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Cleartype In Depth
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The idea behind Clear-Type is to make WinCE the dominant platform for e-books and web pads. Along with this, M$ is developing proprietary digital watermark/copy protection. Publishers will go for it - they hate the thought of us sharing our e-books without paying more royalties. If all the good content is only available in M$'s proprietary format, what kind of reader will you buy? When they have dominant market share in this space, look for them to hijack the standards process. Think Active Server Pages - Cool technology that requires M$ on the server end.
Don't forget that motorola only has 25% of Iridium. The other 75% is held by a consortium of nationally-owned telcos that all have ground-to- satellite stations. At the price the buyers are getting the network for they may be able to make money from handling international calls that would ordinarily travel on land lines. The greatest part of the system's cost was for r+d. Building and launching replacement satellites is relatively cheap now that the design has been finalised. I worked on the electric wiring of the facility where the satellites were assembled and saw the process up close - they were pumping out completed satellites at a rate of one a week with a small crew.
I just picked up the latest issue of PC Upgrade magazine at the newsstand for the cover story on building a mini PC. They used a Soyo LI-7000 case and mobo from Specialty Tech (www.specialtytech.com). The mobo has a socket 370 for a celeron and has a riser card for 1 half-length pci card. It has on-board audio, video w/TV-out, IrDA, and 10-100mbs ethernet as well as the usual serial, parallel, PS2 and USB ports. The case measures 14.3 x 12.4 x 3.3 in. It has a 150-watt PS, 1 internal 3.5 in. bay, and 1 ea. 3.5- and 5.25 in. external bays. The whole package costs $212. It's time for me to upgrade from my p-166 system - I'm giving this unit some serious consideration.
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The idea behind Clear-Type is to make WinCE the dominant platform for e-books and web pads. Along with this, M$ is developing proprietary digital watermark/copy protection. Publishers will go for it - they hate the thought of us sharing our e-books without paying more royalties. If all the good content is only available in M$'s proprietary format, what kind of reader will you buy? When they have dominant market share in this space, look for them to hijack the standards process. Think Active Server Pages - Cool technology that requires M$ on the server end.
Don't forget that motorola only has 25% of Iridium. The other 75% is held by a consortium of nationally-owned telcos that all have ground-to- satellite stations. At the price the buyers are getting the network for they may be able to make money from handling international calls that would ordinarily travel on land lines. The greatest part of the system's cost was for r+d. Building and launching replacement satellites is relatively cheap now that the design has been finalised. I worked on the electric wiring of the facility where the satellites were assembled and saw the process up close - they were pumping out completed satellites at a rate of one a week with a small crew.
I just picked up the latest issue of PC Upgrade magazine at the newsstand for the cover story on building a mini PC. They used a Soyo LI-7000 case and mobo from Specialty Tech (www.specialtytech.com). The mobo has a socket 370 for a celeron and has a riser card for 1 half-length pci card. It has on-board audio, video w/TV-out, IrDA, and 10-100mbs ethernet as well as the usual serial, parallel, PS2 and USB ports. The case measures 14.3 x 12.4 x 3.3 in. It has a 150-watt PS, 1 internal 3.5 in. bay, and 1 ea. 3.5- and 5.25 in. external bays. The whole package costs $212. It's time for me to upgrade from my p-166 system - I'm giving this unit some serious consideration.