Archive for the Category Current Events

… or so Steve Jobs says in an email sent to employees this week.
In 1997, after Jobs returned to Apple, the company he helped found in 1976, Dell’s founder and chairman, Michael Dell, was asked at a technology conference what might be done to fix Apple, then deeply troubled financially.
“What would I do?” Dell said […]

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Finally… NetFlix gets nailed with a class action lawsuit for throttling (slowing down how fast returned movies are recorded and sending out the next movie in your queue) subscribers. I dumped NetFlix after three months when I noticed my DVDs were being sent slower and slower. The settlement provides for one free month of rentals […]

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The New York Times has launched TimesSelect, a paid service for accessing op/ed and other columnists writing.

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ebay bans auctions with live animals.

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