By: Nicholas Kolakowski 2009-07-12
Microsoft's ace in the hole in its upcoming battle against Google Chrome OS, the search giant’s new browser-based operating system, could be a browser-OS hybrid project code-named Gazelle. As more and more applications move into the cloud, the need for a browser-based OS, one that can intelligently interface with a PC while managing Web resources, may become more intensive than ever for both Microsoft and Google as they compete for market share. The media cycle of past few days has been dominated by word of Microsoft’s apparently imminent demise at the hands of Google Chrome OS, the search-engine giant’s newly announced operating system initially intended for mini-notebooks, known popularly as "netbooks." While predictions of the death of Windows may be premature, Microsoft may already be in the midst of developing a competitor to Google’s stripped-down operating system, a project code-named Gazelle.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Texting teen falls into open manhole
By Christopher Null Jul 12, 2009
OMG MANHOOOOOOOLE! New York's WCBS puts it in a way that just can't be better expressed: "It was an accident waiting to happen." 15-year-old Alexa Longueira was wandering along the street in Staten Island last week, obliviously tapping text messages into her phone as she walked. Distracted by her phone, she failed to notice the open manhole in her path, and plunged into it, taking an impromptu bath of raw sewage along with receiving moderate injuries. Longueira called the dive "really gross... shocking and scary." It's not all Longueira's fault. The manhole shouldn't have been left uncovered and unattended, and no warning signs or hazard cones had been set up near the work site. A worker with New York's Department of Environmental Protection, who was preparing to flush the sewer, helped her out, and the department later issued a formal apology for the incident. Nonetheless, observers are harshly divided over who's to blame here. The DEP is certainly at fault for failing to secure the manhole, but to what extent should the girl be held accountable for failure to be aware of her surroundings? If she'd stepped into traffic and been hit by a car, would her reaction (that is: anger and a potential lawsuit) be any different?
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OMG MANHOOOOOOOLE! New York's WCBS puts it in a way that just can't be better expressed: "It was an accident waiting to happen." 15-year-old Alexa Longueira was wandering along the street in Staten Island last week, obliviously tapping text messages into her phone as she walked. Distracted by her phone, she failed to notice the open manhole in her path, and plunged into it, taking an impromptu bath of raw sewage along with receiving moderate injuries. Longueira called the dive "really gross... shocking and scary." It's not all Longueira's fault. The manhole shouldn't have been left uncovered and unattended, and no warning signs or hazard cones had been set up near the work site. A worker with New York's Department of Environmental Protection, who was preparing to flush the sewer, helped her out, and the department later issued a formal apology for the incident. Nonetheless, observers are harshly divided over who's to blame here. The DEP is certainly at fault for failing to secure the manhole, but to what extent should the girl be held accountable for failure to be aware of her surroundings? If she'd stepped into traffic and been hit by a car, would her reaction (that is: anger and a potential lawsuit) be any different?
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Twitter Nabs a Legal Eagle from Google
By Brad Stone July 11, 2009
Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service, has stolen a prominent Google lawyer. The start-up has hired Alexander Macgillivray, deputy general counsel for products and intellectual property at Google, to be its general counsel, according to a person with knowledge of the hiring. Mr. Macgillivray has been an important member of the Google legal team, spearheading the controversial settlement with authors and book publishers over Google’s scanning of millions of out of-print library books. The settlement, if accepted by a federal judge, will clear the way for Google to make available online millions of historic books that would otherwise be difficult to find. The Justice Department has said it is inquiring into whether that settlement violates antitrust laws. Mr. Macgillivray, 36, has also represented Google in a wide variety of other matters, including Viacom’s copyright lawsuit against YouTube and complaints from The Associated Press that Google improperly used its content. Before he joined Google, Macgillivray was with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the prominent Silicon Valley law firm.
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Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service, has stolen a prominent Google lawyer. The start-up has hired Alexander Macgillivray, deputy general counsel for products and intellectual property at Google, to be its general counsel, according to a person with knowledge of the hiring. Mr. Macgillivray has been an important member of the Google legal team, spearheading the controversial settlement with authors and book publishers over Google’s scanning of millions of out of-print library books. The settlement, if accepted by a federal judge, will clear the way for Google to make available online millions of historic books that would otherwise be difficult to find. The Justice Department has said it is inquiring into whether that settlement violates antitrust laws. Mr. Macgillivray, 36, has also represented Google in a wide variety of other matters, including Viacom’s copyright lawsuit against YouTube and complaints from The Associated Press that Google improperly used its content. Before he joined Google, Macgillivray was with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the prominent Silicon Valley law firm.
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New MacBook Pro Feature: Excessive noise
By Stephen Daries July 12, 2009
Beeping? Clicking? Whining? Winding? These are not the typical sounds of a MacBook Pro. -- Or are they? Well, after some minor SSD (speed/transfer) drive faults that were quickly fixed, some of Apple's current generation MBP users are finding out that not only do they have a quick, spacious, beautifully designed piece of hardware but they also have noise complaints about it. Reported consumers with new MBP's are complaining of these said beeps, clicks and whines. With the unknown sounds, many MBP users are looking for an answer. MacBook owners looking for help in the Apple Support forums or going into the local Genius bar are walking away with unanswered questions. Originally thought to be a PRAM issue, Genius bar solutions have been to capture or reset PRAM during start up. With forum owners and news reports disputing on where the sound is actually coming from, Other World Computing (MacSales), a quality online products retailer says that the Seagate's Momentus 7200.4 G-Force hard drives could be to blame. Causing conflicts with the MBP's hardware, the drive, which takes precautions for anti-shock and data-loss, is causing faults within the laptop by winding up and down frequently putting unwanted drive strain and unwanted noises in the laps of its users.
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Beeping? Clicking? Whining? Winding? These are not the typical sounds of a MacBook Pro. -- Or are they? Well, after some minor SSD (speed/transfer) drive faults that were quickly fixed, some of Apple's current generation MBP users are finding out that not only do they have a quick, spacious, beautifully designed piece of hardware but they also have noise complaints about it. Reported consumers with new MBP's are complaining of these said beeps, clicks and whines. With the unknown sounds, many MBP users are looking for an answer. MacBook owners looking for help in the Apple Support forums or going into the local Genius bar are walking away with unanswered questions. Originally thought to be a PRAM issue, Genius bar solutions have been to capture or reset PRAM during start up. With forum owners and news reports disputing on where the sound is actually coming from, Other World Computing (MacSales), a quality online products retailer says that the Seagate's Momentus 7200.4 G-Force hard drives could be to blame. Causing conflicts with the MBP's hardware, the drive, which takes precautions for anti-shock and data-loss, is causing faults within the laptop by winding up and down frequently putting unwanted drive strain and unwanted noises in the laps of its users.
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