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Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard

Kara Swisher in News on January 27 at 3:40 pm PT

Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future entrepreneurs can stay on campus and innovate without having to head West.

Amazon’s Kindle DX Pulls a Disappearing Act

Peter Kafka in Media on June 16, 2009 at 6:42 am PT

At some point, this will no longer be a coincidence: Once again, Amazon’s newest e-book reader has sold out shortly after launch. This time, it’s the Kindle DX, the super-sized reader with the super-sized price tag. Amazon started selling the DX three days ago, and by yesterday afternoon the e-commerce giant said it was cleaned out. The next batch won’t arrive until next week.

Unigo.com Gives Everyone a Say About College Picks

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 18, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt takes a close look at a a new, free Web guide to colleges–and mostly likes what he sees. The information isn’t just words and numbers, but includes lots of photos, videos and student input for most schools.