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Today the EU slammed Microsoft with a new record €899m ($1.35bn) fine. Those who are shocked by the amount must understand that the Redmond based company could have easily avoided this fine by complying with the original anti-trust ruling issued back in 2004. However, Microsoft deliberately chose not to comply. Until recently, Microsoft found that […]
I love Plaxo. This is the first social network that actually solves a real problem for me. That is probably because it is not really social network in the same sense as FoceBook or MySpace. Plaxo allows me to have an up-to-date agenda by delegating to each of them the responsibility to maintain their current […]
When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, he said that Apple expected to sell 10 million units by the end of 2008. By January 2007 Apple had already sold 40% of its self imposed goal. So, why are analysts increasingly doubtful that Apple will be successful? On the surface it seems that Apple has been very […]
I just read a nice article on Yahoo about a programmer, Jonathan Coulton, turned songwriter. It is an interesting article and I encourage everyone to read it. I haven’t listened to all his songs, but one of them, Code Monkey, really catched my attention. It is about a programmer, his life and his dreams. Not […]
Actor Roy Scheider died a week ago, on February 10. Although I do not write much about movies and actors, in this case I felt compelled to write something about him. Everyone seems to remember Roy from is role as police chief Martin Brody in Jaws. I am not sure that the producers of that […]
Today Toshiba announced what everyone in the industry had predicted since Warner decided to withdraw support for their high-definition DVD format, HD-DVD is dead. The decision to discontinue this technology will cost Toshiba hundreds of millions of dollars. They are not the only losers, though. About a million customers had bet on HD-DVD and now […]
So, the results are in. On the Democrat side, Hillary Clinton fared well among Hispanics while Barak Obama got the support of the Black Community. That is what most analysts will tell you. What is missing is the explanations as to why there is such bad blood and mistrust between these communities. When we hear […]
As I wrote in a previous port I am currently in Vegas on holidays. Yesterday I went to see “Mamma Mia” a fun musical comedy based on music by ABBA. I really enjoyed the show, but that isn’t what I want to write about. You see, in the play three mature women who used to […]
Yesteday I wrote about rude people. The problem extends well beyond discussion groups and forums. Until his show disappeared a couple of weeks ago, I used to watch religiously Robert Scoble‘s technology interviews on PodTech.net. It was a great way to learn about emerging technologies and companies. In most cases I was really shocked at […]
I am currently in Vegas, resting a couple of days after a very hard end of year and an even more complex year start. I had the opportunity to play a couple of minutes with the new Mac Book Air at the Fashion Mall Apple Store. It definitively is a sexy machine. I would love […]