Ouch, that must hurt, a bit.
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Google today unveiled an open-source, royalty-free video format called WebM
Oh boy, the video format wars are going to heat up. H.264 is too costly to licence for the open source brigade but both Apple and Microsoft have backed it.
Please, please lets just settle this for once. This has been ongoing since Betamax vs VHS days. Enough now!
Read more here » Google tries freeing Web video with WebM | Deep Tech - CNET News
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This seems a bit premature to me. What do you think?
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Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO.
CEO Forum: Microsoft’s Ballmer having a ‘great time’ - USATODAY.com
(Aug ‘09 market share stats from AdMob: iPhone=40%, Symbian=34%, Android=7%, WinMo=4%)
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Deal in Microsoft-EU browser war
“Microsoft reaches agreement with European Union anti-trust regulators to allow European users a choice of browsers.” So says this BBC article.
OK, guys, enough already! Honestly, does it really matter who wins any more? Browser wars, shmowser wars. It’s not like you can’t download any browser you want. Usually for free too - except Opera! Ironic how they are one of the challengers in this case.
On the Windows platform there must be a dozen browsers to choose from. On Mac maybe 3, on Linux maybe 3 or 4. Yeah I know Microsoft was a bit of a bully 10 years ago about all this, but now browser democracy has meant people pick the one they want. It’s over folks, nothing to see here, move along mow.
By the way, did you hear about some EU policy-maker who insisted Microsoft ship Windows 7 without Internet Explorer at all? Picture the scene: Fritz buys Windows 7, rushes home to install it. He can’t wait to hop on the net to download his preferred browser of choice, so he fires up the browser… er… wait, there isn’t one. Tricky, huh?!
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Journos on Macs at Microsoft’s Mobius event
Tsk tsk. I bet Ballmer was fuming - seeing he paid for their plane tickets, hotel and food!
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I’m with Seth on this one!
If you don’t know what all the fuss is about, read this: Rupert Murdoch Plans To Hide His Sites From Google, The World Yawns
or this: Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact
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What does the iPhone, Xbox, PlayStation, the Wii and the Kindle have in common?
Yes, they’re all tech products. They also hugely popular. And they’re the offspring of companies that compete fiercely. But no, that’s not the answer I was looking for.
The answer is that they are all manufactured by the SAME COMPANY. Yes, I couldn’t believe it either. They’re called Foxconn, the largest manufacturer of electronics and computer components worldwide. Based in Taiwan and going since 1974.
They produce the Mac mini, the iPod and the iPhone, the Macbook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, Intel motherboards, computers for Dell and Hewlett-Packard, the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 for Sony, the Wii for Nintendo, the Xbox 360 for Microsoft, cell phones for Motorola, the Amazon Kindle, and various Cisco products. Oh and they also produce devices for Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Palm.
Man, that’s impressive. One wonders how they manage to keep the trade secrets of the various producers, well er, secret. The mind boggles.
