- Happy 40th birthday, Intel 4004! – In a way this stated the whole microcomputer… I hate to say “revolution” but I can’t think of a better word.
- How the BBC’s HD DRM plot was kept secret … and why – Your licence money going to benefit rights holders at your expense…
- The Real Cost of Patent Trolls – “They conclude that the loss of billions of dollars of wealth associated with these lawsuits harm society and state.”
Tag: Links
- Broadcast television is 75 years old today – “On 2 November 1936, the BBC began filling the airwaves, broadcasting from its Alexandra Palace facility in North London.”
- Broadcast television is 75 years old today – “On 2 November 1936, the BBC began filling the airwaves, broadcasting from its Alexandra Palace facility in North London.”
- A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs – Worth reading even if you’ve read all the other Jobs obituaries.
- Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support – I think this is one of Androids biggest failings.
- John McCarthy — Father of AI and Lisp — Dies at 84 – Really not a good month for IT or Computer Science.
- The original iPod, 10 years later: a re-review – The original iPod is ten years old and, actually, stands up pretty well.
- C and Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie reported dead – It’s a sad week for the IT industry.
- Alma telescope opens its eyes – Awesome. In the original sense of the word.
- Mercury’s Explosive Volcanic History – Both beautiful and fascinating.
- Apple’s iPod: ten years old – Is it really a decade since the first iPod?
- Lytro — light field sensor photography – This “light field sensor” sounds amazing but I am a little skeptical. I’ll believe its potential more when I hear about it being used by “real” people rather than in controlled situations.
- QuickLook Plugin For Mobile Provisioning Files – If you understand the title and develop iOS apps you need this plugin!
- C and Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie reported dead – It’s a sad week for the IT industry.
- Alma telescope opens its eyes – Awesome. In the original sense of the word.
- Mercury’s Explosive Volcanic History – Both beautiful and fascinating.
- Round Ireland with a Fridge – The Movie based on Tony Hawks bestseller – Full movie for a limited time only…
- Extreme Tidying Up – “He is a Swiss artist and comedian, who may or may not have an OCD problem.”
- Vintage 80s: Life on the streets – Images from London in the 1980’s.
- Is Rick Perry a 21st-century Galileo? – No.
- Jobs Will Follow a Strengthening of the Middle Class – …or why “trickle down” economics — where the rich get tax cuts and everyone else magically benefits — doesn’t work.
- Don Norman: Google doesn’t get people, it sells them – “But in fact the advertisers are the users and you are the product.”
- The Problem With Online Ads – This is why I tend to buy apps I like, even those with free versions. I prefer being a customer to being a target for advertisers.