review for pikiwiki.com the company founded by Tony Zuccarino!

Check it out by clicking… Continue

LA SILICON VALLEY SI CONFERMA LA PRIMA REGIONE AL MONDO PER L'INNOVAZIONE TECNOLOGICA. SOFTWARE, BIOMEDICALE E TECNOLOGIE PULITE SONO I SETTORI PIÙ RILEVANTI.

Assegnazioni:

DGAM-OO, DGAM-Ol, DGPC-OO, DGPC-05, DGCE-OO, DGCE-03

AMBWASH, RETE CONSOLARE USA…

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Ciao ragazzi, finito il tour e partiti tutti, io e jari al momento siamo sul lago tahoe a circa 4 ore da san francisco. Il posto è veramente rilassante ed è assurdo percheè si trova esattamente sul confine con il nevada... quindi basta attraversare la strada per trovarsi in mezzo ai casinò.

detto ciò ci manca la vostra compagnia, le allegre cene da whole foods, e ovviamente il fantastico mondo di Apu!!… Continue