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Are the exclusive-to-one-carrier phones getting out of control?

Are the exclusive-to-one-carrier phones getting out of control?FYI, Open Internet Coalition[url=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070711-open-internet-coalition-wants-unlocked-iphones-for-everybody.html]FYI[/url]Locked and blocked, SSDD.Thanks DavidPhysical limitations aren't the same as virtual limitationsThe analogy with the car and the road is not applicable. Cars and roads are transportation resources which are necessary for our survival.The necessity for a Blackberry or...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, exclusivity, AT&T Corp., phone, network, Apple iPhone, carrier

Discussion threads 2007-07-11

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Forbes rewrites the history of open source

Forbes rewrites the history of open sourceI guess it was a political articleYou just convinced me that the purpose of this article in Forbes being written was to score political points. Which makes its rewriting of history doubly-disgusting.Libertarian?I'm pretty sure the GPL is normally associated with socialism, not libertarianism. Libertarians...

Tags: open source, Forbes, libertarian, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Best Buy plays defense with Apple, iPhone

Update: Best Buy will begin selling Apple's iPhones in its store and the relationship between the two parties has become quite symbiotic. According to various reports, Best Buy (all resources, BNET profile) will start selling Apple's iPhone in its stores beginning Sept. 7. For Apple, Best Buy...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Apple Inc., Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Business Structures, Personal Technology, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-13

Should Microsoft become more Apple-like?

Should Microsoft become more Apple-like?Not unlike AppleLook at the iPod/iTunes combination, the Mac/OSX combination.The only difference is where they obtain their revenue from, Apple hardware, Microsoft from software.Both want to lock you into their products, one way or another.I would say MS is a platform companyjust not necessarily that they...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Does Windows, Apple Inc., business model

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Larry misses the mark on Yahoo BOSS

Larry Dignan wrote an article today called "Yahoo's desperate search times call for open source", about this week's announcement of the Yahoo BOSS platform. Unfortunately Larry has gotten it all wrong. The first problem is that Yahoo BOSS is not open source. They've...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., API, Larry, Y!BOSS, Open Source, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-07-10

iPhone 3G: Release the rumors!

iPhone 3G: Release the rumors!Not consistent......with Apple's market or policies. Subsidizing and thus devalueing the iPhone is not what Apple wants. It WANTS the iPhone to be expensive because that is the market it caters to. I think Apple wants the iPhone to be competitive. The...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3G

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199

Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199But..But Wait...No_Ax Predicted This Wouldn't Happen!!Oh Lordy...THREE predictions to fall?VonageYahoo takeover...Now the IPhone selling 10 million???Man, this is gonna really hurt Don's reputation here.RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199Will it still be available only on AT & T ???RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, US$199, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, ATT

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Noble goals and politics at the OLPC

Noble goals and politics at the OLPCSidetrack in progressDoes look like OLPC is being distracted from its original goal by corporate politics and maybe a little bit of purism. A Windows port of Sugar may or may not be worthwhile, but it could wait for a subsequent release.Cross platform...

Tags: Operating systems, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Windows, computer

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Who's interested in a non-Apple Mac?

Who's interested in a non-Apple Mac?Apple the hardware companycan not afford to lose business to a clone as they make little money off of the OS itself.[i]Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war![/i]wrong priceYou cannot compare the $399 fo this system with the $599 for mac mini...

Tags: BIOS, Desktops, Operating systems, non-Apple Mac, Apple Inc., hardware

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit City

Updated: Here's a deal where 1 + 1 = 0.5: Blockbuster is offering to acquire Circuit City for "a least $6 a share." Blockbuster went public on Monday statement with an offer to buy Circuit City. Blockbuster says it sent a letter Feb. 17, but Circuit City...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Convergence, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Apple's iPhone: Can it hit 45 million units by end of 2009?

While most Wall Street types have come down from their aggressive targets for iPhone units, one analyst, Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray, is sticking to his guns. Munster is predicting that Apple will ship 45 million iPhone units in calendar 2009. In a research note Monday, Munster...

Tags: China, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Munster, 3G, Digital Music, Digital Media, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Photoshop Express a fine, free tool for teachers and students

Photoshop Express a fine, free tool for teachers and studentsLarger imagesHow well does it work with larger images? Being that its an online app, do you have to upload each image that it works with?RE: Photoshop Express a fine, free tool for teachers and studentsWas unable to upload 1500x2500 JPEG.Never...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Flash Player 9, Photoshop Express, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Systems Inc., tool

Discussion threads 2008-03-28

Can Steve Jobs convince jailbreakers to walk the straight and narrow?

Can Steve Jobs convince jailbreakers to walk the straight and narrow?Hardware Blog?Quote: [i]"The iPod, the iPhone and Apple TV are fine examples of products where Steve Jobs expects the consumer to regularly put their hand into their pocket."[/i]Well, Aido, stop promoting these over-priced, over-hyped, under-spec'd and unrealiable iApple products... not...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, developer

Discussion threads 2008-03-06

Is Apple going to ease up on iPhone jailbreakers? Based on what COO said yesterday, kind of sounds like it

In remarks at an investment conference yesterday, Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook said that because the demand for hacked iPhones exists, there would always be a level of hacking. That type of hacking could be taken to be the type of jailbreaking that when performed...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Hacking, Security, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-28

What+Microsoft+does+well

What+Microsoft+does+wellMice, fast food, and jet enginesSo how does a Microsoft keyboard fit into your theory?Or, looking at it from a company twice Microsoft's size at least financially: what is the "core identity" of General Electric?NOTHIINGWindows is garbage.NET is garbageSilverlight is a nonstarterXbox finally made mooney and is getting killed by...

Tags: Keyboards, PRODUCTIVITY, Game players, Strategy, developer, Microsoft Corp., keyboard, computer, new user, killer app

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

Over a quarter of iPhones are "unlocked"

It was always to be expected that a certain number of iPhone purchasers would go through the trouble of "unlocking" their device so it could be used on any network they want. This involves some work, and though web sites dedicated to the subject abound on the Internet, I always...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-01-29

Hollywood dinosaurs and the Internet

Not that this tops the list of things that matter to geeks, but if you live in Los Angeles like I do, it's hard to avoid news about such things. The Director's Guild of America DGA recently cut a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and...

Tags: Compensation, Hollywood, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Studio, Music, DGA, Internet, Sales Strategy, Benefits, Sales, Human Resources, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-01-18

Scrabble ownership and the public domain

Scrabble ownership and the public domainBe careful JohnYou're starting to channel Lawrence Lessig.Is "2067" a typo?1993 + 70 = 2063Or is it not as simple as that?Incentives to CreateGood post, John. Modern copyright law is simply ludicrous. When originally enacted, copyrights were intended to give incentives to creators and balance...

Tags: Sales force management, grandchildren, incentive

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?

Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?Yes, the awards are completely outrageous.That would be like you inventing a 10 dollar switch an Ford comes along and not paying you for the idea and you get an infringing award of $100 on each car instead of the added value of...

Tags: disincentive, inventor, Patent Reform, insanity, patent

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

Tuesday at Macworld: clues point to Jobs announcing Xohm WiMax-capable iPods, mini MacBooks

Based on a number of clues I have been mashing up, I predict that during Monday's Tuesday's keynote address at Macworld, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will announce: A new, small size MacBook with built-in, icon-accessible, Sprint Xohm WiMax capability, and: A new...

Tags: Job, Device, Apple iPod, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Sprint Communications, Macworld, WiMAX, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-11