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...Yahoo! started as a project between Yang and fellow grad student David Filo, who started a listing of their favorite web pages in 1994. (Yang had also tried designing web pages, including one devoted to sumo wrestling.) Yang and Filo initially called the service, which was used mainly by their friends, "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web." The two eventually changed the name to Yahoo!, claiming it was an acronym for "Yet another hierarchical officious oracle...
...Angeles Auto Show, to celebrate the re-birth of its classic Mustang. Though the car will likely reach showrooms in March, 2009, it is already stirring interest among what Ford's representatives excitedly call 'Mustang Nation,' the legion of owners and other devoted fans. "Some of the Mustang web sites are already talking about the [car's] new rear end," says Robert Gelardi, the senior Ford Designer responsible for the car's new look...
...saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. Now, brothers Michael E. Kopko ’07 and Matthew Kopko want to leverage the power of communities to help pay for college. Their new web application, GradeFund, uses the “marathon model” to achieve this goal, said Matthew, a member of the Princeton class of 2008. Just as marathon runners can ask friends and family to pledge money toward a race bid, GradeFund allows students to invite family members, friends, doctors, coaches, and other community members to pledge money towards their education. Donors...
...Cuban co-founded HDNet, a high-definition television network. The current programming line-up includes Dan Rather Reports. Cuban also owns or co-owns a film production company, chain of movie theaters and the web site sharesleuth.com, which is devoted, in part, to investigating securities fraud. His film production company, HDNet Movies, came under heavy fire in 2007 for financing the movie Redacted about an incident in which U.S. soldiers raped and killed a 14-year-old Iraqi girl...
...fallout of a single manufacturer like GM failing is huge because of the tightly knit web between manufacturers and suppliers," says Dave Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research, an organization with ties to the industry. "Given the fragile state the supply base is in today, with a lot of them already in bankruptcy, it would likely take the entire industry down. Not because the other manufacturers would fail but because the suppliers would go down. We've been concerned about the cascade effect...