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  • BlackBerry’s Playbook iPad competitor

    They’ve [finally announced the BlackBerry PlayBook](http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/27/rim-introduces-playbook-the-blackberry-tablet/)… I am intrigued… do they genuinely believe they’ve got a killer product on their hands, or are they just putting it out there and...

  • Good Analysis on Afghanistan from Stratfor

    My inner geek quite enjoys Stratfor, which is a (paid) “Global Intelligence” service – kind of like a free-market CIA I guess. They’ve just mad freely available [an analysis of...

  • Good Analysis of Apple’s Strategy

    Via the [MaRS Blog](http://www.marsdd.com/blog/2010/09/16/how-apple-beat-microsoft-in-236-seconds/), a good analysis of Apple’s Strategy in this presentation: **[Apple Study: 8 easy steps to beat Microsoft (and Google)](http://www.slideshare.net/misteroo/apple-study-8-easy-steps-to-beat-microsoft-and-google "Apple Study: 8 easy steps to beat...

  • The Arun LNG Plant in Lhokseumawe will close in 2014

    End of an era… according to [this article in the Jakarta Post](http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/09/20/postlng-arun-what-are-options.html), the Arun LNG plant at Lhokseumawe will cease production in 2014. The article has a good summary of...

  • Low-dose Prozac may help relieve the misery of PMS

    Interesting and relevant – maybe my life would be a lot more content 🙂 - - - - - - [![Powered by Guardian.co.uk](http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/03/01/poweredbyguardian.png)This article titled “Low-dose Prozac may help relieve...

  • Biscuit matriarch stages takeover of family firm in car park

    I’ve always found the detailed mechanisms at the top of organisations interesting… after all it is just a bunch of people doing what people do, but there’s bit of paper...