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Oh look. The game changed again. http://www.techshout.com/gadgets/2012/15/motorola-hmc3260-serves-android-to-china-in-an-aio-desktop-design/

Motorola has got you covered.

Hitachi/Fujitsu sued LG back in 2007. LG have always been ruthless in not caring about patents.

This is not about the technology (the construction of the bar code or the reader software), this is about lock in and a future profit stream for the Microsoft.

From the FAQ:
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Publisher Use
Q. What does it cost for publishers or businesses to take advantage of the Microsoft Tag solution?
During the beta period, commercial use of Microsoft Tag, including generating, using, and receiving consumer analytics data will be provided at no cost.
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The whole point of the 'special' barcode is that it is a 'protected' design and can only be used with permission. There is no such a restriction on Q-Codes or DataMatrix.

Also with URLS/content stored within the barcode you don't rely on a middleman to provide the dereferencing service (although you can if you so desire - think minimal URL with reference number).

BTW this format was first used on GameDVDs:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6570871.stm
http://www.techshout.com/general/2007/16/microsofts-high-capacity-multicolor-bar-code-licensed-by-isan-to-lend-a-splash-of-color/

Mungewell.

i don't think he ever said $15 was high priced. he's simply referring to the "more complex" software referred to in the letter using the author's own terminology. and if you look at the graph in TFA, $15 is relatively high priced for the average App Store application.

and what is a "high" price is largely relative. while $100 might be a high price for a stick of gum, it wouldn't be a high price for a Ferrari. so whether a price is high or not depends on the value of the product. games for other handheld consoles might start at $15-20, but they're also much more complex and thus more costly to make.

just because $30 is a reasonable price for titles like: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T., Burnout Legends, Killzone: Liberation or Warhammer 40k: Squad Command does not mean it's a reasonable price for the average iPhone game.

i'm not saying that there aren't games for the iPhone worth $20~30, or games for the PSP worth much less, but the vast majority of games for the iPhone simply do not justify a price higher than $10 IMO. they might still be fun games, but so far Flash games that are freely available on the internet. so it's unreasonable to charge PSP prices for iPhone titles.

Yahoo's photo-sharing site is not #1 but is pretty popular, too.

When I picked up the 6 axis for the first time I was surprised how light it was and for games such as adventure and RPG's I found the controller excellent to the point I don't miss the relatively heavy DualShock. I won't deny that for some games rumble can be atmospheric and for some people it is a must. Still if you play for long periods of time a heavy controller with rumble can lead to sore hands.

What is annoying is the fact that a company like Immersion (backed behind the scenes by Microsoft when they litigated against Sony - http://www.techshout.com/gaming/2007/20/microsoft-sues-immersion-for-its-share-in-sony-patent-settlement/) patented rumble in 2000 when it was used by Nintendo and Sony two years before that and I am sure there would have been a one to two years lead up to the final product. What could be interesting is if Sony actually bring out their own rumble or force-feedback patented technology which is different to Immersion's off-centered motor (see Sony's patent 20070180910 http://www.latestpatents.com/2007/08/09/sony-patent-applications-published-on-09-august-2007/).

So finally the user is free and the delete button is obsolete. But, I think Rediff.com was the first mail provider to launch the 'Unlimited Mail'.

I think the most mafiaesque thing I've seen on the old HTTP lately would be the DDoS and demand for ransom money on milliondollarhomepage.com Here's an article on it, the blog on the site itself also details how it went down. http://www.techshout.com/internet/2006/19/ransom-s eeking-hackers-attack-uk-students-million-dollar-w eb-site/

Some quick differences between a Google and Porn Ad:

1. See the image in the linked article and compare that to carefully selected text from google.
2. Spam adverts fund spam and yet more trojans, Google ads fund content on small websites.
3. Following a spam link will almost certainly lead you to a malicious web site that will install yet more crap on your wimpy Windoze computer, speeding it's demise.

Those are a few of the differences.

Perhaps Google just wants more premium subscribers. From the detailed article:
The Adsense Trojan Horse attacks small publishers. The premium publishers and ads displayed by Google's websites are apparently unaffected.