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Facebook worth between $10-$15 billion? Microsoft may think so

The value of a premiere social networking site became clearer this week after a media report said Microsoft has held Read More

The mysterious world of Planet VC

At its heart, the business of venture capital is the financing of dreams. Like the job of literary agents or Read More

Visible Tech gets $12 mln in Series B round from Ignition, WPP

Seattle-based Visible Technologies said early Monday that it hauled in $12 million in Series B funding as it expands to meet Read More

1:1 Interview with WhitePages.com CEO Alex Algard

In this interview, Alex Algard, the CEO of WhitePages.com, explains how the site has evolved from a directory assistance site Read More

Plug and Play’s attendees pitch on Vator

On Thursday, I went to the Plug and Play EXPO and gave my own 2-minute elevator pitch. I was among Read More

Intel’s power-saving Linux push highlights big market opportunity

Intel's latest effort to help data center operators cut power consumption is a reminder of just how much energy servers consume -- Read More

1:1 Interview with TalkPlus Chairman and Founder Jeff Black

The  $1.2 trillion global telecom market is projected to grow to $1.6 trillion by 2010. In this interview, Jeff Black, Read More

Mobile search opportunities among the giants

The news that Google is expanding its efforts to place ads on cell phone Web pages provides more evidence that Read More

Everyone from Google to VCs looking for back door into the enterprise

Not long ago, corporate IT departments -- from the CIO down to the systems admin -- were the unchallenged gatekeepers Read More

Web 2.0 demand goes global

When Benchmark partners valued Friendster at $53 million back in 2003, they were definitely at the early innings of what Read More

Vator Reports: The Wine 2.0 Industry

Using Web 2.0 communication tools, the emerging ‘Wine 2.0’ industry is rapidly changing the way people learn about wine and Read More

Lessons Learned: Mark Leslie says be authentic

If an entrepreneur with an OK team has the right product, right market, and right market conditions, they have a Read More

Kleiner Perkins partner Ray Lane: what it takes to get funded

With early investments in dozens of public technology companies including Google, Juniper Networks, Amazon.com  and Sun Microsystems, Kleiner, Perkins Caufield Read More

Virtualization – how big can this world get?

You know a company or technology has hit the big time when it has a "world" named after it. Just Read More

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