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I happen to view each day. Science, Techonology, Management, Culture,
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This is my day book for this week. I have modeled this after science
fiction and computer writer Jerry Pournelle's view, or as he calls it,
his Day Book.
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This
week: June 17-23, 2013
Summary of this week:
- The unpaid internship is ruled illegal
- Microsoft sells its Surface to school at less than half price
- Google goes to court to try to explain its relationship with the NSA
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Monday June 17, 2013
People are still talking about the NSA and its access to the servers of big companies.
Slow down there. Ford has learned that many customers prefer knobs and buttons over touchscreens in cars.
The SCO vs IBM case has reopened.
The unpaid internship is now illegal. This is a big deal as many people have used this route into real jobs. What will happen next?
Here is a home project: turn that old iPad into a second display for my MacBook Pro.
It appears that Intel will have 8-core Haswell processors in 2014. Don't buy that computer this year (have you ever heard that advice before?).
Samsung releases new solid state disks for ultrabooks and MacBook Airs.
Supermoon - June 23rd the moon will be its closest in 14 months.
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Tuesday June 18, 2013
Microsoft is selling its $499 Surface to schools for $199.
Chromebooks are appearing in more stores. I saw them in Staples last week.
The new MacBook Air - with its extended battery life, it is the ultimate all-day coffee shop computer.
Looking forward to 2015 when commercial UAVs will come to the US air space. Yes, this could be wonderful or the government could abuse this.
A look at all the fear and loathing of Silicon Valley this summer. Potential also brings potential problems.
Digg is to have a Google Reader replacement on June 26 (less than a week before Reader goes away). I have switched to Feedly for a week and have survived.
The San Francisco 49ers sign a deal with Yahoo for their new Silicon Valley stadium.
This story is making the rounds on the Internet today: the government searches driver license databases to try to identify faces. Of course it does. If the government has some of your information, it will use it. See, for example, the IRS.
Adobe lurches forward with its subsciption-only Creative Cloud.
Nvidia's graphics processors are being used in neural networks. Why not?
Texas is the first state to require a warrant to read your email.
I must have this all backwards. I thought the rednecks in places like
Texas wanted the government to watch all the bad folks all the time
while the liberals from places like Illinois took care of the little
people.
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Wednesday June 19, 2013
A look at Qualcomm's processors that reside in Android phones.
It appears that Qualcomm processors are coming to the Microsoft Surface RT.
iOS devices can be hotspots. They generate a password for use. Researchers have learned how to crack those passwords in a minute. Is everyone ready for national electronic health records?
Look for a LEGO movie in 2014. Why not?
Thoughts on advances in image searching from Google.
More on Google's experiments with WiFi carrying high-altitude balloons.
PC sales are dropping, but Chromebook sales are rising.
The number of terrorist plots foiled by the NSA is steadily rising. I wonder how many of these are the phoney plots that the FBI created to trap potential terrorists.
Google wants to talk about its relationship with the NSA and is filing First Amendment challenges to the FISA law.
Solar-powered cell phone charging stations are appearing in New York City. Given another storm, people will be able to charge their phones.
Those computers with the new Intel chips do have a much better battery life - testing shows.
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Thursday June 20, 2013
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Friday June 21, 2013
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Saturday June 22, 2013
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Sunday June 23, 2013
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