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    Time Warner Busted Over Fiber Optic Claims

    This gives DirecTV a prime opportunity to say, "Hey, we're in friggin outer space!" I'm in UVerse territory where I am connected to one of the only COs that hasn't been upgraded. It makes me wonder if AT&T will ever upgrade the last mile to fiber, or if they think that wireless will...
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    Microsoft Moves to Block TiVo Imports

    As I stated earlier. A trade show is useless. MS was working on this in the mid-90s in their research labs. Concept-creation date is what goes on the patent. Not "the first time they showed it to the public." Replay TV and Tivo both have incorporation dates after the MS R&D labs started...
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    Microsoft Moves to Block TiVo Imports

    Few things... Replay TV was actually first to the market. They beat TiVo, but since Replay is gone, no one really talks to them any more. The *first* Microsoft DVR came out 6 months after TiVo but was in development earlier (as has been said, the foundations for media center were laid mid-90s...
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    Apple’s Lame Fix For Antenna Issues

    Well, not sure I agree with that. Intel rebounded fine after their problems, which arguably was worse since it could lead to all sorts of floating point issues (in the grand scheme of things a "dropped call" is annoying but not critical). In general, I think consumers tend to respect firms...
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    Apple’s Lame Fix For Antenna Issues

    Well, the counter-point to this is that they should be taken to task... This reminds me of Intel's PR problem with the Pentium math bug. Fortunately that was remedied with a speedy fix, but it caused some financial pain... And that was even with them fully owning up to the issue (if I...
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    Apple’s Lame Fix For Antenna Issues

    That would actually be a really good test. Detuning has to be happening at least on the voice/data side -- considering that Wi-Fi is benefiting from the larger antenna. I'm also curious what frequencies AT&T is using in various areas for their voice/data. In theory the antenna behavior can be...
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    Apple’s Lame Fix For Antenna Issues

    Uh, you guys are forgetting something significant. The unit found in the bar was contained in a "fake" iPhone 3GS wrap-around, so that people wouldn't be suspicious a prototype was in use. If all their field-units received a similar treatment, their engineers could have never contacted the...
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    DOJ, Schools Settle over Kindle's Blind Access

    I'm going to post a bit of my 2009, it isn't a sob story, so I don't want pity. I ended up with a severe leukemia diagnosis requiring an unrelated marrow transplant (6 month span). My hearing is permanently trashed. I was an audiophile with audio equipment that would make most envious. All...
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    Dubai Investment Fund Buys 'Substantial' Stake in Sony

    Not to rain on anyone's conspiracy-theory parade, but the reason foreign companies are investing is because the US dollar is in free-fall. My house was worth the same amount of USD a month ago as it is today. However the USD is worth less today, thus a foreign national could buy my house a...
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    Apple Falls on Initial iPhone Activation Numbers

    Spoken like a true market analyst. Always leave wiggle-room so no one can sue you if your predictions don't pan out. Then again, I do it too, which is why my above post was mostly lacking in any sort of seemingly decisive opinion. :D
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    Apple Falls on Initial iPhone Activation Numbers

    That's not odd at all. A stock price isn't based on anything concrete, but rather the perceived value of a company. If things alter the perception, alas the stock price changes. The problem Apple has right now is that its P/E ratio is in the mid 40s. Established companies are typically in...
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    Dubai Skyscraper World's Tallest

    Absolutely correct. Chicago is a great town, whereas the politicians in New York don't seem to care what the people of New York want... I just hope the Spire doesn't run into further funding problems. Construction isn't far enough along for them to be committed.
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    Dubai Skyscraper World's Tallest

    This is highly unlikely. We're getting to a period of time where a very significant percentage of the world's tall buildings are in Muslim countries. The people of those nations see the buildings as a status symbol, and in some regards they believe it proves their faith's superiority over...
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    Geek Squad Caught Stealing Porn

    Not at all. I just continue to disagree. You are looking at a computer from the perspective of someone who is within the field, and thus part of your opinion also includes personal experiences. I've learned it takes more than a little bit of ego to presume other people have any interest in...
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    Geek Squad Caught Stealing Porn

    I'll admit that I am in the crowd that found quite a few postings as appalling. Fortunately the majority of those seemed to burn themselves out in the earlier pages. Everyone should expect privacy when taking their systems to a repair vendor, sending them back for RMA, etc. The argument to...
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