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27 April

Microsoft is Dead

Microsoft is Dead

New: Y Combinator Startup News.

April 2007

A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking to a young startup founder about how Google was different from Yahoo. I said that Yahoo had been warped from the start by their fear of Microsoft. That was why they'd positioned themselves as a "media company" instead of a technology company. Then I looked at his face and realized he didn't understand. It was as if I'd told him how much girls liked Barry Manilow in the mid 80s. Barry who?
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26 April

Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

Financial Statements
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Apple Reports Second Quarter Results
Earnings Grow 88 Percent Year-over-Year

CUPERTINO, California―April 25, 2007―Apple? today announced financial results for its fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company posted revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or $.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $4.36 billion and net quarterly profit of $410 million, or $.47 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 35.1 percent, up from 29.8 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 43 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
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Democrats confident of passing Iraq pull-out date


Democrats say will pass Iraq pull-out date
Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:25PM EDT
By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Democrats predicted on Wednesday they would win passage of a hotly contested war funding bill with a timetable to pull American troops out of Iraq, saying information from the top U.S. commander there had only reinforced their position.
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18 April

Mayor of Japanese city dies after being shot


Mayor of Japanese city dies after being shot

Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:37AM BST

By George Nishiyama

TOKYO (Reuters) - The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki died early on Wednesday after being shot by a gangster, police said. [Read More!]
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17 April

なぜ主語が隠されたのか

定義集 大江健三郎
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なぜ主語が隠されたのか

 私は二年前から、裁判の被告です。生まれて初めてのことなので、一年目は書く仕事に関わる裁判の弁護士費用を、税の申告に必要経費として計上することを考えつきませんでした。最高裁まで行くはずだから、と私が暗然とすると、
 ──すべて終わって、本に書くまで生きていられるように、ガンバロウ! と家内は勇み立ちました。これも初めてのことです。
 訴えられているのは、私が37年前に出した『沖縄ノート』(岩波書店)で、渡嘉敷島の住民に日本軍が強いた「集団自決」について論評している部分です。この島では三百人以上が、守備隊から与えられた手榴弾で「自決」し、それで死にきれなかった者らを、乳幼児をふくめ、家族がオノ、カマ、あるいはその手で殺しました。 [Read More!]
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