Larry Weidman Reading Material

Congressional Report Estimates Internet Gambling, Including Poker, Could Bring In $42 Billion | CardPlayer.com

by Stephen A. Murphy

New Congressional Study Shows Financial Implications of Regulation

A Battery-Free Implantable Neural Sensor | Technology Review

By Kate Greene

A tiny radio chip implanted in a moth harvests power and senses neural activity.

Who Will Be the Green VC Giant? - BusinessWeek

By Aaron Ricadela

Former Silicon Valley allies are going head-to-head to pick the startups aiming to revolutionize clean tech

Vinod Khosla has raised $1.1 billion.  photo by Robert Galbraith/Reuters

Exclusive look at Apple’s new iPod touch-based EasyPay checkout | AppleInsider

By Gary Allen, ifoAppleStore, Special to AppleInsider

Within two weeks, Apple stores will begin retiring their current Windows CE-based portable computers and start using a custom-designed and crafted iPod touch to check out customers. AppleInsider has a first look at the new system.

U.S/International Copyright Treaty Leaked, Trouble Ahead for ISPs & Users

Written by Jolie O’Dell| ReadWriteWeb

According to once-secret, now-leaked sections of the new, plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, global Internet users and ISPs might be in for a world of hurt in the near future.

Plastic Power: Plastic solar cells integrated with batteries and LEDs could replace kerosene lamps.

Plastic Solar Cells Roll Into Unlit Villages | IEEE Spectrum

BY Peter Fairley

Printed roll-to-roll organic PVs may not be the most powerful, but they’re cheap

Lean startups aren’t Cheap Startups - Venture Hacks

At an entrepreneur’s panel last week, questions from the audience made me realize that the phrase “Lean Startup” was being confused with “Cheap Startup.”

This post is by Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur with eight startups under his belt, including two large craters (Rocket Science and Ardent), one dot.com bubble home run (E.piphany), and several base hits.

Getting developing world data with Android and Open Data Kit - Ars Technica

By John Timmer

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a complete software stack called Open Data Kit that turns an Android cell phone into a portable data collection device that works even in the absence of a network infrastructure.

Implantable Silicon-Silk Electronics | Technology Review

By Katherine Bourzac

Biodegradable circuits could enable better neural interfaces and LED tattoos.

uTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling | TorrentFreak

Written by Ernesto

BitTorrent Inc. is about to launch a completely improved implementation of the BitTorrent protocol that will benefit both users and ISPs. uTorrent 2.0, which is currently being tested by thousands of people, will eliminate the need for ISPs to throttle or stop BitTorrent traffic, and will optimize the download experience for its users.

Illustration by Brett Ryder

Fish out of water | The Economist

Policymakers are turning their minds to the tricky subject of promoting entrepreneurship

Money Mules - Boing Boing

Xeni Jardin

The scheme has exploded in the last year, with the “FBI estimating losses at $40 million so far, according to a recent story from WashingtonPost.com reporter Brian Krebs, who’s been closely following the attacks”

Has Tapjoy solved monetization of free apps on the iPhone and Android?

by Gagan Biyani | Techcrunch