Monthly Archives: March 2009

TradeSmarter

Software for predictions markets (and betting exchanges) And they blog, of course…

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Make a Prediction — Usability Edition

Stoqle is not a prediction exchange —but take a look at the usability of their one-click engine.

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Enterprise prediction markets… Where are the case studies?

I am going to spend my week-end reading the Inkling dossier on EPMs. Thanks to Adam Siegel for making this available. I am sure NewsFutures and CrowdCast will do the same, soon.

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Who did it?

- Who was behind chrismasse.com and/or overcomingmidas.com? – Chris Masse will admit to being behind chrismasse.com and/or overcomingmidas.com

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Dave, was it *you*?

[Dave did answer my 3 e-mails, finally.]

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John Stewart unloads on CNBC’s Jim Cramer.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c CNBC Gives Financial Advice Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things With Demetri Martin Political HumorJoke of the Day – The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c … Continue reading

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The attacker was from Nashville, Tennesse.

Yesterday, I explained to you in great details how the attacker tried to incriminate NewsFutures by creating the illusion that the 2 websites denigrating me were webhosted by NewsFutures —a forged Reverse IP Lookup gave this false impression. Today, I … Continue reading

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It was *not* San Francisco-based Mat Fogarty who did it… He was too busy making money.

- The attacker was probably someone with too much time on his hands —a prediction market vendor who can’t sell… or another idle prediction market person.

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You can have fun and earn easy money on HubDub… if you know who did it… or if you think that he/she will get away with it.

Chris Masse will admit to being behind chrismasse.com and/or overcomingmidas.com – Who was behind chrismasse.com and/or overcomingmidas.com?

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How to set Reverse IP Lookup to anything that you like (or dislike, should I say, in this case)… including a NewsFutures server that does not exist in reality…!!!…

Dear readers, Now is time to give you some background information about last week’s incident. As you all know, somebody was irked by what I said about the EPM software vendors and set up, not one, but two websites denigrating … Continue reading

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