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more about #greed more comments → Benguin: Screw you, Arrington! /laporte What a bummer though, really. more » JPMarat: Ouch, Popular Mechanics just gambled and lost. [www.popularmechanics.com] more » HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: FusionGarage just killed the goose. They would have had a great niche product here. Now, they're just going to have a ton of legal headaches. more » Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars: The CrunchPad is dead. Long live CrunchPad. more » Bertone77: "Mostly though I’m just sad. I never envisioned the CrunchPad as a huge business. I just wanted a tablet computer that I could use to consume the In... more » weatherman: Wow. That's a very interesting twist. I have no idea whether I should believe Arrington's explanation - I don't have any personal reason to distrust h... more » RainyDayInterns: Well...we, as consumers, certainly can decide not to buy it if it ever make it to market. OK...unless it is really cool and cost $100. Then all prin... more » lostarchitect: What is FusionGarage thinking? They'll be sued into oblivion! This in just insanely dumb on their part. more » frigg: Maybe Google got confused about artists and musicians, since I don't think you're supposed to pay musicians anymore. more » timtempest: So... they are not being forced to do this for no money... they chose to do the work for exposure instead of cash. I dont get how this makes google ev... more » Geisrud: Curious what the contract says. Did Google say they would pay them for the work? Was a contract drawn up? yeah, people need to get paid, but if ther... more » jmsshrff: I don't mean to be a kill joy but I'm sure there are many people out there that would love to have their work attached to a Google product for the exp... more » Hello Mister Walrus: Google doesn't think the skins are worth paying for, so they don't buy them. No matter how great you think the art is, it doesn't matter if there's no... more » weatherman: Artists don't get paid - otherwise, why would they be starving? Nope, if they get paid they'll just be graphic designers. It's a choice they have to m... more » Razta: I dont know if its true for Jets but I know prop powered passenger planes appreciate in value. So it might be cheaper to buy new. It would be nice if ... more » -
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The CrunchPad Is Dead
Michael Arrington's ambitious project to create a super-simple web tablet is dead, drowned in a bathtub half-full of greed and selfishness. This isn't a happy story. More » -
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Google Doesn't Want to Pay Artists for Making Custom Chrome Skins
Google is having artists make custom skins for its Chrome Browser, which is pretty cool. Much less cool, however, is that one of the biggest companies in the world refuses to pay the artists. More » -
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Obama Tells Citigroup To Abandon Plans For a $50 Million Tricked Out Corporate Jet
If you ever wondered why our banks are failing, the answer, my friends, is greed. Greed that President Obama is trying to put an end to—starting with Citigroup's plans for a $50 million jet. More »
