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Submission + - Patent Troll Goes After Core PCI-Express Technolog (anandtech.com)

Submitted by wasimkadak
wasimkadak writes: The first patent (7454552) covers a “switch with transparent and non-transparent ports” while the second (7421532) refers to “switching with transparent and non-transparent ports”. Neither description really says much, but the text below suggests what they’re covering: communication via a switch between PCI Express devices. What’s really crazy is that this sounds like Internet Machines literally managed to patent a portion of PCI Express spec.
The Internet

Submission + - Comcast's $9.99 Internet for low-income families g (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by wasimkadak
wasimkadak writes: Comcast rolled out its Internet Essentials program nationwide today, offering low-income families in its service territory $10/month Internet connections and access to $150 computers.

Any family with at least one child who qualifies for the free lunch program at public schools can subscribe to a low-speed (1.5Mbps) Comcast Internet connection for $9.95 a month. Comcast guarantees that it won't raise the price and offers the plan without equipment rental or activation fees. Subscribers also cannot have "an overdue Comcast bill or unreturned equipment," and they can't have had Comcast Internet in the last 90 days.
Apple

Submission + - Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple (yahoo.com)

Submitted by wasimkadak
wasimkadak writes: CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Apple’s Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, as the company’s new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will join the Board, effective immediately.

Submission + - With Google, There Will Be Bad Blood (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by wasimkadak
wasimkadak writes: “I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed.”

I’m reminded of Daniel Plainview’s admission in There Will Be Blood when thinking about Google.

While the company is still largely beloved by the public, sentiment seems to have turned against them amongst their peers, and even amongst many of the startups around Silicon Valley. While these tensions have been building for months — and even years, in some cases — we’re seeing this on display more clearly than ever now thanks to the patent issue(s).

But why? Why is Google now a villain to many in the industry? I don’t believe it’s because they’re evil, I believe it simply relates to the Plainview quote. Increasingly, Google is trying to do everything. And they have the arrogance to think that they can. And it’s pissing people off.

Comment Re:Spotify (Score 1) 151

by wasimkadak (#36918620) Attached to: Spotify Sued For Patent Infringement
I have to say that the quality of the music is not as good as music bought from Amazon or iTunes. I am on the 4.99/month version and expect slightly more than what they are offering right now (with respect to the sound quality). Spotify claims that the 'Premium' version gets enhanced sound quality. Considering I do not want to listen to music on my cellphone or use any other feature provided with the Premium service, I think it is pretty sad. But overall, satisfied with the service in general.
Google

Submission + - How Apple Led The High-Stakes Patent Poker (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by wasimkadak
wasimkadak writes: “It’s not like Android’s free. Android has a patent fee. You do have to license patents.”

That was Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an interview last year with The Wall Street Journal. At the time, Microsoft was on the verge of releasing their first Windows Phone 7 devices, and knew their best hope in the market would be to go after Android — the same OS which quickly ran Windows Mobile into extinction. In the months that have followed, right or wrong, it looks like Microsoft is slowly but surely forcing Google’s OEM partners for Android to agree with this stance.
Google

Submission + - How Apple Led The High-Stakes Patent Poker (techcrunch.com) 1

Submitted by wasimkadak
wasimkadak writes: “It’s not like Android’s free. Android has a patent fee. You do have to license patents.”

That was Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an interview last year with The Wall Street Journal. At the time, Microsoft was on the verge of releasing their first Windows Phone 7 devices, and knew their best hope in the market would be to go after Android — the same OS which quickly ran Windows Mobile into extinction. In the months that have followed, right or wrong, it looks like Microsoft is slowly but surely forcing Google’s OEM partners for Android to agree with this stance.
Facebook

Submission + - Facebook trapped in MySQL 'fate worse than death' (gigaom.com) 1

Submitted by wasimkadak
wasimkadak writes: According to database pioneer Michael Stonebraker, Facebook is operating a huge, complex MySQL implementation equivalent to “a fate worse than death,” and the only way out is “bite the bullet and rewrite everything.”

Not that it’s necessarily Facebook’s fault, though. Stonebraker says the social network’s predicament is all too common among web startups that start small and grow to epic proportions.
Android

Submission + - Google's Six-Front War (techcrunch.com) 1

Submitted by wasimkadak
wasimkadak writes: While the tech world is buzzing about the launch and implications of Google’s new social network, Google+, it’s worth noting that Google isn’t just in a war with Facebook, it’s at war with multiple companies across multiple industries. In fact, Google is fighting a multi-front war with a host of tech giants for control over some of the most valuable pieces of real estate in technology.
Security

Submission + - Hacker Group LulzSec Challenges FBI (pastebin.com)

Submitted by
Tiek00n
Tiek00n writes: "Hacker Group "LulzSec" has gained some attention recently for their hacks of PBS and Sony. Their most recent target: FBI affiliate Infragard.

The group claims "It has come to our unfortunate attention that NATO and our good friend Barrack Osama-Llama 24th-century Obama have recently upped the stakes with regard to hacking. They now treat hacking as an act of war. So, we just hacked an FBI affiliated website (Infragard, specifically the Atlanta chapter) and leaked its user base. We also took complete control over the site and defaced it""

Submission + - NVIDIA's shows off quad core physics on a tablet (anandtech.com)

Submitted by wasimkadak
wasimkadak writes: I've warned both Qualcomm and TI that the danger they have to face in the SoC space going forward isn't just NVIDIA engineering, but NVIDIA marketing. Although too aggressive for my tastes at times, NVIDIA does know how to take a simple product release and turn it into an extremely polished technology launch. Even down to the materials NVIDIA shares with the press, to-date none of its competitors have built such pretty slides that make their way all over the web.

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