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July 4th, 2006
07:50 pm [Link]	The Cost of the iPod The Cost of the iPod Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 01, @03:06PM from the not-such-a-great-secret dept. An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times is running an article today entitled Apple's Got a Secret. They discuss the cost behind making the ever-popular iPod ... a secret the company is keeping close to its chest. As a result of the company's signature secrecy and antiquated way of tracking profits, analysts are beginning to question the 'trust me' nature of buying Apple stock." From the article: "Geographic disclosure was adequate when pretty much all Apple sold were computers, Mr. Renck said. But the iPod has changed everything. Sales of Macintosh computers now trail those of iPod, which last year made up 46 percent of revenue. 'Apple clearly has its feet in two separate and distinct business models, namely computer manufacturing and software creation, and the consumer electronics industry,' Mr. Renck said. http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/01/1719217 Tags: ipod (Leave a comment)
07:48 pm [Link]	Dropping Linux Helped Restore Corel Profitability Dropping Linux Helped Restore Corel Profitability Posted by Zonk on Sunday July 02, @03:21AM from the dumping-the-penguin dept. basotl writes "Newsforge is reporting that Corel attributes part of its financial comeback to dropping Corel Linux and its Linux office suite. Though they are not currently offering products for Linux, they are interested in prospect in the future." From the article: "Looking back, Brown describes the decision to drop Corel Linux as 'a successful strategy for Corel and an early step toward the refocusing of our business. At the time we knew that Corel's core focus was moving away from the operating system to concentrate more on our application offerings, and this would almost certainly have an impact on the level of service we could afford to customers and users of Corel Linux.' Nor, as a company struggling to regain profitability, was Corel inclined to try to develop the GNU/Linux market by continuing to support WordPerfect for Linux. http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/02/032259 Tags: corel, dropping, helped, linux, profitability, restore (Leave a comment)
07:47 pm [Link]	VW Raises the Bar for Self-Driving Vehicles VW Raises the Bar for Self-Driving Vehicles Posted by Zonk on Sunday July 02, @05:49AM from the take-me-home-jeeves dept. Old Man Kensey writes "According to the UK Daily Mail, VW has produced a prototype Golf (code-named "53 plus 1" in a reference to Herbie the Love Bug) that successfully steers and accelerates itself at speeds up to 150 MPH on tracks designed on the spot without pre-programming. It sounds almost too good to be true given some of the problems CMU's prototype has had over the years, but perhaps VW has learned from and extended CMU's research (and within-an-inch GPS positioning probably helps too). http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/02/071237 Tags: self-driving vehicles, vw (Leave a comment)
07:46 pm [Link]	Another Microsoft Exec Joins Google Another Microsoft Exec Joins Google Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday July 02, @11:49AM from the just-another-boring-sunday dept. SirClicksalot writes "CNN is reporting that Vic Gundotra, a 15-year veteran general manager at Microsoft, has left the company to join Google. Gundotra worked at Microsoft as general manager for platform evangelism to get software developers to use Microsoft's software and online offerings. The function he will perform at Google is not yet known, but he will need to wait one year before starting his new job because of a non-compete clause in his contract. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/02/1459239 Tags: google, joins, microsoft exec (Leave a comment)
07:45 pm [Link]	The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree Posted by Zonk on Sunday July 02, @02:56PM from the easy-to-blow-away dept. An anonymous reader writes to mention an AP story about research discussing the relatively recent origins of every human on earth. Despite the age of our species, every human on earth can trace their ancestry back to someone who may have lived as recently as the Golden Age of Greece (around 500 BC). From the article: "It is human nature to wonder about our ancestors -- who they were, where they lived, what they were like. People trace their genealogy, collect antiques and visit historical sites hoping to capture just a glimpse of those who came before, to locate themselves in the sweep of history and position themselves in the web of human existence. But few people realize just how intricately that web connects them not just to people living on the planet today, but to everyone who ever lived. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/02/1728207 Tags: the shallow roots of the human family tr (Leave a comment)
07:45 pm [Link]	Flying Robots Made From Cellophane? Flying Robots Made From Cellophane? Posted by Zonk on Sunday July 02, @04:48PM from the wrap-around-heads-as-weapons dept. Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers have discovered that ordinary cellulose is a piezoelectric and smart material that can flap when exposed to an electric field. ScienceNOW reports that electricity can give life to cellophane. When you put a very thin layer of gold on each side of cellophane, and that you apply electric current to the gold layers, one positive, one negative, the cellophane curved toward the positive side. If you switch the voltage fast enough, the cellophane starts to act as a wing. So it should be possible to use it to build lightweight flying robots carrying cameras, microphones or sensors for surveillance missions. Read more for additional references and pictures about this electroactive paper (EAPap). http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/02/1940243 Tags: flying robots, made from cellophane? (Leave a comment)
07:44 pm [Link]	Practical Applications of Smell Recordings Practical Applications of Smell Recordings Posted by Zonk on Monday July 03, @12:17AM from the crappy-future dept. ozmanjusri writes to mention a Tokyo Institute of Technology project to record scents for later playback. The New Scientist article suggests this technology could be used in commercials and medical applications. From the article: "Simply point the gadget at a freshly baked cookie, for example, and it will analyse its odour and reproduce it for you using a host of non-toxic chemicals. The device could be used to improve online shopping by allowing you to sniff foods or fragrances before you buy, to add an extra dimension to virtual reality environments and even to assist military doctors treating soldiers remotely by recreating bile, blood or urine odours that might help a diagnosis. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/03/0121252 Tags: practical applications of smell recordin (Leave a comment)
07:43 pm [Link]	U.S. Calls For Public Meeting on ICANN Replacement U.S. Calls For Public Meeting on ICANN Replacement Posted by Zonk on Monday July 03, @02:27AM from the talking-the-net-with-uncle-sam dept. Glyn writes "The Register is reporting that the US government is holding a public meeting at the end of July over what should happen to ICANN when its contract is renewed in September. In the meantime, it has opened a public comment board where you are able to email comments for the US government and the rest of the world to see. The board is open now but comments need to be sent by this Friday, 7 July. The email postal address is DNSTransition@ntia.doc.gov. http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/03/0122259 Tags: icann, u.s. (Leave a comment)
07:43 pm [Link]	How The Internet Works - With Tubes How The Internet Works - With Tubes Posted by Zonk on Monday July 03, @05:29AM from the yay-tubes dept. Chardish writes "In an attempt to explain his reasons for voting against a Net Neutrality bill this past Thursday, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens delivered a jaw-dropping attempt to explain how the Internet works. Said Stevens: 'They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and its going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material. http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/03/0643238 Tags: internet, net neutrality, tubes (Leave a comment)
07:42 pm [Link]	Google Moves From Search To Inventor Google Moves From Search To Inventor Posted by Zonk on Monday July 03, @07:19AM from the leaping-the-gap dept. TubHarsh writes "The New York Times reports that Google continues to expand its scope from search engine to inventor. Google assembles the majority of the hardware it uses and deploys at such a large scale, that Google may be 'the world's fourth-largest maker of computer servers, after Dell, Hewlett-Packard and I.B.M.'. The article also states that Google may be entering the chip design market with new employees who were ex-Alpha Chip engineers. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/03/0645207 Tags: google (Leave a comment)
March 11th, 2006
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