Microsoft pays Novell $240 million and another $108 million for a total of $348 million.
Novell pays Microsoft back $40+ million, so Microsoft is really only paying $308 million.
MS was close to this with Win95 which had both Wordpad and the Exchange client (now known as Outlook). Wordpad is still around in WinXP and probably will be in Vista too. One wonders why they didn't have an ExcelPad or PointPad (powerpoint) included with the OS as a marketing tool to push users into the Office suite.
They knew what they were looking for and video captured at even one frame per second provides more valuable information than still photographs. It seems a trigger system of some sort could have been used to tell it to start filming if the bait actively thrashes about (i.e. attacked by something, maybe a squid, maybe not). Maybe a bit off topic, but why isn't the same done with space craft especially with the storage space of hard drives and memory as a buffer. Sure it might take awhile to download the data to a computer but video is so much better.
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Saw an article some months ago in Popular Science about cars may eventually be made of this stuff so that when they get in a fender bender the "dent" in the car pops back out saving insurance companies millions of dollars currently going towards minor repairs. Also found an old article from 2001 here and here on the same subject.
I could see where the power drain and heat would be reduced for use in a laptop or other mobile device that runs on batteries. Currently chip makers have two separate cpu's for desktop and laptop but might save in production costs to manufacture just one for use in both systems.
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"If I've made even one mistake I'm certain the good people at NEWSWEEK, who never make mistakes, will refund you the price of this issue."
Gotta wonder if this was a jab at Newsweek or coincidental?
I recall awhile ago some radio stations were given demo CD's inside a portable CD player that was glued shut and the headphones were glued into the jack (or something like that). The fact that any device whether it be a RFID DVD player or whatever has to output to a display device of some sort. This is great if the consumer has a newer VCR or TV that's aware of the broadcast flag or whatever the latest fad is, however all it takes is one person with a first-generation VCR to record the movie and then capture into an MPEG in their computer. It's going to be a never-ending battle.
The article states there are some two million drivers but they're only going to install this into some thousand vehicles, so how do they determine who gets it and who doesn't? My guess is first or second time offenders would get them first similar to how criminals are released back into society but have to "check in" with local law enforcement every now and then or when they move they have to "register" with the local sheriff. I imagine there will be random checks to make sure the devices stay installed in the vehicle as well.
Why in the world would you think your (cell) phone would work in your house
Because I want my cell phone to replace my land line which means additional business for the cell companies (which I'm sure they're interested in). I'm currently using a CellSocket which has an antenna extension and the calls come through loud and clear with AT&T/Cingular. Even better than using the built-in extension antenna that the phone came with.
I'd like to see someone make an interface between digital cameras and internet-capable cell phones so that one could simply transfer the image to the phone which in turn uploads it to a web server or sends the images as attachments via email. The only problem with this is some cell phone companies charge per megabyte and thus it could get expensive.
It should be noted that he will not be able to sue people unless they use the EXACT same image. And I mean EXACT.
Reminds me of the classic dispute between "go.com" and "goto.com" where both had a green circle with white letters "GO" in the middle. There was back and forth lawsuits, injuctions, etc that went on forever. Here's a Google search of such news stories
When I first read it I thought they were talking about Cog over at the MIT AI Lab. I'm no robotics expert, but this seems so simple or at least first-generation in comparison.
This ability to act as a "stream processor" gives access to the full processing power of a Cell which is more than 10 times higher than even the fastest desktop processors......Most PCs now provide more power than is necessary and this fact combined with fast JIT emulators means that if necessary the Cell can provide PC compatibility without the PC.
Majority of software now is still compiled for x86, so Intel could still do very well off royalities when the Cell starts emulating Pentiums.
The product and the domain no longer exists, but HowStuffWorks still has an article about DigiScents. There was also Olfacom and iSmell that claimed to do the same.
"most items are more expensive to buy over the Internet, primarily due to the cost of shipping"
Most items are, however if you're willing to try smaller stores (reviewed by Reseller Ratings, Epinion or another neutral place) several are offering free shipping so you save on both shipping and sales tax (if applicable in your area). Not to mention several of the smaller stores allow promotional coupons which are usually only for first-time customers but since when do us geeks show loyalty?:)
Then again, some do have spam;del;del;del;del;mailing lists to receive more coupons codes for future purchases.
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So it's just an automated vesion of Fabien Cousteau's fake shark?
Microsoft pays Novell $240 million and another $108 million for a total of $348 million. Novell pays Microsoft back $40+ million, so Microsoft is really only paying $308 million.
