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Maybe it's just me (and this is more of a general comment to start pages), I don't see the need for a search bar in start pages, I can easily (cmd/ctrl+k) go to the search bar in the browser and it's not that much harder.

As for your site, bmaier's suggestion is good, but if you are concerned about speed maybe you can do some ajax request on some local cached copy of the latest headlines?

I had to scroll horizontally, and the text input boxes are not exactly in the surrounding block.

I am using Safari 3.

I like how some of the things actually make sense, such as commenting with BTW, breaking out of a loop with GTFO, etc.

I think a problem is that either all the APIs have to agree, so new sites can be added without manual coding, or every startup has to agree on something, which could get hard. Also, the sites without APIs will not be included in this app?

What if the idea is still just an idea, and you plan to implement it but haven't started? There is no headstart in this case.

I remember the v1, and this definitely looks a lot better. I have one suggestion though: the 3+3 main points on either side are the ones that people will probably read first, so users should be able to easily understand how the process works. I had to read a second time slowly of the left side before I really got it, especially the first two points (more especially the second point). Maybe something like Talk to Experts in this area (I don't know if they usually can be qualified as experts, or maybe another wording for people who know these things).

If you don't get what I am saying I could try to rephrase it somehow..

Would it be too late if you buy from a shady source and if they know that they are fake? They might not accept exchanges or returns.

I don't know how many people use Jabber, but when I first tried it it was pretty confusing (I figured it out 2nd time trying it, but IMO it should be a lot easier), so I imagine for a normal user it might be confusing to start using Jabber too.

As for your own IM client, users might be reluctant to download a new one unless there is a really good reason to download it (and to start it up each time you start the computer). If there is no good reason to be on it, then they might not. But you said that they'll have motivation to use it so I guess it should be fine. But if the motivation is that their friends are also using it, then getting their friends to use it too might be a problem.

Wasn't Apple the one where some third person had 2% in case the two Steves had some conflict? But that third person was just for conflict resolution.

In general I find 3 or 4 is a good number for a start. It's not too many to manage, but not too few. 3 is company.

There is also the problem of which part of the previous statement the 'why' is for. You can construct different kinds of questions and you can only choose to answer the ones that are easy. So unless the 'why' is a complete question, there is a bit of ambiguity here.

I think up/downs are to judge the worthiness of the link, and agreements should be expressed in the comments.

Closer to "Everyone is Life's director". It sounds pretty nice actually. Their name is kind of out of ordinary, but I think potato has more of a humourous touch to it in Chinese. So it's a lively name.

I agree with CLRS.

It might be good to look into the mathematical side of the algorithms though, so that you know how they work inside. This way, you can manipulate the algorithms and fine tune it to something you want later on.

Alibaba is quite successful. I've seen an interview with the CEO. He looks somewhat different but when he talks you can see the passion in it.

I was thinking of something like that, but I am not familiar with the copyright laws etc even for test listening music. How does last.fm deal with that? Loyalty fees to the big four?

I go to McGill and our email addresses end with .ca, I think similarly for some other universities in Canada. Interestingly, mcgill.edu does go to mcgill.ca (not emails though, I tried).

I thought it's possible to just squat and they can't do much about it?

What about dirty read, locking, lost update and all those problems that a DBMS takes care for you? Just wondering.

I thought Vista has stricter ways of preventing and checking for piracy?

Usually in those cases your domain name might reappear in a few days, since there are some 5 day money back policies that the domain hogging companies take advantage of.