Author Archive
NVIDIA Dictates Advertised Video Card Pricing
Did you wonder why your GeForce purchasing experience may have changed? Have you wondered why you might have seen all cards priced the same or not priced at all? According to this DIGG story, it is all about Nvidia’s “UMAP.” You may recall how this policy was used by the record labels to control the [...]
Revision3 CEO: Blackout Caused by MediaDefender Attack
Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3 an internet site that aims to be the first real U.S. internet television (or monitor) network, describes here how an (in)famous company known for its contract work for the MPAA and RIAA to counter internet piracy purposefully or accidentally shut down the Revision3 business over the long Memorial Day weekend. [...]
Jerry Yang’s Memo to Yahoo Staff
Jerry Yang sent an e-mail to Yahoo! staff on Microsoft’s withdrawal of its unsolicited offer to purchase Yahoo. In the e-mail he implicitly confirmed that some shareholders supported the management’s and board’s strategy to resist the Microsoft offer at the price point put on the table. Yang also reiterated that the scrutiny will continue. One [...]
That Flu You Caught? It Came from East and Southeast Asia
Scientific American reports that the seasonal flus that hit the planet generally originate from Asia. Unfortunately, many Asian countries simply do not share an ethic of good hygiene. They live in close quarters with their fowl and pigs. Viruses easily pass between the birds and pigs. Then, because pigs’ bodies utilize many of the same [...]
Yahoo to Microsoft – - “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.”: Send More Money.
Below is a verbatim copy of Yahoo’s letter to Steven Ballmer, responding to his demands to Yahoo’s Board of Directors along with this author’s comments, which are in red. Dear Steve: Our Board has reviewed your most recent letter with regard to the unsolicited proposal you made to acquire Yahoo! on January 31, 2008. Our [...]
Top Five Classic Charlton Heston Movie Moments
Few actors – of his or any generation – can lay claim to having been responsible for so many of cinema’s definitive big-screen moments. However, one scene is missing from this DIGG list. A list of Charlton Heston moments cannot be complete without this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sp-VFBbjpE read more | digg story
Site launched to Protest Creative’s actions
A site launched to protest of Creative’s actions against volunteer driver coder urges consumers to boycott the company. It seems to be something of a minor internet “revolution” much like the DIGG attempts to take down the now infamous HD-DVD encryption key in response to a DCMA letter. There has been nothing posted on the [...]
Creative Goes After Driver Modder
The back story: Since the release of Windows Vista, Creative has promised their Sound Cards as being “Vista Ready”. According to the story on DIGG, some unlucky customers discovered that Creative’s drivers are actually buggy and feature-crippled. A Creative customer offered others, on Creative’s forums, modified drivers that had a better feature set and just [...]
