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BLOG: TechBlog: Linkpost | 11.16.2009 [Houston Chronicle](Houston Chronicle (TX) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 16----Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft [http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1561] -- Microsoft used to say that you could use OEM versions of Windows on a homebuilt PC, but that language has been removed from official Microsoft documents. Ed Bott looks at how confusing the situation really is. --Bill Gates gushes over Steve Jobs; praises Google founders [http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/11/bill_gates_gushes_over_steve_jobs.html] -- And there's video to prove it. --Zune to launch outside US [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76f98ae8-d205-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.html] -- And it will be the first time the Zune has been sold overseas. --ASUS courting Toshiba in bid to become top-3 PC maker? [http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/asus-courting-toshiba-in-bid-to-become-top-3-pc-maker/] -- Asus' chairman says talks with Toshiba to acquire its PC business are under way. --Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal [http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html] -- Wow! Stunning attempts to render 3D representations of the Mandelbrot Set [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set#Image_gallery_of_a_zoom_sequence]. --Droid experiencing external speaker problems, could be a software issue? [http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/15/droid-experiencing-external-speaker-problems-could-be-a-softwar/] -- Engadget says the speaker cuts out intermittently, and a reboot sometimes fixes it. Motorola is apparently replacing Droids experiencing this. --Underdog Palm Takes on Giants in Smartphones [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/technology/companies/16palm.html?ref=technology] --Nose, face, cut, spite: Blocking Google [http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/11/15/nose-face-cut-spite-blocking-google/] -- If News Corp. were to block Google from indexing its sites, as Rupert Murdoch has threatened, it would hurt those sites a lot more than it would harm Google. --Re: our patent application for an evil advertising scheme [http://www.fakesteve.net/2009/11/re-our-patent-application-for-an-evil-advertising-scheme.html] -- Fake Steve Jobs explains why Apple's patent that forces you to watch ads [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/business/15digi.html] is very much in keeping with Apple's culture. --Growing Pains at Hulu [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/digital-downloads/broadband/e3i8f2c0287dc37ec6baf6209f20ced7140] -- Tension is growing between the partners that own Hulu, MediaWeek says. --President Obama Admits That He's Never Used Twitter, But Thinks The Chinese Should Be Able To [http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/15/president-obama-twitter/] -- Despite having one of the most popular Twitter accounts, the president has never actually sent any tweets from it. To see more of the Houston Chronicle, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.HoustonChronicle.com. Copyright (c) 2009, Houston Chronicle Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. |