Daily Tech and Gadget

Late last week, tech biz bloggers were shocked — and a few were cruelly happy — to read that TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington had fired 17-year-old intern, entrepreneur and Internet fameball Daniel Brusilovsky . Arrington said the teenage overachiever had accepted a computer from a company in exchange for coverage on TechCrunch. Brusilovsky also admitted, Arrington said, to asking ..Read More

In the chronicles of Silicon Valley, it doesn’t get weirder than this. Just as the European Union finally gave its blessing to Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystem’s, Oracle’s co-president found details of his 8.5-year extramarital affair splashed on billboards around the country . Oracle executive Charles Phillips acknowledged that he had the long affair with YaVaughnie Wilkins and that ..Read More

Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner: There’s no medal for first to market – While there’s a sense of pride in introducing a new category, there’s rarely a competitive advantage. Serial entrepreneur Scott Olson runs down the threats that come with being first – and the advantages latecomers have that can put them in a leadership position. Three ..Read More