peHUB First Read

* Get ready for a solar startup bloodbath * Movie Theater Investments: The Squeakquel * Shades of Jim Chanos: Reuters looks at China Inc's growing pains * Sim Simeonov: The decade's defining tech battle will be hardware vs. software * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London slips early, European shares rebound, the Nikkei slips and China shares near one-month closing low. * Crayola crayon colors multiply like rabbits * Nic Brisbourne: Don't worry Europe, there are still some VCs left here * Bill Gates joins Twitter (as a user, not an exec): @billgates * Don't take photos in the SAC Capital parking lot * Roddy Boyd says Overstock.com's Patrick Byrne is America's nastiest CEO * Reason #24 to launch your startup in New York: "There are no girls in Silicon Valley." (Fred Wilson offers some other reasons)