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So there is a rumor that got started right after Steve Job's untimely death and as his timely official biography was released: Jobs had figured out a way to make TV better. Walter Isaacson claims he had the following exchange with Steve:

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So after the feeding frenzy yesterday of Google buying Motorola Mobility Inc., cooler heads are prevailing and doing fact-based analysis.

For instance:

• MMI gets $2.5 billion regardless if the deal is allowed to go through.
• Google made $8.5 billion in net profit this year and $6.5 billion last year. Given that the deal is for $12.5 billion, Google ( Read more... )

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Last Sunday, I took Jeremy to the Apple store as he had never been. He wanted to go look at iPods as he had never shopped for them before and was not familiar with Apple's product line. I was also trying to plant the seeds of doubt, trying to get him away from his horrid HP laptop running Vista.

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Run xeyes.


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Wednesday, the line conditioner/surge protector, enclosure, and 7 port USB hub came in. This was the third enclosure that I have worked with and was the easiest. It has a fan on the bottom, is only for IDE and does not sport any cabling i.e. it is designed to accept all of the male ends on the drive natively. So with everything arranged and the ( Read more... )