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I wonder if this is the smoking gun in regards to Oracle/Apple ties. They are offering $10 iTunes Gift Cards to get people hooked into Apple technologies. This is part of an e-mail I was sent today: Create an Oracle online account today and we’ll give you a Free $10 iTunes Gift Card or Iron Man 2 . . . → Read More: Oracle and Apple have public ties Over the last few years I have dedicated time and effort pushing GNU/Linux. I don’t regret doing this and I will keep doing this. I have learned that it is not good to hyper focus all of my learning activities around Free Software. It is a good thing to have a well rounded grasp of various . . . → Read More: Career Limitations in GTA The GNOME and LiMo Foundations have today announced their intention to collaborate closely with a key partnership. With immediate effect the LiMO Foundation will become a member of the GNOME Foundation’s Advisory Board and the GNOME Foundation will become an Industry Liaison Partner for the LiMo Foundation. According to the pair, this development represents a natural . . . → Read More: Freedom Haters Back ‘on Board’ An independent firm has just confirmed what most of us already knew. iPad owners are elitist douche bags. Consumer research firm MyType conducted the study, in which opinions of 20,000 people were analyzed between March and May. The firm’s conclusion was that iPad owners tend to be wealthy, sophisticated, highly educated and disproportionately interested in business and . . . → Read More: iPad Owners are Elitist Originally Written: May 13, 2008 (In case of obsolete content) Playing around with computers all day was supposed to be fun. It was a blast during my high school days. Working on computers in a retail environment has been very stressful in comparison. I run into a lot of problems with these consumers. A lot of stuff . . . → Read More: The Nightmare of IT in Retail There are a lot of myths out there about the hiring practices of proprietary software companies vs open source companies or communities. People are sharing anecdotal evidence claiming proprietary software developers are somehow better because they employed more women. While this is extremely far from the truth. I don’t hate women, in fact I love them . . . → Read More: Debunking Myths about Open Source neglect of Women The SD times has announced their ‘SD Times 100‘ for 2010. The SD Times recognizes top leaders and innovators of the software development industry. However upon looking at the list you’ll see two names that stick out like sore thumb: ‘Microsoft‘ and the ‘Mono Project‘. How is Microsoft considered an innovator? They buy out companies and developers . . . → Read More: If Mono innovates then I’m the King of Canada US Patent 6,506,148: Nervous system manipulation by electromagnetic fields from monitors Physiological effects have been observed in a human subject in response to stimulation of the skin with weak electromagnetic fields that are pulsed with certain frequencies near 1/2 Hz or 2.4 Hz, such as to excite a sensory resonance. Many computer monitors and TV tubes, when . . . → Read More: More reasons to avoid TV (and install Adblock) Apple used to be the underdog everyone loved. Once they became big enough they became the object of their own hate, Big Brother. If anyone has seen the documentary ‘Pirates of Silicon Valley‘ where the famous Steve Jobs Freakout can be seen will know Apple once considered itself a champion against large corporations. Recently however Apple has . . . → Read More: Apple has a new enemy: Nintendo People need to stop watching Television. TV was originally a marvelous invention. The benefits it brought with it in the education field were enormous. TV had a lot of potential but now its just a crutch for some, an escape from reality for most and a tool to manipulate the masses. Now that we have TV . . . → Read More: Stop watching Television |
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