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joel_liuon HP bought Palm after a five-company bidding war

My Guess: C is Lenovo. According to " a $60 million penalty if the deal didn't go through. "

joel_liuon Ask HN: A tool to share bookmarks with only my company?

Diigo have a group bookmark feature which may fit your needs.

The web provides more "thinking food" although it is distraction sometimes.

joel_liuon Disrupting Class and Playing Games

"That's what I am talking about. We could use a similar dynamic in bioengineering, energy technology, and other important new technologies."

How about developing some simple hacking video courses for kids？ Children can learn the knowledge ,more importantly how to use the knowledge in this way. However, many teachers and parents don't have such skills. Maybe hackers here can work together for kids.

joel_liuon Diigo Releases Version 3 - Beyond Bookmarks

A nice review to a promising service.

joel_liuon Should I open up alpha or wait until full(er)-featured beta?

I agree with huhtenberg. The number of people who left quietly is much more than that of people who give you feedback when you don't have the minimal feature set.