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Real investments in virtual worlds continue

The Way of the Web

Don’t forget back in 2004, David Storey paid $26,500 in Entropia , then Jon Jacobs invested $100,000 in a virtual space station in Entropia in November 2005, and of course Anshe Chung became a millionaire via Second Life in 2006. Apparently both David and Jon have made their money back and more.

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Acronis taps a new CEO - Jason Donahue

Koka Sexton

Before that, he was CEO of Ejasent when it was acquired by Veritas in 2004. Prior to serving at ClearApp, Donahue was the CEO of Meiosys, Inc., a virtualization company that was acquired by IBM in 2005. Donahue also served as CEO of TeleComputing Inc. and Apptix Inc., Welcome to Acronis Jason Donahue.

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Remember the Milk and Everything else

Koka Sexton

Remember The Milk started in August 2004. They created Remember The Milk so that you no longer have to write your to-do lists on sticky notes, whiteboards, random scraps of paper, or the back of your hand. Remember The Milk makes managing tasks an enjoyable experience. They launched in October 2005.

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Remember the Milk and Everything else - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Remember The Milk started in August 2004. They created Remember The Milk so that you no longer have to write your to-do lists on sticky notes, whiteboards, random scraps of paper, or the back of your hand. Remember The Milk makes managing tasks an enjoyable experience. They launched in October 2005.

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Happy Birthday to Me.

Koka Sexton

2004) * 1906 – Endre Kabos, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (d. 2004) * 1935 – Lester Piggott, British jockey * 1935 – Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist * 1936 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T.

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Happy Birthday to Me. - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

2004) * 1906 – Endre Kabos, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (d. 2004) * 1935 – Lester Piggott, British jockey * 1935 – Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist * 1936 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T.

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eLearning & Deliberative Moments: The present and future of Personal Learning Environments (PLE)

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Only a handful of articles have appeared in the academic and public press about PLEs since the term gained currency in 2004. In universities, VLEs often act as secure gateways to digital indexes and research journals. Copies of research papers from subscribed journals may be located in a walled VLE for access by a particular cohort.

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