Report: Google Android surpasses iPhone in U.S. – CNN.com
Report: Google Android surpasses iPhone in U.S.
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Jan 272010
The 7th round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations begins tomorrow in Guadalajara, Mexico. The negotiation round will be the longest to-date, with three and a half days planned to address civil enforcement, border measures, the Internet provisions, and (one hour for) transparency. Over the next five days, I plan to post a five-part ACTA Guide that will include sourcing for much of the discussion on ACTA, links to all the leaked documents, information on the transparency issue, and a look at who has been speaking out…..
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Dana Parino, former White House Press Secretary: “We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term.”
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Jan 082010
The HDMI Licensing Group LLC has issued a new revision, of HDMI, called HDMI 1.4, which has, among other things, support for dual video feed+3D spatial information, to enable 3D displays to operate by more than one protocol. The display and advertising standards have also been changed, since the cable standard dictates more than just the physical specification.
The biggest surprise was that HDMI version numbers will not allowed in the labeling, packaging, or promotion of any HDMI v1.4 cable. — DH
I personally think this is a good move. Monster Cable isnt going to like it much, as well as pear cables, and all their ilk, (Meaning companies that use “bit direction indicators, etc. to add false value.) as the new guidelines seem to be quite specific in saying that cables must advertise all the features supported by a particular class of cable, if a specific class of cable is needed. i.e. The mfgr cannot imply “their” cable has features proprietary to it without mentioning all the features of the cable. I think monoprice cable as well as other bulk retailers will actually find this a relief, as it will simplify advertising, and the number of different cable types currently available (measured in gb/sec, or GB/sec, or A,B,C, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3a, etc.).
Digital Home has an article, as well as further links.
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Best Buy Optimization Is A Big Stupid Annoying Waste Of Money – The Consumerist
Would you pay $39.99 to improve your computer’s processor speed by 200%? What about software updates that would take you two days to perform on your own? Or how about services that take an “incomplete” computer and make it more useful? Good deals, right? Just one problem: None of these claims – made by real Best Buy sales clerks about the company’s Geek Squad optimization services – is true.
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Dec 072009
Record Labels Face $60 Billion Damages for Pirating Artists | TorrentFreak
It is no secret that the major record labels have a double standard when it comes to copyright. On the one hand they try to put operators of BitTorrent sites in jail and ruin the lives of single mothers and students by demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, and on the other they sell CDs containing music for which they haven’t obtained copyright permission.
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Nov 242009
Trapped ‘coma’ man: How was he misdiagnosed? – CNN.com:
A study carried out last year on 103 patients by Laureys and his colleagues at Liege’s Coma Science Group found that 41 percent of patients in a Minimally Conscious State (MCS) were misdiagnosed as being in the much more serious Vegetative State (VS).
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Blog » Negative Cashback from Bing Cashback – Bountii
By Samir on Bountii
My biggest problem with Bing Cashback is a hidden “feature” that I’m calling “negative cashback.”
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Nov 112009
HP buys 3Com for $2.7bn cash
Succumbs to Cisco envy
From The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/11/hp_to_buy_3com/
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Nov 032009
Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model « abovethecrowd.com
“…if a disruptive competitor can offer a product or service similar to yours for ‘free,’ and if they can make enough money to keep the lights on, then you likely have a problem.”
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