links for 2008-12-13

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  Basics - Solid-State Computing, Without a Whirring Drive - NYTimes.com
  Solid state drives can increase performance of PCs fivefold, reduce power consumption, and boot in seconds.
  (tags: netbooks data+in+the+cloud solid+state+drives)
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  Loic Le Meur Blog: Apologies for organizational issues at LeWeb
  Yikes. Sounds like wifi never worked at all, and to have bad food in Paris? Mon dieu!
  (tags: leweb conferences)
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  CBS Interactive/CNET Re-Org: The Complete Memo | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD
  Squishing all the pieces together will probably not lead to finding new synergies, but more likely just make it easier to fire people.
  (tags: cbs+interative cnet)
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  Business Technology : Not Tonight Dear, I’d Rather Blog
  “An online survey … has found … 46% of women would rather go without sex for two weeks than give up the Internet for that long.
  … Some 30% of all men would swap sex for the Internet for two weeks, if they had to…” Hmmm.
  (tags: sex web)