links for 2008-12-02

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  Seth’s Blog: Gravity is just a theory
  “When in doubt, market gravity.” Not evolution. Good metaphor.
  (tags: marketing seth+godin)
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  Social Net Aimed At The Rich Gets $1 Million In Funding, New CEO | paidContent.org
  Out jetsetting ASmallWorld, Total Prestige is for the true glitterati
  (tags: total+prestige social+networks)
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  Fujitsu Siemens Computers - LIFEBOOKS’4’LIFE
  Am I missing something? “Fujitsu Siemens Computers is delighted to be able to offer you a unique proposition - Buy any LIFEBOOK notebook at the moment and you will qualify for the LIFEBOOK’4’LIFE programme.
  Under this programme, should you purchase any notebook from our LIFEBOOK range you will be eligible to receive a brand new LIFEBOOK of like for like specifications every 3 years for the rest of your LIFE! It really is that simple - all you need to do is register your purchase of a LIFEBOOK and associated 3 years warranty upgrade on our registration pages within 21 days of purchase and then remember to claim your new LIFEBOOK every 3 years moving forwards!” Sounds too good to be true.
  (tags: fujitsu lifebook4life)
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  Checkvist: collaborative checklist and outliner
  Outliner and task list manager. Yawn.
  (tags: checkvist task+list)
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  CNN Pitches a Cheaper Wire Service to Newspapers - NYTimes.com
  CNN going into direct competition with AP.
  (tags: cnn newswire ap)
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  Huffington Post Nabs $25 Million in Funding–Here’s a BoomTown Interview With Oak Investment’s Fred Harman | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD
  HuffPost gets additional $25M. NY Times ought to buy it.
  (tags: huffington+post investment)