Category Archives: ICT

Departing PARC CEO looks back wistfully on blue skies of the past

By BabakF | Published: February 25, 2011

“PARC, which started out as Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, is rightly famous for its role in the development of far-reaching technology like Ethernet, the laser printer, and the graphical user interface. But, as with some of the great industrial labs of an earlier era, PARC has slipped out of the public view, even as [...]

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FTC, DoJ in “preliminary” investigation of Apple subscriptions

By BabakF | Published: February 21, 2011

The US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have begun looking into Apple’s new iOS subscription plan, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. The investigation is said to be in the early stages and may not go anywhere. European regulators are also saying they are keeping an eye on the situation. via [...]

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Sosiale medier – Sosiale medier som sosiale våpen – digi.no : Kommentarer

By BabakF | Published: February 21, 2011

Facebook kan tjene de undertrykte, men kan også befeste undertrykkernes makt. via Sosiale medier – Sosiale medier som sosiale våpen – digi.no : Kommentarer.

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Oh Nokia, We Loved You So… | Linux Journal

By BabakF | Published: February 15, 2011

Nokia, we invited you into our house. We let you put your feet on the coffee table. And yet this is how you treat us? Heck, we even tolerated the resistive screen on the N900, because it was a full blown Linux computer. We even put MeeGo on the cover of our March issue, and [...]

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