Sports

25/12/2004 20:29 | Categories: News, Formula-1 | 0 Comments 

The Olympics are over. In the end they didn't fare so badly for Spain: 19 medals (but only 3 golds) and left a some very interesting moments: Kenteris' and Thanou's incident (car "accident" included), Nemov's being cheated a gold medal by some inept judges, the Dream Team's demise, or Lima's being annoyed by some guy dressed in Greek traditional clothes in the marathon... I don't think these were particularly good games (you've probably already seen my previous rants) but now they're over and the next stop is Beijing 2008

In Formula-1 Schumacher, the best driver in the history of Formula-1, won his 7th world championship the same day that Alonso (for many, Alonso will take Schumi's place when he retires) had to quit prematurely when he was ahead of the race. And in the world of football, the Spanish "la liga" started yesterday with Etoo's, Deco's and Ronaldinho's new Barcelona beating Racing of Santander away 0-2, showing the whole Spain that this year they're here to stay. For real. Hopefully

The biggest SUV available!

25/12/2004 20:29 | Categories: News, Fun | 0 Comments 

This is possibly one of the funniest articles I've read lately (well ok, it's not that I read that much but I found this one particularly funny): Kiss My Megatruck, Dude. It's about the latest SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle), a beast that makes the the Hummer look like a tiny spot on the road... The truck is simply amazing, but I completely agree with the [witty] points raised in the article related to absurd demonstrations of machismo (though I have to admit that I like one of these SUV myself: the Volkswagen Touareg )

Apple licensing iPod and iTMS to HP

25/12/2004 20:29 | Categories: News | 0 Comments 

According to Apple's press release, to HP's press release and to this article at Forbes, HP and Apple have signed an agreement that will allow HP to distribute portable MP3 players based on Apple's highly successful iPod technology. At the same time, HP's new computers and laptops will come with the iTunes softare preinstalled.

Mandatory links to the Slashdot discussion about the topic and to Francesc's post on the same (when it comes to Apple, he's always the first carrying the news )

Threatening their own customers?

25/12/2004 19:29 | Categories: News | 0 Comments 

Looks like US broadband internet provider Comcast is now sending threatening letters to users who download a lot of data (more here), according to their yet undisclosed "standards" and rates. The whole issue here seems to be that Comcast was advertising the service as "unlimited", so it has now come as a big surprise to many users.

Things like this are very annoying and I wonder if it will ever happen in Europe...

When your bussiness model doesn't work anymore...

25/12/2004 19:29 | Categories: News | 0 Comments 

...sue the competition.

That's exactly what Kodak has done. During the "digital revolution", contenders such as Sony and Canon dared to step forward and challenge the dominance of Kodak in the picture market. Kodak lost (at least, they're not the biggest in the US market) and now they have decided to sue Sony because of patent infringement. To make it easy to understand: "we are lagging behind and our bussiness model is crap so why don't we start sending lawsuits at will and see what happens?" (doesn't this sound slightly reminiscent of what SCO is currently doing? ) In the lawsuit, Kodak claims that "Sony Electronics infringes 10 patents issued between 1987 and 2003, including ones for image compression and storage"
That's simply amazing... And besides, shouldn't they be suing all the companies that produce digital cameras?

I'm becoming famous!

25/12/2004 19:29 | Categories: News | 0 Comments 

see for yourself (sorry, German only but it's not that difficult to follow!)