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2006-03-03

AMD subpoenas yet another Intel poodle.

After Dell, NEC and others, AMD yesterday, subpoenaed Intel's ally, Skype in search for anti-trust evidence against the Goliath of CPUs. Understandable, as less than a month ago the hilarious announcement about Skype 2.0 having Intel-only features was released to the public. Sadly, I don't think they'll find anything..

2006-03-03

MURL

Many years ago (well, about 5) I came across MURL. Back then I was finishing my M.Eng and I was contemplating whether I should start a Ph.D or join the industry, the usual questions any 21 year-old in my position would have.

2006-03-02

The only solution is to stop flying in airplanes…

"Orwell's most accurate prediction in 1984 was the mutation of Britain into Airstrip One."

2006-02-28

New Intel Mac minis are cool.

And they'd be perfect without that damned 'Intel GMA950 graphics processor', or 'How Apple makes Intel happy by using their crappy graphics chips on Macs'. Sad thing is: They can and will get away with it.

2006-02-27

European Union Copyright Directive

It is less than a year since the European Software Patents law was finally defeated in the European Parliament, after a long and troubling history with the European institutions. This article is about the EUCD (European Union Copyright Directive), the European version of the U.S. DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). This controversial law aims to […]

2006-02-22

Come on Stevey. Use some decent components, already!

As with the PowerMac G4 MDD (aka 'Leafblower'), the Powermac G5, the iBook G4 with the faulty motherboards, the Powerbook 'Alu' G4 15" Rev.A with the faulty screens, the last Powerbook G4 'Alu' 15" (discontinued today) having audio, screen, and other hardware issues as well as many other models I won't mention, the Macbook Pro seems to have its fair share of issues in its first revision. It's also getting hot, as many people report.