On Wednesday, Samsung signed a deal with Microsoft relating primarily to UI patent infringements associated with Android, which means that for every handset Samsung ship, Microsoft skim a reported $10.00 off the top. Microsoft have had a similar deal with HTC since earlier this year, which gets them somewhere around $5.00 per handset. Additionally, they have deals completed or pending with [...]
I’m really busy right at this moment in time finalizing a paper, but Amazon should ABSOLUTELY (yes, caps is necessary, both here, and later) buy Netflix. Lots of reasons, which hopefully I’ll go into over the weekend when I have a bit more time in a nice detailed post but basically; Amazon has just announced [...]
Looks like the OPERA data might be valid after all…. I came from the future, just to be ROOT….
A friend of mine pointed out an article by the BBC posted online today regarding the infinite monkey thought exercise. I’m a big fan of the BBC – their news and sports coverage tends to be bang on the money, and their factual and drama programs are second to none. However, what kind of journalism is this? [...]
So, it’s pretty late and I’ve been coding all day. It’s been going well, except I was looking at the output of my decompressor and I’ve found the weirdest error. It’s just a formatting problem with the output to the terminal, but I cannot explain either what causes it, or why I can get rid [...]
… and he didn’t even last a year. 357 days ago, HP brought in Leo Apotheker from SAP to take helm of the very bumpy ship left by Mark Hurd. The decision to bring an enterprise software guy into the leading manufacturer of consumer hardware seemed at the time to be a little off, but fine, [...]