One of Apples recent PC ads (see at bottom of post) made fun of the amount of money that Microsoft spends on Vista advertising. But think about it, how often do you see a Vista commercial vs. a Apple commercial. I think the answer is pretty obvious.
But according to Netcrunch, here are the real numbers.
It [...]
Larry Lessig recently appeared on Charlie Rose and had some very interesting quotes about copyright.
From Techcrunch:
My real fear is that the last 10 years have unleashed a kind of
revolutionary attitude among the generation that will take over in 10
years. And it will be hard for them to distinguish between sensible
copyright legislation and the kind that [...]
From the New York Times:
NMobile and Trapster are
two mobile applications that provide up-to-date, detailed maps of
speed-enforcement zones with live police traps, speed cameras or
red-light cameras. After launching, each application pulls up a map
pinpointing the locations of speed traps within driving distance. An
audio alert will sound as vehicles approach an area tagged as harboring
a speed trap.
From the EFF:
Once again, thanks to DRM, a new product ends up less useful than the one it replaces. This time, it’s the new family of Apple Macbook laptop computers that gets the downgrade.
When it launched the new Macbooks, Apple announced that they would sport a new digital video output connector, known as Mini DisplayPort. [...]
These are my links for November 21st from 12:42 to 12:59:
Google: Google Launches SearchWiki for Custom-Ordered Search Results – Some logged-in Google users are seeing an interesting new feature enabled on their results pages this morning.
jkOnTheRun:iPhone 2.2 software: Street View (iPhones only), Podcast downloads and more – he Apple iPhone keeps getting tweaked through fairly [...]
This looks interesting!
As anticipated last month, Google’s experiment that lets you reorder and annotate search results is now live. Google SearchWiki should be available automatically if you are logged in to a Google account and it can be recognized by the visual clutter added to the search results. [link]
Google SearchWiki
The iPhone 2.2 Software Update is available now from iTunes. Here’s what it updates, etc.
iPhone 2.2 Software Update
This update contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
• Enhancements to Maps
- Google Street View
- public transit and walking directions
- display address of dropped pins
- share location via email
• Enhancements to Mail
- resolved isolated issues with [...]
According to waltermonkey on livejournal:
Now: What does this tell us about him, as a person, as a gamer, as a government official? I will attempt to translate all the dorkese.
1. – CULTURAL RELATIVISM
Every player in WoW belongs to one of two warring factions, Alliance or Horde. Werbach is Horde. Children often choose to be Alliance [...]
(via The Fire Wire, Nobody Likes Bush)
also:
World Leaders Won’t Shake Bush’s Hand
No One Shakes Bush’s Hand At G20 Summit
These are my links for November 20th from 15:52 to 15:53:
Microsoft Watch – Web Services & Browser – Why Firefox Won’t Survive Chrome – I love Firefox. It's a remarkably fast and reliable browser. But Mozilla's dirty little public secret has been its dependence on Google search revenue.
Featured IPhone Application: SnapTell Explorer Instantly Looks Up [...]