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...highlight of the conference, which was hosted by HBS' High Tech and New Media Club, was a speech Saturday morning by Time magazine man of the year Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com...
Deep in the heart of high-tech, Mach-speed America lies a lovely, leafy spot where more than 10,000 people gather every summer to enjoy a leisurely, decidedly low-tech form of entertainment: the ancient art of storytelling. Dr. Stuart King is one of them. Eight years ago, the busy physician was reluctant to "give up" two whole days to accompany his wife and kids to the festival. But after listening to his first storyteller, he was hooked. Now his office staff knows not to make appointments for him during the annual event, which takes place at the foot...
China has become the cyberworld's hottest battlefield. On one side are the control freaks of the Communist Party, who believe anyone who challenges them belongs in a labor camp for 10 years. On the other side are the tech-savvy Net entrepreneurs, who expect anyone who challenges them to set up his own website within the next 10 minutes. The outcome of the conflict will not just determine whether Ding or Zhang becomes a billionaire. Dotcoms highlight the central contradiction of China today--the drive to modernize without giving up one-party rule. The government wants the economic benefits...
...hedging its bets, existing as much online as it does on paper. Its website, thestandard.com gets 450,000 unique visitors a month. Media Grok, the most popular of the magazine's 17 e-mail newsletters, critiques technology coverage in major news outlets. Grok's regular roastings of clueless tech reporters has attracted 150,000 readers...
...There was a "personality test," in which 10 semifinalists answered questions along the lines of how they'd spend his money and, by the way, would they mind if he went to strip clubs? There was Rockwell--picked from some 100 well-endowed lonelyhearts--watching from a high-tech perch (he should have been stroking a hairless cat), his face hidden until...