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IBM sold its personal computing division to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo (previously called Legend) in 2005, divesting itself of a product line they could not make a profit from. After this weeks announcement that the IBM brand will be dropped, the brand that arguably launched the whole PC more will be consigned to history.
On Oct 24th I ranted pretty hard on Movable Type not only on my blog, but also in my podcast. In my opinion, it was well-deserved. Bryne Reese at Six Apart listened and did some work on his own time to put together a podcasting plugin for Movable Type.
A study in Canada has been released that proves what many (myself included) have known for years, that on average people that pirate music are more likely to buy CD’s rather than less. The study was sponsored by the Canadian government and is a bit of a slog to read, but there is already some very good analysis of it on the Web.
Do you want your Podcast listed in the Zune Marketplace Directory? Well, you will want to follow the instructions as outlined on the Zune Insider Blog.
Over the past two days I have been trying to determine if it makes sense for RawVoice to join the OpenSocial coalition “not even sure how to at this point” but we have built our platform in a way that may make sense for us to do so.
In a move that can only be declared self-serving, Verizon has introduced a new definition of “Unlimited” data usage in its Wireless terms of service.
It disturbs me that I might say something positive about a spammer, but I must admit that I respect the ingenuity of this. Reported by the BBC, spammers have invented a windows game that progressively displays more of an image if the player correctly decodes a distorted phrase.
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Sure I have two Macs here at the house but we primarily use one of them for Video editing and the other is used for doing my Ustream show. Otherwise I am pretty much on Windows PCs 95% of the time.
When a GNC reader recently pointed out my antipodean spelling I thought it might be past time that I actually introduced myself. As the tags on my post say, my name is Matthew and I live with my wife and kids in Melbourne Australia. While I studied IT in college my career has taken me more into the business side of technology and I have post graduate qualifications in marketing and economics (micro) and an MBA from Melbourne Business School.
Mike Masnick makes a plea on techdirt for a mobile phone vendor to step forward and offer truth in their advertisements and product descriptions. This was prompted by a JD Power report on the declining satisfaction with mobile phone providers in the US. Is there anyone responsible for ensuring that consumers aren't ripped off in the US? Here in Australia
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