Comment Re:Wait, what? (Score 2, Insightful) 242
Yeah, this reminds me of the "Windows XP's Raw Sockets will destroy the Internet!" hype.
Comment Re:on privacy (Score 1, Insightful) 106
I was in Amsterdam for five days in May and found your people to be really open, charming, and tolerant. I actually really liked the culture; everyone just goes about their lives doing whatever they damn well please and if someone's being an asshole people tell them to knock it off. American culture, on the other hand, can be VERY judgemental and VERY conformist, so I can see how such openness would cause some of us to become very, very paranoid :)
Feed Kodak’s Digital Efforts Pay Off With Higher Revenue (nytimes.com)
Eastman Kodak posted its first profit in nine quarters on higher revenue from photo kiosks and savings from eliminating jobs.
Submission + - Is Executive Hubris Ruining Companies?
Crash McBang writes: In this article, Mathew Hayward, assistant professor at the University of Colorado, does a Q&A on his new book, Ego Check: Why Executive Hubris Is Wrecking Companies And Careers And How To Avoid The Trap , which shows how executives' inflated egos can impact what they choose to produce, the manufacturing decisions they make and how they market their products. What failures (colossal or otherwise) have you been involved in that could be contributed to Executive Hubris?
Vendor Intel alters computer-chip recipe 2
Intel is doctoring up their computer-chip recipe
. Intel will replace materials it has used for decades in its next production process. The change will bring big gains in chip speed, while controlling power consumption. Intel will use two new materials for making transistors as production of 45-nanometer chips gears up. They will replace silicon dioxide and polycrystalline silicon, and start using new materials,
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