Wall of iPads Concept

Let’s just pretend for a minute that this wall of iPads concept ever became a reality, how practical would it be for someone to reach the upper / lower pads with someone else behind them trying to use the wall?

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Anti-Piracy Scheme "A Scam & Legal Blackmail"

We need more politicians in the U.S. that think like this guy. I am all for holding people accountable for their actions but allowing the recording industry to side step the legal system and extort money from people is just ridiculous.

It will hardly surprise anyone when we allege that ACS:Law and fellow anti-piracy outfits are clearly abusing copyright for profit. However, it is good to see that our views are being supported by several Lords in the UK. In recent weeks the law firm sending out these mass copyright infringement notices has been discussed in the UK House of Lords.

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£60 Million Investment Announced By Seagate

Seagate Technology today announced a package of investments totaling approximately £60 million centred on its plant at Springtown in Londonderry. Seagate’s investment of c. £47.3m will be enhanced with grants totaling £12.7m from Invest Northern Ireland. The funding will be focused on Research & Development, substantially enhancing the importance and technical relevance of the Springtown operation and increasing R&D related jobs there by 85. A further 10 related research posts will be created with an innovative collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast.

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70% of Employers Rejected Applicants Over Online Info

Just another reason to think twice before posting party pictures on your profile.

A full 70-percent of surveyed HR workers in the U.S. admitted to rejecting a job applicant because of his or her Internet behavior. Meanwhile, about 60-percent of surfers admit to being concerned that their online behavior may affect their professional or personal lives. A mere 15-percent of them, though, actually take these potential repercussions into consideration when posting content.

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Bill Gates Makes $10B Vaccines Pledge

Say what you will about Bill Gates, the man is as generous as they come and deserves credit for all his charitable contributions. That, and he’s a smooth dancer.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda say their foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries.

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ABB and IBM Extend Services Agreement

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group and IBM have signed a new agreement that will transform ABB's Information Systems (IS) infrastructure across 17 countries in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. IBM will provide server and network management, as well as end user and help desk services for the majority of ABB's IS infrastructure operations.

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MSI CX420 and CR420: The Ultimate in Audiovisual Entertainment

MSI's new generation of its Classic series CX420 and CR420 are equipped with New 2010 Intel® core™ processor. The CX420 also comes with a built-in ATi Radeon HD5470 discrete graphics card (with 1GB DDR3 VRAM). Audiovisual capability and processing power are both excellent! The latest 14" models in the MSI Classic series, the CX420 and CR420, boast the latest Intel Core i Series processors. The CX420 is also equipped with a built-in ATi Radeon HD5470 discrete graphics card with 1GB DDR3 memory and an external casing coated with MSI’s exclusive Cross-Hatch Color Film Print patterning. With a lightweight as well as fashionable appearance, they are the best companions for next-generation audiovisual enjoyment.

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NVIDIA Says Patent Settlement With Rambus Unlikely

In an interview with BusinessWeek, NVIDIA’s top lawyer said that a settlement with Rambus is unlikely. I am not trying to be funny here but isn’t this what every company says...you know...right before they settle?

"Rambus and Nvidia talked for eight years before they sued us," David Shannon, Nvidia’s general counsel, said in an interview yesterday in Washington. "I don’t think it’s realistic to think that there’s going to be an agreement any time soon between the two companies."

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New York Investigating Scumbag Scammers

When you think of scumbag scammers, usually these companies don’t come to mind. Well, they should now. Any time a company allows someone else to charge your credit card $20 a month without your knowledge, they are officially "scumbag scammers" until they rectify the situation.

Buried in the fine print however, are the full terms, which state that by providing an e-mail address, the customer is agreeing to sign up for a membership program and authorizing their credit card to be charged sometimes as much as $20 a month. How can these marketers charge credit cards without the owners giving them their card information? Simple, they buy the information from well-respected merchants, such as Continental Airlines, Priceline and Buy.com.

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[H]ardware Round-Up II

ETC.

iDisappointed in the iPad @ T-Break

iPad's Identity Crisis and Apple's A4 CPU Showstopper @ HotHardware

Memory/ Storage

Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB @ Techgage

Motherboards

ECS H55H-CM Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets

MSI H57M-ED65 mATX Motherboard @ HardwareZone

iPad Trademark Dispute

Here is another story about Apple taking a name it likes, regardless who has a trademark on it at the time, simply because they wanted it. This could get really interesting if Fujitsu sticks to its guns and fights for the trademark it has owned for 8 years.

Well, here we go again. Apple might have stolen all the headlines yesterday with the iPad, but as we've already noted, that name has been in dispute since September -- and it doesn't look like Fujitsu, which has been selling its own iPad since 2002, is going to back down.

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Microsoft Reports Record Second-Quarter Results

Microsoft Corp. today announced record revenue of $19.02 billion for the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, a 14% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $8.51 billion, $6.66 billion and $0.74 per share, which represented increases of 43%, 60% and 57%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.

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