“eBay driving world’s tomb raiders out of business, says prof”
It seems that the way the Internet drives down prices by eliminating the middlemen is actually doing some good for someone other than the buyer, for a change.
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“New non-volatile memory promises ‘instant-on’ computing”
I’ve heard this kind of claim before. Several times. I’ll believe it when I see it.
Newspapers in the Internet Age
I recently fielded a nuisance telemarketing call from one of our local newspapers, trying to convince me to buy a subscription. This is a fairly regular occurrence; “no” seems to translate to “try again later” to them, and the calls seem to be getting more frequent… probably because newspapers are in dire financial straits. I …
The Learning Curve
Have you ever heard about MessagEase, the extremely fast and efficient text-entry method for small devices? Probably not, even though it’s been around for a long time. And why not? I firmly believe that it’s because of the learning curve — it takes at least a few hours of practice to see any real speed …
“Ragdoll Metaphysics”
I found the “Gaming the Pirates” section of this software developer interview completely fascinating. Piracy is a major problem in nearly all commercial software pursuits, but especially in games; these guys accepted it, planned for it in advance, and turned it to their advantage.
“French Reject ‘Three-Strikes’ Piracy Measure”
Uh-oh, looks like french fries are about to become “freedom fries” again. 😉
“Microsoft dumped after India PM’s emails go AWOL”
“Ushers in open-source era“. Um, “oops.” 🙂
“Be Relentlessly Resourceful”
I disagree with this slightly. I wasn’t “relentlessly resourceful” when I started my first startup — but I was, and am, a very stubborn determined person. When I start pounding my head against a problem, I don’t stop until either the problem breaks or my head does. So far, it has always been the problem. …
“Scammer shuffles Apple out of 9,000 iPods”
Sometimes you’ve just got to ask yourself what some would-be criminal “mastermind” was thinking. This is one of them. Nine thousand?! I’m the first to agree with the phrase “if it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing,” but even I have limits. And the stupid-stick apparently whacked Apple here too — did no one there notice …
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“Twitter not yet in ‘late stage’ talks with Google”
For someone like me, who always tries to trace the reasons for human behaviors, there were a couple of very odd interviews on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report this week. These shows almost always interview recently-published authors on book-promotion tours. The interviews are set up by the authors’ publicists, to get the word …
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