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Comment Re:News Flash! Water is wet! (Score 1) 393

when I store my credit card information on my home computer

Why would you even do this? Information I don't want others to get at, I keep in my head. It being on your computer is merely slightly more secure than it being on a server somewhere on the internet. We all take risks of less than 100% secure. When you use your credit card, how confident are you that they don't keep and store said credit card in their 'cloud'?

Comment Re:Agreed, 3G Value Is Not Clear to Me (Score 1) 134

As far as using the browser as an actual browser. I think its rather cumbersome. But using a true HTML render engine to render HTML made specifically for the e-book format I think is a great idea. Right now we have to deal with html to epub converters (the few there are) and they are all rudimentary. The 3G in both the Kindle and the Nook (id have to double check though to be sure) I believe use the spring network, so the coverage is good. But I actually agree that 3G is truly not necessary for most people.
IBM

IBM, Other Multinationals "Detaching" From the US 812

theodp writes "If you're brilliant, work really hard, and earn a world-class doctorate from a US university, IBM has a job for you at one of its US research sites — as a 'complementary worker' (as this 1996 piece defined the then-emerging term). But be prepared to ship out to India or China after you've soaked up knowledge for 13 months as a 'long-term supplemental worker.' Newsweek sketches some of the bigger picture, reporting that IBM, HP, Accenture, and others are finding it profitable to detach from the United States (even patenting the process). 'IBM is one of the multinationals that propelled America to the apex of its power, and it is now emblematic of the process of creative destruction pushing America to a new, less dominant, and less comfortable position.'"

Comment Re:Tendency toward monopoly (Score 1) 371

The market does always correct itself, even if it is in 25-50-100 year cycles. The problem is that these corrections are extremely volatile, causing mass job losses, hunger, homelessness, death, etc. Thats why we need a balanced approach to economics. So we can allow for as much freedom as possible to innovate, build a business, or whatever, all the while mitigating monopolies, too large to fail, and market volatility when shit goes wrong.

Personally, even if things are too large to fail, they should fail anyway. Let it completely fail, if said business is important to government (such as banks, but not trade managing companies) then government should create a brand new replacement (nothing at all comes from the previous business except non-management personnel). When the volatility passes, said business slowing fades out, maybe even getting bought by companies that survived the bad weather.

Google

Google Shows Off Ad-Supported Cell Phone 290

taoman1 writes "Today Google showed off a ad-supported cellphone that the company plans to offer for free to interested parties. The product could reach the marketplace within a year, and will offer Google search, email, and a web browser. 'The move would echo another recent product launched by a phone industry outsider, Apple Inc.'s iPhone. But Google's product would draw its revenue from a sharply different source, relying on commercial advertising dollars instead of the sticker price of at least US$499 for an iPhone and $60 per month for the AT&T Inc. service plan. Negotiating the fairest way to split those advertising revenues with service providers could be a big hurdle for Google, one analyst said. Another problem is the potential that consumers could be scared off by the prospect of listening to advertisements before being able to make phone calls, said Jeff Kagan, a wireless and telecommunications industry analyst in Atlanta.'"
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