There is nothing new to see here, move along.
MS was close to this with Win95 which had both Wordpad and the Exchange client (now known as Outlook). Wordpad is still around in WinXP and probably will be in Vista too. One wonders why they didn't have an ExcelPad or PointPad (powerpoint) included with the OS as a marketing tool to push users into the Office suite.
They knew what they were looking for and video captured at even one frame per second provides more valuable information than still photographs. It seems a trigger system of some sort could have been used to tell it to start filming if the bait actively thrashes about (i.e. attacked by something, maybe a squid, maybe not). Maybe a bit off topic, but why isn't the same done with space craft especially with the storage space of hard drives and memory as a buffer. Sure it might take awhile to download the data to a computer but video is so much better.
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Saw an article some months ago in Popular Science about cars may eventually be made of this stuff so that when they get in a fender bender the "dent" in the car pops back out saving insurance companies millions of dollars currently going towards minor repairs. Also found an old article from 2001 here and here on the same subject.
I see italitized text, but no link to the article itself.
of this article.
I could see where the power drain and heat would be reduced for use in a laptop or other mobile device that runs on batteries. Currently chip makers have two separate cpu's for desktop and laptop but might save in production costs to manufacture just one for use in both systems.
"If I've made even one mistake I'm certain the good people at NEWSWEEK,
who never make mistakes, will refund you the price of this issue."
Gotta wonder if this was a jab at Newsweek or coincidental?
I recall awhile ago some radio stations were given demo CD's inside a portable CD player that was glued shut and the headphones were glued into the jack (or something like that). The fact that any device whether it be a RFID DVD player or whatever has to output to a display device of some sort. This is great if the consumer has a newer VCR or TV that's aware of the broadcast flag or whatever the latest fad is, however all it takes is one person with a first-generation VCR to record the movie and then capture into an MPEG in their computer. It's going to be a never-ending battle.
I'm not a Linux developer, but isn't this just another SourceForge.net?
The article states there are some two million drivers but they're only going to install this into some thousand vehicles, so how do they determine who gets it and who doesn't? My guess is first or second time offenders would get them first similar to how criminals are released back into society but have to "check in" with local law enforcement every now and then or when they move they have to "register" with the local sheriff. I imagine there will be random checks to make sure the devices stay installed in the vehicle as well.
Why in the world would you think your (cell) phone would work in your house Because I want my cell phone to replace my land line which means additional business for the cell companies (which I'm sure they're interested in). I'm currently using a CellSocket which has an antenna extension and the calls come through loud and clear with AT&T/Cingular. Even better than using the built-in extension antenna that the phone came with.
I'd like to see someone make an interface between digital cameras and internet-capable cell phones so that one could simply transfer the image to the phone which in turn uploads it to a web server or sends the images as attachments via email. The only problem with this is some cell phone companies charge per megabyte and thus it could get expensive.
It should be noted that he will not be able to sue people unless they use the EXACT same image. And I mean EXACT.
Reminds me of the classic dispute between "go.com" and "goto.com" where both had a green circle with white letters "GO" in the middle. There was back and forth lawsuits, injuctions, etc that went on forever. Here's a Google search of such news stories
As noted in a previous article, this is nothing new. In fact, Amazon.com has already done this.
When I first read it I thought they were talking about Cog over at the MIT AI Lab.
I'm no robotics expert, but this seems so simple or at least first-generation in comparison.
The word "fiction" was used only five times in that article summary... in contrast to another word that was used some 21 times recently.
This ability to act as a "stream processor" gives access to the full processing power of a Cell which is more than 10 times higher than even the fastest desktop processors... ...Most PCs now provide more power than is necessary and this fact combined with fast JIT emulators means that if necessary the Cell can provide PC compatibility without the PC.
Majority of software now is still compiled for x86, so Intel could still do very well off royalities when the Cell starts emulating Pentiums.
If it's not the Beagle, it might be the Mars Climate Orbiter
The product and the domain no longer exists, but HowStuffWorks still has an article about DigiScents. There was also Olfacom and iSmell that claimed to do the same.
"most items are more expensive to buy over the Internet, primarily due to the cost of shipping"
:)
Most items are, however if you're willing to try smaller stores (reviewed by Reseller Ratings, Epinion or another neutral place) several are offering free shipping so you save on both shipping and sales tax (if applicable in your area). Not to mention several of the smaller stores allow promotional coupons which are usually only for first-time customers but since when do us geeks show loyalty?
Then again, some do have spam;del;del;del;del;mailing lists to receive more coupons codes for future purchases.