http://www.teknutzit.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:53:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Credit: CNET News.com) We're to the point that many commercial open-source companies are making it acceptable to integrate proprietary and open-source licensing into their business models. This means you can, too, without giving up your proprietary revenue stream. So why not engage? Microsoft's solo crusade against open source through patents baffles ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/09/04/why-i-wont-work-for-microsoft/ Better yet, Adobe is looking for Linux desktop users to serve as pre-beta testers of AIR on Linux. I've been running a few AIR applications on my Macs and love the blend of fat client with cloud client. If we assume that this is the future of the desktop - a ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/08/29/adobe-and-air-linux-desktop-users-please-apply/ Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This is neither legal advice nor real legal analysis. Don't make decisions based on my blog ramblings. However, this issue is essentially straight from the final exam in my copyright-law class from last year, so I'm fairly confident that I'm right. So why am I ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/08/24/did-slate-violate-copyright-law/ (Credit: Sony) Sony STR-DA4400ES ($1,500, August 2008): The crown jewel in the new ES line is a 120 watt model that features six HDMI inputs, 3-zone audio, and HD video output to a second zone. It also will offer picture-in-picture functionality, so you can watch two video sources simultaneously. Sony STR-DA2400ES ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/08/23/sony-unleashes-three-new-es-receivers/ That's a wide net to cast, and I say it's about time that those storing data in Microsoft's HealthVault have online access to their own, well, vaults. For years people have been able to access e-mail, financial, and other accounts online, and even aggregate that data into single management centers; ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/08/23/msn-launches-personal-health-management-service/ "Contrary to the basic assumptions of economics, several studies have provided behavioral evidence that marketing actions can successfully affect experienced pleasantness by manipulating nonintrinsic attributes of goods. For example, knowledge of a beer's ingredients and brand can affect reported taste quality, and the reported enjoyment of a film is influenced ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/08/23/study-90-wine-tastes-better-than-the-same-wine-a/ (Credit: Rockstar Games) Rockstar is curating the 150-plus songs bundled with the game, which will include oddities and a few exclusives, including one number from hip-hop artist Nas. Now imagine if Rockstar used the online capabilities of the game consoles to update the in-game radio playlists silently. That's a new ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/08/23/music-downloads-via-grand-theft-auto-iv/ 4. Dell XPS M1530 Sprint or Verizon--$150, but rebates are available. Toshiba Portege R500 No built-in mobile broadband options offered. 1. HP 2133 Mini-Note No built-in mobile broadband options offered. More bad news--some of the most popular laptops around don't offer mobile broadband options (we're looking at you, Apple), so a USB dongle ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/08/23/what-are-the-mobile-broadband-options-for-the-most/ According to a man who checked all 188 Apple stores via the company's iPhone Availability widget, the iPhone 3G is in very short supply, says Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog. In total, it appears the device is sold out in 21 states. The list of states fresh out of iPhones includes: ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/08/23/iphone-3g-playing-hard-to-get/ commentary Juliette Binoche Yesterday when going through Passport Control to board the Eurostar, I bumped into Juliette Binoche (of Chocolat fame) (or someone who looks and speaks exactly like her). But I bet she would have wanted to talk to me in line if I were a billionaire. :-) ...where I could ... http://www.teknutzit.com/2010/08/23/if-i-were-a-billionaire-juliette-binoche-would-hav/