“False claims” land Apple in Hot Soup
Nearly a month after dealing with battery problems in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers, Apple Inc. has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit, accusing the computer maker of making “false claims” about the above said models’ displays.
The $85 Computer
That minuscule price is attached to Norhtec’s Microclient JrSX, a desktop PC the size of a large novel. The Microclient is no Powerbook; it has only 128 megabytes of RAM and a 300-megahertz processor. And instead of a hard drive, it’s designed to store data on flash cards. Thailand-based Norhtec’s founder, Michael Barnes, says he’s already sold thousands of the machines.
IT Execs Unmoved by Microsoft’s Open-Source Gripes
Microsoft Corp.’s claims that open-source technologies infringe on 235 of its patents irked some IT managers last week, while others said they viewed the patent offensive as nothing more than a standard corporate business tactic. But none of the half-dozen IT executives who were interviewed about Microsoft’s infringement assertions plan to change their open-source adoption strategies — at least, not unless and until there’s a good reason for them to do so.
Ogg’s Creator On Why Open Media Formats Still Rule
We’ve been saying for years that there’s more money to be made without DRM than with it, and a few very large players are finally coming to agree. It’s a nice coincidence that DRM-free is also better for the public and our country as well. Once we also finally get across that there’s more money to be made without software patents, we’ll have achieved a large chunk of our mission.
China aims for the moon this year
China plans to launch a lunar orbiter in the second half of 2007, in a first step towards a lunar probe, Xinhua news agency quoted the director of the National Space Administration as saying on Sunday.
Linux set to replace Palm OS
Palm’s announcement earlier this month of the Palm OS Treo 755p provoked some questions regarding whether this would be the last Palm device to run the Palm Garnet OS, now that Palm is embracing Linux.
Windows Media Center Restricts Cable TV
A simple search on the subject reveals that HBO programming and, in my case, Braveheart on AMC are among the many selections now restricted for playback or recording by Windows Media Center Edition. What’s next, restricting every piece of programming on television?”
80GB Playstation 3 on the way
While the 80GB PS3 is a slight improvement on the original officially-released 60GB hard-drive, the price differential between 60GB and 80GB is negligible. This could simply be a re-sourcing exercise by Sony which has resulted in a benefit to potential Korean Playstation 3 owners.
Norton AV upgrade cripples thousands Chinese computers
The Chinese Internet Security Response Team (CISRT), Symantec’s SRT group located in China, called it ‘Black Friday.’ In what should have been a routine update to the popular anti-virus software, an update issued Friday disabled several thousand computers across China. The Norton AntiVirus update caused the computers to recognize two Windows XP files as malicious and remove them. The result was the infamous BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) after a system reboot, resulting in a rather expensive paperweight.
