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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_54814" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 230px"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Peter_Thiel.jpg/220px-Peter_Thiel.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-54814" title="220px-Peter_Thiel" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/220px-peter_thiel.jpeg" alt="" width="220" height="227" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A gesture for Mr. Schmidt? (Photo: Wikipedia)</p></div></p>
<p>Wikipedia is bleeding admins. Why? The vetting process for becoming one "is basically a hazing ritual at this point." [<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/3-charts-that-show-how-wikipedia-is-running-out-of-admins/259829/#"><em>The Atlantic</em></a>]</p>
<p>Poor Microsoft. The unveiling of its newest Office suite yesterday was totally overshadowed by Yahoo's Marissa Mayer coup. We think we can hear Steve Ballmer throwing chairs from here. [<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2012/Jul12/07-16OfficePR.aspx">Microsoft</a>]</p>
<p>At a <em>Fortune</em> conference in Aspen, Peter Thiel called Eric Schmidt Google's "minister of propaganda." Fight! Fight! Fight! [<em><a href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/17/thiel-vs-schmidt-the-fireworks-fly/">Fortune</a></em>]</p>
<p>LinkedIn got a much-needed UI makeover, and it looks a hell of a lot like Google+. [<a href="http://blog.linkedin.com/2012/07/16/introducing-a-simpler-homepage/">LinkedIn Blog</a>]</p>
<p>No one knows what iCloud is. [<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/what-the-f-is-icloud">Buzzfeed</a>]</p>
<p>Oh good, another Hacker News Alley vs. Valley flamewar. [<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4252166">Hacker News</a>]</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_54814" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 230px"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Peter_Thiel.jpg/220px-Peter_Thiel.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-54814" title="220px-Peter_Thiel" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/220px-peter_thiel.jpeg" alt="" width="220" height="227" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A gesture for Mr. Schmidt? (Photo: Wikipedia)</p></div></p>
<p>Wikipedia is bleeding admins. Why? The vetting process for becoming one "is basically a hazing ritual at this point." [<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/3-charts-that-show-how-wikipedia-is-running-out-of-admins/259829/#"><em>The Atlantic</em></a>]</p>
<p>Poor Microsoft. The unveiling of its newest Office suite yesterday was totally overshadowed by Yahoo's Marissa Mayer coup. We think we can hear Steve Ballmer throwing chairs from here. [<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2012/Jul12/07-16OfficePR.aspx">Microsoft</a>]</p>
<p>At a <em>Fortune</em> conference in Aspen, Peter Thiel called Eric Schmidt Google's "minister of propaganda." Fight! Fight! Fight! [<em><a href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/17/thiel-vs-schmidt-the-fireworks-fly/">Fortune</a></em>]</p>
<p>LinkedIn got a much-needed UI makeover, and it looks a hell of a lot like Google+. [<a href="http://blog.linkedin.com/2012/07/16/introducing-a-simpler-homepage/">LinkedIn Blog</a>]</p>
<p>No one knows what iCloud is. [<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/what-the-f-is-icloud">Buzzfeed</a>]</p>
<p>Oh good, another Hacker News Alley vs. Valley flamewar. [<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4252166">Hacker News</a>]</p>
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