Intel to Release WiMax Chip

david writes "According to CNET News, Intel plans to release their first WiMax chip on Monday. 'The world's largest chipmaker sees in WiMax a potential profit source that it hopes will become as popular as its shorter-range cousin, Wi-Fi. Intel also believes it will stimulate computer sales in emerging markets where high-speed Internet access is unavailable or prohibitively expensive.'"

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On an unrelated news - Adobe bought macromedia.

[Anonymous Coward]

So much for all their differences...

What's the Constitution got to do with it?

[shanen]

Hey, remember that somewhere in Texas there's a village missing its idiot.

Actually the funny part of it is that the Texas Constitution was pretty carefully designed to prevent abuse of power. For example, the governor of Texas is extremely weak and ceremonial, with a tiny staff. That's why Dubya could spend all his time campaigning for the White House. The real power in Texas was pretty widely distributed, with the Lieutenant Governor probably being the single most powerful elected figure. However, there were other weird pockets of political power, like the Texas Railroad Commission.

They even designed the state government to be easily crippled, though even that gets abused these days. The particular example that leaps to my mind is the quorum abuse. That prevents a thin majority from abusing their power if the narrow minority party blocks the quorum. A couple of years ago the Busheviks threw fits until they could force a special redistricting for the last election--gerrymandering of an especially nasty sort....

So now they feel a desperate need to screw the First Amendment? Why am I not surprised? Obviously, the only reason to have power is to abuse it.