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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

By December, 1969, there were only four nodes – UCLA, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah. How did we go from collaboration to competition, from consensus to dissention, from a reliable digital resource to an amplifier of questionable information?

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Student-Founded Fantasy Pollster Is Hoping To Pick The Next President

InfoChachkie

Greathouse: You and Brent are currently third and fourth year Computer Science majors at UC Santa Barbara. Greathouse: You mentioned Intrade, which was shut down by the government in 2012. Do you think your real competition will come from new sites or existing ones like PredictIt ?

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Nine Startup Tips From Michael Dell

InfoChachkie

According to a January 2012 article in Forbes Magazine , nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. We Don't Need No Stinkin' Degrees. "As

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