Comment Re:How Are The Republicans For Small Govt? (Score 1) 630
Dems do it too, not that it makes it right from either, but let's get real.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204879004577106553831623714.html
Comment US needs guys like him. (Score 0) 579
This is how the economy in the US works.
Rich people do silly things with their money. Regular people earn a living every time a rich person does something silly with their money.
Every time he buys or leases a new MB, someone has to do the paperwork, clean the new car, deliver the new car, sell the new car. It seems that the only people who don't get any benefit or work are the folks at the license window at the DMV. Taxes are paid, I'm sure.
We need people like Jobs to keep the economy running.
Imagine if all the millionaires and billionaires only spent as much money as regular folks. Lots of folks would not have jobs.
Rich people do silly things with their money. Regular people earn a living every time a rich person does something silly with their money.
Every time he buys or leases a new MB, someone has to do the paperwork, clean the new car, deliver the new car, sell the new car. It seems that the only people who don't get any benefit or work are the folks at the license window at the DMV. Taxes are paid, I'm sure.
We need people like Jobs to keep the economy running.
Imagine if all the millionaires and billionaires only spent as much money as regular folks. Lots of folks would not have jobs.
Comment Re:Ahhh crime. (Score 1) 983
Do we all know that qik was acquired by Skype, which is now being acquired by Microsoft?
Is this the company we want to trust our evidentiary videos to?
Is this the company we want to trust our evidentiary videos to?
Comment Re:Almost makes sense... (Score 1) 131
Are they also then responsible for all the good times?
Comment Re:Don't stop at Paul Allen (Score 1) 219
What if he gives but does not announce it. Just gives anonymously?
Does everyone that does something altruistic have to make sure that everyone knows it?
Or is it just rich people, so that people with less money can sanctimoniously judge by their charitable giving credentials?
Does everyone that does something altruistic have to make sure that everyone knows it?
Or is it just rich people, so that people with less money can sanctimoniously judge by their charitable giving credentials?
Comment Re:Who writes these things? (Score 1) 517
No the iPhone did not invent mobile internet access.
However, it did make it easy for ordinary people to access mobile internet.
However, it did make it easy for ordinary people to access mobile internet.
Apple Allegedly Sought Non-Poaching Deal With Palm 181
theodp writes "A Bloomberg report that Apple CEO Steve Jobs proposed a possibly illegal truce with Palm against poaching their respective employees is sure to pique the interest of the US Department of Justice, which already is investigating whether Google, Yahoo, Apple, Genentech and other tech companies conspired to keep others from stealing their top talent. 'Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the other's employees, regardless of the individual's desires, is not only wrong, it is likely illegal,' former Palm CEO Ed Colligan reportedly told Jobs in August 2007." The article notes that Apple was probably reacting to Palm's hiring of Jon Rubenstein, who had been instrumental in developing the iPod and went on to spearhead the Pre for Palm (and has now become Palm's chairman and CEO). "It's the story about the importance of charismatic engineers," said veteran Silicon Valley forecaster Paul Saffo. "People don't work for Palm. They work for Jon Rubinstein. One has to wonder how Steve Jobs ever let Jon Rubinstein leave."
iPhone 3.0 Update Delivers Prodigious Patch Batch 150
CWmike writes "Apple patched 46 security vulnerabilities in the iPhone and iPod Touch, half of them in the Safari browser and its WebKit rendering engine, as it released iPhone OS 3.0 on Wednesday. One of the patched WebKit vulnerabilities stands out because of the attention it received in March, when a German college student, Nils, walked away with a $5,000 cash prize for hacking Safari at the Pwn2Own challenge. Nils used a bug in WebKit's handling of SVGList objects to crack Safari."
Comment Re:Short on Options! (Score 1) 1218
They have a new software feature called Remote Disk. Comes on the MacBook Air install DVD. You can install this software on a PC or Mac and wirelessly share your optical drive.
Apple claims you can even reinstall your OS from a Remote Disk.
Apple claims you can even reinstall your OS from a Remote Disk.
