Jobs 2.0 July 5, 2008
Not every great company stumbles into oblivion after the departure of a visionary founder.Whether a leadership transition takes place 12 months from now or two decades from now, picking a Jobs successor is a tricky task. "When you're dealing with someone who really is a genius, it's not like you can say, 'Let's go find ourselves another genius,' "
22-foot tall robot crafted entirely from excess styrofoam July 5, 2008
The creature you see standing before you is a 22-foot tall Styrobot constructed entirely from spare polystyrene packing materials, and no, each piece didn't just show up that way. Michael Salter managed to whittle away on this beast until its completion
Apple Manila Case - Dell to Ship All Computers July 5, 2008
Surprising everyone but industry guru Gene Munster, Dell has announced a partnership with Apple Inc. that will see the former licensing the latter's exclusive Manila Case technology to ship all their computer products and accessories, like their Dell Rubber Chickens and Dell Texas-Style BBQ Ribs. "It was bound to happen,"
Bandwidth caps could lead to ISPs benefiting from piracy July 4, 2008
As Time Warner begins experimenting with bandwidth caps, which are commonplace in other countries, the possibility now exists that ISPs will benefit financially from their customers burning through their monthly limits to keep grabbing P2P content.
BitTorrent Tracker Hosting Illegal Says Dutch Court July 4, 2008
Leaseweb, the former ISP of BitTorrent trackers such as Demonoid, What.cd and Waffles.fm lost the appeal against the Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN. The Amsterdam court concluded that Leaseweb has to permanently shut down the BitTorrent tracker everlasting.nu, and hand over the admin’s personal information.
Jobs 2.0 July 4, 2008
Apple is quietly grooming talent. Pity whoever has to follow Steve Jobs at Apple. Not every great company stumbles into oblivion after the departure of a visionary founder. The problem: Jobs has left once before, and until he came back, it looked like Apple would be one of those companies.
Ubuntu 8.04.1 has been released! July 4, 2008
The first Long Term Support updated image for Ubuntu 8.04 has been released. This release contains all the security and bug fixes in the two months since it was released, including Firefox 3 final. If you tried 8.04 and had an issue with a bug, you may want to give it another try.
At Yahoo, a Threat from Within July 4, 2008
The central complaint revolves around slow decision-making, a long-standing issue. New services still must run a gauntlet of meetings and approvals that can delay them for months. "It was difficult to get things done," says Greg Yardley, a product manager who left earlier this year.
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