http://www.centrecatala.org Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:06:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en He doesn't answer the questions he raises. But Bragg does recommend the creation of rules of the road to let artists "decide how our music is exploited and by whom." Rules? Consensus? Hoo boy, I can already hear the outrage, punctuated by dismissive peals of laughter. Too bad. He deserves ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/09/billy-bragg-let-us-decide-how-to-exploit-our-own/ "Nortel's revamped management team is doing the best that they can in our assessment," he said in a research note on Wednesday. "Unfortunately, the prior management team at Nortel left the company with a very damaged balance sheet. And with limited resources and little currency to afford a major strategic ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/08/nortel-cuts-jobs-as-losses-widen/ Howe's book publishes on Aug. 26 and is based on a 2006 article he wrote for 'Wired' magazine. Q: Is there a bit of a tragedy-of-the-commons element to crowdsourcing, to content on YouTube and things like that, where the 80-20 rule--that 80 percent of content is low-quality--governs? Howe: There's an ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/08/qa-jeff-howe-on-crowdsourcing/ Intel sees it this way: "Since the graphics pipeline is becoming more and more programmable, the graphics workload is making its way to be more and more suited to general purpose computing--something the Intel Architecture excels at and Larrabee will feature," and Intel spokesman said Friday, referring to Intel's upcoming ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/08/nvidia-chips-to-speed-apple-leopard-windows-7/ High-definition, 1080p, Blu-ray, blah, blah, blah. There's a lot of talk about quality--manufacturers, consumers, and yes, and maybe most of all, by reviewers--but out in the real world, does anybody really give a crap about quality? The rush to HDTV is all well and good, but last night in a ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/08/quality-schmality-who-really-cares-about-video-q/ New Core 2 Duo chips were also introduced. The E8300 (6MB cache, 2.83GHz) and the E7200 (3MB cache, 2.53GHz) at $163 and and $133, respectively. Intel Core 2 Quad processor The price of the Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz) fell 50 percent from $530 to $266, while the quad-core Xeon ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/08/intel-cuts-quad-core-price-by-50-percent/ All it takes is a softening of your stance on patent infringement. You'd give up nothing. You'd gain much. (Credit: CNET News.com) I gave up on that quixotic quest, and in retrospect it was the right decision. Sam Ramji, Bill Hilf, and others are doing a far better job of ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/08/why-i-wont-work-for-microsoft/ What I find frustrating is when I think people or companies are trying to hold back what the technology allows. Those are my concerns especially when we're holding back the opportunity. That's where a lot of this comes from. I've been writing Techdirt in one form or another since 1997. ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/08/dirt-cheap-techdirt-bets-on-free-business-model/ Though more technology and product details will certainly emerge in the next two days in Shanghai, the main chip themes are already out there. Gelsinger spelled them out at briefing earlier this month. "Milliwatts" refers to chips such as Atom, a tiny low-power, low-cost processor destined for ultramobile devices and ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/08/at-idf-shanghai-intels-vision-of-chips/ Hundreds of laptops used by the U.S. Department of State that were missing have been located, according to a report in the Congressional Quarterly. Auditors found that the State Department had lost track of about $30 million worth of equipment, most of it laptops, the initial Congressional Quarterly report ... http://www.centrecatala.org/index.php/2010/08/missing-state-department-laptops-turn-up/