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I haven’t made very many of these type of post here, but this one really deserves it. I have alluded to some of these things in prior posts but to make sure nobody misses them, I’m posting them here. Major career and personal changes are happening in my life over the next few months. The [...] I know, two stories from the same source. But this one hit one of my hot buttons a bit too hard to just skip. Paul Miller, senior associate editor for Engadget recently posted about a nasty surprise that his Apple iPad had waiting for him. Instead of quoting the entire story I’ll do my best [...] As reported by Engadget,, Intel is experimenting with a somewhat novel CPU upgrade scheme. They want to charge you to unlock features of your CPU that are already there. Now, it’s not unheard of for CPUs to have cores or cache memory disabled at the factory. It’s acceptable, perhaps even expected, that a chip manufacturer [...] As reported by the Houston Chronicle, among others, a minister in Florida is only a couple of days away from burning copies of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, on the ninth anniversary of the 2001 September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. This plan by the pastor of [...] A recent post to the ThinSkull Blog at advicescene.com highlights a case in Canada which takes the concept of “work for hire” as it relates to copyright and quite literally turns it upside down. From the post: John Hawley was sentenced to ten years in prison for armed robberies committed in his mid-twenties. After he [...] Michele Simon’s blog Appetite For Profit recently featured a piece on PepsiCo’s “Score For Your School” promotion, decrying it as “stealth marketing” and in poor taste given youth obesity rates. I quote in part: How thoughtful of Frito-Lay to create a fun and easy way for fans to help sports programs. Couldn’t have anything to [...] |
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