I’m going to do the unthinkable. I am going to actually defend the practice that many consider “anti-competitive”, the practice of so called “vendor lock-in” often employed by technology companies such as Apple and Microsoft.
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MegaUpload Shut Down Marks a Watershed Moment
The US Government on Friday nonchalantly shut down the entire multi-million dollar business, arrested its founder, and expropriated millions of dollars worth of property. The business in question wasn’t even located in the US, but in New Zealand.
CES 2012 Overview (Over 250 Products Listed)
Consumer Electronics Show is one of the biggest technology shows on the planet. It is like christmas after christmas for techies as they get to see and try the latest and greatest gadgets, some of which could be months before their actual release to market.
The Sun Should be the Future Energy Standard
There is a house in my neighborhood whose roof is completely covered by solar panels, and is owned by someone who is apparently selling them.
4 Amazing New Memory Technologies Coming This Decade
There’s a whole slew of new memory technologies coming up, all of which could be on the market within just three years, and all of which promise tremendous improvements in speed, capacity, and power efficiency.
Open Sourcing WebOS Gives it a Long Term Chance
How quickly do things change when it comes to HP this year. Just earlier this year they were talking about emulating Apple’s strategy of end-to-end control of both software and hardware where webOS would be HP’s equivalent of iOS.
We Are Machines, But Not Like Robots
There is a growing number of people who recognize and reject the rigidity of modern society. They see it treating human beings as machines that run a prewritten program, and individuals themselves treating their lives in that manner as well.
First Android 4.0 Tablet Costs Only $99
The first tablet running the brand new Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, is priced at only $99 USD. The tablet is called Novo7 and is made by Ainol Electron from Hong Kong.
At such a low price we might expect modest specs, but this tablet actually delivers respectably.
Space Colonization and Free Market Essential to Sustainable Growth
When it gets crowded on Earth this could be some decent real estate!
Here’s a yet another seemingly far fetched piece by yours truly, talking about such things as choosing between the potential destruction of all humanity and evolving endlessly into a god like race.
Will Mac OS X and iOS Merge?
Few months ago a Wall Street analyst predicted that Apple will start merging Mac OS X with iOS into a single operating system starting in 2012 and completing in 2016. The new OS would run on all of Apple devices from the iPhone up to the iMac.