Archive for December 7th, 2007

Apple: Good News, Bad News

December 7, 2007

The good news is, Apple has plenty cash on hand. This is leading to speculation that they’re in the market to acquire companies and expand their media empire.
The bad news is really bad: Apple is taking a beating on Apple TV and the loss of NBC content in iTunes hurts Apple more than NBC. At [...]

Opera, Firefox Adding Embedded Video Tag

December 7, 2007

Mozilla, Opera look to make video on the Web easier - Yahoo! News:
Firefox and Opera will support a new HTML tag specifically for embedding video in Web pages. As long as the browsers support a video’s specific codec, or encoding method, the browsers will then be able to play the video without launching third-party enabling [...]

CompUSA to Liquidate

December 7, 2007

CompUSA to Close All Stores - WSJ.com:
Gordon Brothers Group, a Boston-based retail store liquidator, will oversee a piecemeal sale of the Dallas-based business, the company said in a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed. Stores will remain open through year-end under the supervision of Gordon Brothers, which will also negotiate the sale of real estate [...]

FSF Watch: SFLC Lawyers Sue Verizon

December 7, 2007

This is the fourth shakedown lawsuit filed by FSF lawyers on behalf of BusyBox. As is the case in at least one previous case (last week?), the BusyBox (busybox-0.61.pre) source code is already available from the manufacturer of the device.
At what point do the advocates open their eyes and realize the FSF is no less [...]

Vista SP1 Network Speed Boost Looks Promising

December 7, 2007

People who keep kicking Vista like an unwanted cat are doing so on what basis?

Companies aren’t adopting because it’s pre-SP?
All those Apple ads trying to sell you an even more restrictive system?
Hardware issues?

Misguided opinions based on how it runs on XP-era hardware?
The usual drivel from unsavory, unbalanced quarters like the FSF?

We went through a lot [...]