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blboo writes:
Remember the Contiki operating
system? A few years back it was used to run web servers and web
browsers on really old home computers such as the Commodore
64 and the 8-bit Atari. Today Contiki has grown up and moved from
being a cute hobby project to a serious embedded
operating system used in research into networked
embedded systems and wireless sensor networks. In fact, it has
matured so much that Adam Dunkels, the author of Contiki,
earlier today announced his PhD
thesis on Contiki and its components; protothreads and the
uIP embedded TCP/IP stack. It is an interesting direction for a niche hobby OS to take and probably quite different from what people expected Contiki to become when it first was released.
78310
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jg21 writes:
In what he calls "the old TV world", blogging venture capitalist Sim Simeonov notes that 'consumer choice == less money' since you'd make the most money if you could just turn all the TVs on in every household, tie people to their couches and prop their eyelids open. But in the age of Web 2.0 and user-generated content, the game has changed. Simeonov instances the upcoming site Flip, aimed at teenage girls, in which the girls themselves can apparently decide which brands' ads will appear during the setup phase. Seems like the long-awaited (dreaded?) future of online ads that target at the level of the individual consumer has finally arrived. In other words, nowadays 'consumer choice == more money'! [From the article: "To online businesses — both the majors and those serving niche content — choice is good and the Net's ability to support infinitely many discoverable 'channels' is the key enabler for segmenting the audience into ever smaller, better targeted, more engaged, higher margin groups."]
78306
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KESETRUM writes:
Can't wait iPhone to be release? China did first (CECT Korean/China Phone Manufacture). Probably this is first iPhone imitation made by China. This Indonesia mobile online shop sell the iPhone like. According their site, this GSM phone has specs, touchscreen, screen can be rotated, touch pad, phone can be shake on built-in dice Game, camera, mp3, mp4, game and another feature. Slim form factor, and can write color drawing on screen (like graffity or jotter on PALM handheld), this online store offer delivery order for Jakarta City. The price is Rp. 1.750.000 or US$ 190. For alternatife access, see attached image from imageshack.us. This local forum discuss about this phone.
