Its quite cool, and seems a bit faddy when you get to the nitty gritty. I can't be bothered to write some actual content I have linked some posts that outline just some of the reasons node isn't all that - If  "it's fucking javascript on the server" isn't a good enough reason.

Almost no function in Node directly performs I/O, so the process never blocks. Because nothing blocks, less-than-expert programmers are able to develop fast systems.

This statement is enticing, encouraging, and completely fucking wrong.

via Node.js is Cancer.

Next, suppose you're an expert programmer, and you've got some CPU bound work that you fork off to child processes to keep your event loop trucking. OK man, how complicated do you want to make this thing? At full capacity, you're at par with threads, provided it's not memory bound. At this point, you are less focused on solving the problem at hand than you are on coming up with something you can blog about and get on programming Reddit.

via Straight Talk on Event Loops

If the US economy really is creating jobs, then you’d expect the rate of creation to be up there with growth. But it isn’t. In the last quarter of 2011, American economic growth was recorded as 2.8%. In that period, roughly 145,000 jobs were ‘created’ according to the Labor stats. That adds up to a 0.3% growth in jobs. New technology to cut costs is gradually rendering more and more of middle class America unemployed. 243,000 jobs were ‘created’ in January alone – still only a 0.5% increase. A good time to look again at this will be the end of March, when Q1 economic performance can again be compared side-by-side with ‘new’ jobs.

via US JOB STATS: Why the Americans are getting excited about nothing. | The Slog.

The puzzle is why firms pay huge sums to big name consulting firms, when their advice comes from kids fresh out of college, who spend only a few months studying an industry they previous knew nothing about. How could such quick-made advice from ignorant recent grads be worth millions? Why don’t firms just ask their own internal recent college grads?

via Overcoming Bias : Too Much Consulting?.

Will Solaris be renamed So-Larry-Us?

via Oracle Drags Microsoft, Red Hat Into Itanium Lawsuit Swamp | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com.

Assuming ~93% of ZNGA’s bookings are generated through FB average of first three quarters of 2011, then total net FB bookings for ZNGA for 2011 would be $1,117mm based on FB’s ZNGA rev of $445mm divided by 30%, generating gross FB bookings of $1,484mm for ZNGA, then multipled by the 70% that ZNGA keeps.

via Zynga & its Facebook Problem — Tech News and Analysis.

You have a product so revolutionary, youll have no problem selling it. The question is, are people going to be allowed to use it?—Jeff Bezos

via Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger" - HBS Working Knowledge.

"Applications in England are down over 50% more than in any other part of the UK as a result of the government making it the most expensive country in the world in which to gain a public degree."

via BBC News - UK university applications down as fees rise.

I can't even be bothered to find the counter point, just Google "Average US College Fees" then convert it to UK £.

Uhh [long pause] you know, Canada is the wrong direction for me my friend. It's cold up there [laughs]

via The exit interview with Jon Rubinstein: 'What we accomplished has been amazing' | The Verge.

Apple, the computer giant whose sleek products have become a mainstay of modern life, is dealing with a public relations disaster and the threat of calls for a boycott of its iPhones and iPad.

via Apple hit by boycott call over worker abuses in China | Technology | The Observer.

Two Important things to note about this 'bogus-ness':

A) Foxconn make lots and lots of consumer electronics for practically every company on this earth. Xbox or PS3 yup that's them.

B) Apple, has been extraordinarily transparent about its manufacturing record. But, rules and expectations do not translate from one country to another.

"If you add up all the workers who have died to build your iPhone or iPad, the number is shockingly high,"  - Peter Cohan : Forbes

Finally, if your going to write sound-bites, at least have the decency to give the number or cite the source.

“They are in a pickle. Their pickle is security,” Mr. Heins said in an interview. “When the first big security flaw even happens in one of the large enterprises, you will see this turn around. Wait for the day this happens.”

via In Europe, Some Lovers of the BlackBerry Now Seek A New Flavor - NYTimes.com.