Larry Ellison’s yacht too big, will build smaller one

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Dan

Poor Larry Ellison. Oracle’s CEO has the second-largest private yacht in the world (the 454-foot ‘Rising Sun’), but its too big to dock at most ports throughout the world so he’s often forced to tie it up with oil tankers and container ships at industrial ports, or anchor offshore.
One of Larry’s friends compares walking in [...]

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Flilp video camera has 13-percent of the camcorder market

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Dan

The Flip camcorder, the tiny, inexpensive, flash memory-based camcorder has managed to claim 13% of the camcorder market. Since its debut it has been the best selling camcorder on Amazon.
Here’s what it does NOT have:

Menu
Settings
Video light
Optical view finder
Special effects
Headphones jack
High definition
Lens cap
Memory card
Optical zoom

Okay, sounds like junk, right?
Not necessarily.
It has one button to start or [...]

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