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First patent suit against Linux has a Kevin Bacon-esque connection to Microsoft

First patent suit against Linux has a Kevin Bacon-esque connection to MicrosoftI LOVE Prior ArtEspecially where Patent Trolls are concerned. I feel a reexamination request coming soon.Not to Mention GEMWhich came out in the late 1970's developed by Xerox for their word processing system. It was used as...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Kevin Bacon-esque connection, Kevin Bacon-esque, Linux HAS, Kevin, Linux, patent suit, First patent suit

Discussion threads 2007-10-12

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Apple notebooks to be fabricated from a solid "brick" of aluminum

The term "brick" was mentioned in a 9-to-5 Mac rumor piece on 10 September 2008 when their source said that the MacBook update is "all about the Brick." 9-to-5 Mac now claims that the "brick" isn't a specific Apple product but rather a manufacturing process that uses lasers and jets...

Tags: Brick, Apple Inc., BW, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07

MobileTechRoundup show #149, Netbook talk, WiMAX available, new phones in the house

While we were recording MobileTechRoundup show #149 Kevin was able to swap out internal parts on his MSI Wind and is trying out for the Netbook pit crew. We chatted about the long-awaited release of WiMAX in Baltimore, my Palm Treo Pro, the N96 devices that James and I are...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Freeware, Phone, Memory Card, James, WiMAX, Memory, Flash Memory, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after all

Does Apple need to cook up an enterprise strategy pronto? Despite enterprise interest in the Mac platform and more importantly the iPhone Apple hasn't been going out of its way to target corporate users. That move may be a miscalculation given the economy and a struggling consumer. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Handhelds, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-03

News to know: Cloud wars; Apple; Google; China is watching you

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft's planned cloud platform. Techmeme A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve? Zack Whittaker:...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IPO, Robots, Linux, E-mail, Digital Media, Financial Services, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Open source and the blame game

Open source and the blame gameHmmm..So Open Source isn't magic beans in a tin. The problem with these ventures is the delusional prospects these guys cook up.How many social networks do people want to set up? It's like treating a commodity market as a broad base offset market. You run...

Tags: history lesson, banking, Federal Reserve Board, open source, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

MobileTechRoundup show #148, T-Mobile G1 Android announcement and discussion

We had a list of several topics for consideration in our latest show, but with the big news of the T-Mobile G1 Android release it was tough not to spend most of MobileTechRoundup show #148 discussing the release. James, Kevin, and I each gave our take on the device and...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-28

In tight times, FCC pushes forward with emergency network

With the greatest credit crunch since the 1930s in full swing, this is perhaps not the greatest time to sell your house. Or your airwaves. But the FCC is not dissuaded. The agency is pushing ahead with an attempt to get private investors to foot the bill on a public...

Tags: FCC, Network, Chairman, Emergency Network, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-25

VMware vs Microsoft: Place your bets

At this year's VMworld conference, the talk was all about the free release of Microsoft's hypervisor product, and how much of a threat the software giant may pose to virtualization leader VMware The talk of this year's VMworld conference in Las Vegas was how much of a competitive threat...

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Brett Winterford ZDNet Australia, VMware, Microsoft, virtualization, hypervisor

News items 2008-09-22

Is the HTC Dream Google Android device targeted to feature phone users?

Sascha Segan posted a new article today detailing some very interesting thoughts on the HTC manufactured Dream Android device that is being announced tomorrow by T-Mobile in New York. He discusses something that James, Kevin, and I talked about on MobileTechRoundup show #142 where the lines are blurred between smartphones...

Tags: Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Google Android, Phone, Device, Telecom & Utilities, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-22

EFF sues NSA over warrantless wiretaps

The EFF has filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency as a follow-up to its stymied suit against AT&T. Five individuals are lead plaintiffs in a suit seeking class action status against President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Cheney's chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, AT&T Corp., Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-19

FriendFeed redesign - win; Twitter redesign - 'lipstick on a pig'?

Social networking got an extreme makeover yesterday when two very popular sites -- Twitter and Friendfeed -- introduced fresh new designs. While Twitter's redesign was slightly sprung on its users FriendFeed only surprised its users by going live with a beta that power users had been testing for some time....

Tags: Twitter, FriendFeed, CSS, AJAX, Team Management, Piracy, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Web 2.0, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Churchill Club podcast: A Second Strike of Light-Ning? Marc Andreessen speaks

Marc Andreessen is famous for giving birth to the Web browser - in the 1990s. He'd like to be famous for some newer stuff, too - like Ning, which is getting attention as one of the more interesting ideas in social networking. (It helped 50 Cent to build his fan...

Tags: Marc Andreessen, Social Networking, Podcasts, Corporate Governance, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-19

DarkMarket ID theft message board shuts down

DarkMarket, an infamous underground message board that provides a haven for identity thieves to buy, trade and sell stolen data, plans to shut down operations. According to Threat Level's Kevin Poulsen, the three-year-old forum will go dark on October 4. The shutdown plan follows the recent...

Tags: Message Board, Forum, DarkMarket ID Theft Message Board, Shutdown Plan, Real Estate, Hacking, Security, Business Operations, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-18

UK educator who called for teaching creationism should be fired

UK educator who called for teaching creationism should be firedConsidering that.......most people consider themselves to be religious, why is it necessary for science classes to take an atheistic approach to presenting the subject? By doing so, you are not only alienating a good portion of your students, but you...

Tags: Reiss, creationism

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

Are telecommuters inherently greener than the rest of us?

Ah, yes, I'm enjoying another day here in front of my office window, which is flung wide open to the crisp autumn-esque New Jersey air. Because I'm a consultant and a freelance writer, it's natural that I live the life of a telecommuter, which is just the type of network...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-11

TechCrunch50: Day 2

Yesterday's presentations were a lot of fun to cover. I'm getting right back into the grind today. 6:30 a.m. Here is a list of today's presentations: Alfabetic Presented by Oded Broshi and Arik Kopelman DropBox (Presented by Drew Houston...

Tags: Facebook, Phone, Tim O'Reilly, Mark Cuban, Mytopia, Swype, Mixtt Redefining, iMindi World, Popego Cut, exchangeP, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, Channel Management, Manufacturing, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-09

Rose's iTunes 8 mockup and Let's Rock predictions

The Oracle of Cupertino, er Kevin Rose, has posted his predictions for tomorrow's Let's Rock event in San Francisco, it's mostly a re-hash of his previous predictions though: New design for the iPod Nano this one iPod price reductions 2.1 software on iPod Touch ...

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iTunes, Prediction, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-08

MobileTechRoundup show #146, MSI Wind, OMNIA, and HTC Dream desires

Kevin started off MobileTechRoundup show #146 by talking about his newly arrived MSI Wind and after hearing some of his thoughts I am seriously considering this device as a replacement for my Fujitsu U810. I also picked up a couple devices in Singapore, but one is already on the auction...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, High Tech Computer Corp., James, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-06

Should political postings stay or go? A survey.

Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Please Speak FreelyAdmittedly, the subject matter was off-topic but adding the occasional non-relevant opinion is a very human thing to do, certainly not to be chastised, regardless of idealogical objection.Kevin, G-Portal UKhttp://cms.da.gpRE: Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Mitch you have at...

Tags: Blogging, political posting, blogger, survey

Discussion threads 2008-09-05