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- Another 10-Q gem
- Read Apples Decemer 29/06 10-Q filing carefully and youll run into this bit: Software Development Costs Research and development costs are generally expensed as incurred. Development costs of computer software to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed are subject to capitalization beginning when...
- Tags: technological feasibility, feasibility
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
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- Renting a car: it'll cost you to save on gas
- Renting a car: it'll cost you to save on gasJust drive a low emission car insteadInstead of trying to join the queue for a Hybrid, just choose a low emission car from the normal range.A Honda Fit or other small rentals will give up to 50mpg, and have A/C which...
- Tags: car
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Green tech reward program: Intel will recognize innovation that aids environmental cause
- I've had the pleasure of interviewing Intel Chairman Craig Barrett three times in my varied career, so I can say with authority that he is passionate about the environment. And about education. Then again, this is not surprising from technologist who also happens to be a Montana ranch owner. ...
- Tags: Innovation, Green Technology, Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Registration Deadline, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- X-Box (and Cell Phone) Nation: Election Rests In Digital Hands
- The Democratic convention gets started tonight and in the constant quest for the unconventional technological means of getting out the youth vote, the X-Box is today's "in" device. By itself, this may not be a big deal. There are about 12 million X-Box members around...
- Tags: Presidential Election, Phone, Election, Cell Phone, X-Box, Democratic Convention, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- The iPhone 3G honeymoon seems to be over for some folks
- The iPhone 3G honeymoon seems to be over for some folksMy honeymoon is still going on....But it's probably more due to "technological ignorance is bliss". I don't own an iPhone, or any other type of smart phone, for that matter. I purchased a $20 Motorola GoPhone 2 years...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Apple iPhone, 3G, Apple iPhone 3G, honeymoon, iPhone 3G honeymoon
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- 2012 Olympics: Give Us Webcams On the Wall
- 2012 Olympics: Give Us Webcams On the WallInteresting proposalI like your idea. some thoughts:First: two separate approaches 1) a media center PC to output to the TV & 2) use consolesSecond: Allow for user created chat rooms (audio/text) like IRC channels with audio. That allows the end user...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Webcam, Phelp
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid...."[B]But - it does show that maybe we're a bit too dependent on our devices and that we can be a bit too caught up in the technology of the day.[/B]"That's part of the lesson and the rest of your post is dead...
- Tags: Engineering, MAKE SURE, phone book, Zapped off-the-grid, Third World, phone, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Compromise on the drinking age debate
- Compromise on the drinking age debateThe Land of Misfit toysA brief conpendium of former Rice people would have to include Howard Hughes, Carrie Bradshaw and Matt Wilson, all of whom left after their freshman year.Among our graduates are John Doerr, writers William Broyles and Bill Goyen, game designer Steve Jackson...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, drinking age, beverage
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?
- Intel chairman Craig Barrett, introduced as the company's chief ambassador, delivered the opening keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum this morning, highlighting technological innovation and its impact on the globe - just as you'd expect him to do. But Barrett - with a quick apology for briefly jumping into...
- Tags: Education, Washington, Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Intel Developer Forum, Brian, Telecom & Utilities, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS bet
- What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS betcoax vs fiberNo brainer, but if Verizon thinks this is a 10-year ROI or something, think again.Cable has enough bandwidth to satisfy any residential / home-office use for the forseeable future. Heck, phone companies can now cram 3 or 4 high-def video...
- Tags: Network technology, bandwidth, Verizon Communications Inc., cable, Verizon FiOS bet, Verizon FIOS, Analyzing
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Fortune 500 companies use of email spoofing countermeasures declining
- Here's a paradox - a technology originally meant to verify the sender of an email message for the sake of preventing spoofed messages from reaching the network, still hasn't been embraced by the world's biggest companies despite being around for years, but is actively used by adaptive spammers increasingly abusing...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, Authentication, Fortune 500 Company, E-mail, Spam, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Russia, Georgia and NASA
- Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...
- Tags: Self-Reliance, COTS, SpaceX, Orbital, NASA
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe
- Swaddled in air-conditioned comfort, sipping a Diet Coke I hardly noticed the late afternoon thunderstorm that blew in last Friday. They're a common occurrence in central North Carolina in the summer time; so I continued with my work secure in my technological web. In the background I could hear the...
- Tags: Lightning, Tree, Mississippi, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfareTaiwanI think an impetus for Red Flag Linux wqas the inability of Beijing to secure Windows against Taiwan, but my memory might be faulty.Cyberwar? You must be kiddind...I thought that word "war" is applicable for some serious events that have catastrophic consequences...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Hacking, Saakashvili
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- No Firefox for the iPhone/iPod touch ... D'oh!
- No Firefox for the iPhone/iPod touch ... D'oh!Why LiMo? Interested in your reasons.[i]Roll on LiMo. My next cellphone will, without a doubt, be a LiMo.[/i]Can I ask why? No ulterior motives, I'm just wondering why I should hold off on buying an HTC Touch Diamond, hold off on Android, and...
- Tags: Web browsers, Digital media, Digital music, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, LiMo Foundation, Apple iPhone, D'oh, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Apple and iPhone
- The current issue (16.08) of Wired Magazine has a brief interview with Mozilla CEO John Lilly just before the launch of Firefox 3 in June. In it Lily makes two interesting comments related to Apple: Wired: ...Do you worry about competition from Apple now that it...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Wired Inc., Apple Inc., Mozilla Corp., Razr V2, Web Browsers, Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Windows Fiji: a world class failure
- Before I get blasted by the uber-nerds, I'll tell you now. I've been playing with Windows 7 (6519) for a while, and Fiji, the new Windows Media Center TV Pack supposedly for Windows 7 for Windows Vista (ta, MJ) for a good few days. ...
- Tags: microsoft windows 7, microsoft windows vista, microsoft corp., tv, microsoft windows vista sp1, microsoft windows, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, tvs, software, personal technology, home entertainment, zack whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-09
- DVB-H and government overreach
- DVB-H and government overreachData formats are not part of a business model.They're used by software whose sale generates revenue. Just as the OOXML debate was about market share, so the Microsoft changes in data format were the result of the company's ability to provide unique features the public wanted....
- Tags: Strategy, DVB-H, government, DVB-T, business model
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?
- Internet brand-jacking: What can be learned from Exxon Mobil?Is this blackmail?My guess is that this ia actually blackmail.Br, Hessu"Identity is a serious issue on the web"No it's not! And I'm glad it isn't. Only a dumb fool would trust anything he sees on a "social" site, and only a bigger...
- Tags: Branding, Service-now.com, brand, Exxon Mobil Corp., Twitter, Web, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- Windows wars: Are you a dog or cat?
- All this Vista versus XP versus Windows Server 2008 stuff got me thinking. Maybe its not just technological issues with Microsoft's latest desktop OS that is creating strife between the user bases. Perhaps -- if we take a page from Jungian theory -- there is a...
- Tags: Desktop, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
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