Please allow me to introduce you to Qualcomm. If your wireless carrier is Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, Telus, or Bell Mobility (among others), then you probably already are a friend of Qualcomm (even if you didn’t know it). You see, a whole bunch of the technology inside your phone was developed by Qualcomm. [...]
Posted in Qualcomm, business on Jun 9th, 2007
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I feel like I’ve mentioned this before, but, in most cases, the titles of each of my blog posts are segments from song lyrics that are somehow relevant (to me, at least) to the post itself. In this case, “Hid in the dark of their windows” refers to:
squint your eyes and look closeri’m not [...]
Posted in personal on Jun 6th, 2007
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The Supreme Court today strongly rebuked Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin’s attempts to purify broadcast airwaves of anything he considers to be “indecent.” For the past several years, the FCC has come under intense pressure to restrict vulgarity (which it calls obscenity) on broadcast television. Understandably, this “crackdown” of sorts has united [...]
Posted in FCC, politics on Jun 5th, 2007
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You’ve probably already heard about the new Foleo “mobile companion” from Palm, which was finally announced last week. You might also have already noticed the somewhat unenthusiastic reception the device and concept have found from journalists and bloggers alike.
Personally, I think the Foleo is an interesting concept that might just find or create itself [...]
Posted in Apple, Palm, business, geek on Jun 4th, 2007
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