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Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others

TechCrunch

The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring , and internet incumbents are taking notice. IMVU has raised more than $77 million from five rounds since it was co-founded by “The Lean Startup” author Eric Ries back in 2004. The company declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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VCs at Freestyle, Plexo Capital and Sequoia join Startup Battlefield judges

TechCrunch

An experienced executive, serial entrepreneur and internet pioneer in software and media, Dave Samuel is co-founder of Freestyle.vc. In 2004, Samuel co-founded Crackle, an internet video platform acquired by Sony for $65 million in 2006. Freestyle led the seed rounds in Airtable, Patreon, BetterUp, Narvar and Snapdocs.

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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

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WordPress, the open source software behind the company, is now estimated to power roughly 42% of all websites on the internet. Automattic focused on media at a time when that industry was being demolished by the internet. An October 2004 Houston Press profile of him noted that WordPress was running more than 29,000 blogs.

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How Wi-Fi router security has deteriorated since 2003

The Parallax

FBI’s router reboot call reminds us why to check for updates Your old router could be a hacking group’s APT pawn Why hackers love your Wi-Fi (and how to protect it) How to secure your home Wi-Fi Time for a Department of the Internet of Things? The long reach of Mirai, the Internet of Things botnet.

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John Carmack Biography

The Crazy Programmer

His company developed various shareware and Internet Distribution Channels that brought a revolution in the field of computer games and how they were sold. Quake offered multiplayer gaming on the internet. John Carmack is an American programmer and a video game developer. John Carmack is credited for making 51 games.

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Tim Berners-Lee Biography

The Crazy Programmer

Tim Berners-Lee , the inventor of the World Wide Web, has won many awards in recognition of his contribution to society as a whole and to the internet in particular. His work at CERN led him to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. Early Life. Education and Career.

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Cybersecurity Automation: Leveling the Playing Field

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The MyDoom worm , one of the fastest-spreading pieces of malware on the internet, uses automation to propagate and is estimated to have caused around $38 billion in damage. Released in 2004, it can still be seen trolling the internet. It is still spreading, but the surprising part is MyDoom is not new.

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