Recent Comments:
The hundred gadget giveaway: round 7 {Engadget}
Sep 5th 2007 12:13PM — Something nice about us!
UK iTunes topped by home-made album {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Apr 10th 2007 6:56PM Please God, let this be true and more often.
China's Compass -- friendly GPS clone or Galileo bluff? {Engadget}
Aug 10th 2006 9:35AM Yeah, and US and Europe satellites could jam China's. Or Europe's could jam US' and China's. Or all other possible combinations. However, it's more profitable to state it the way it was done in the article right?
Wii to tango with Latin America in December, price is high {Joystiq}
Aug 9th 2006 8:52AM This is about a release in Brazil, right? What's the tango in the title then, bozos?
Intel's Eduwise low-cost PC revealed {Engadget}
May 4th 2006 8:46AM I laugh at the ignorance of these people. I'll laugh even more when that ignorance translates to no sales.
Can Intel's $400 Edu-Wise best the OLPC? {Engadget}
Mar 29th 2006 7:11AM Indeed, 400 bucks is at least twice the minimum wage in Brazil. (But brazilian minimum wagers still manage to buy TV sets that expensive, ah, the power of soap operas.) And if import taxation is applied, increase the price by at least 60%. I'm serious.
PimpStar rims for the opinionated driver {Engadget}
Mar 28th 2006 6:36AM Sorry, you're late.
Vista getting 60% code rewrite? {Engadget}
Mar 24th 2006 1:04PM Much more probably, the news mean that the XBox dudes were called to work on the problematic "piece" of Vista that is equivalent to 60% of the code. Which no way means they're going to erase them all and start anew.
But you know, nowadays if there's no hype (positive or negative) there's no news.
Apple to France: not so fast, mon ami {Engadget}
Mar 22nd 2006 9:34AM But the bill has to pass Senate and, if I know my share of French politics, then, surprise, it won't.
China gives Skype two year sentence for reckless telco endangerment {Engadget}
Mar 21st 2006 12:07PM I don't think this has anything to do with Chinese politics. (For example, had Brazil not ended its state monopoly on telephony a few years ago, Skype would be at threat there too.)
The situation here is the same as the one involving P2P file sharing and the recording and movie industries, mutatis mutandis: Some pretty disruptive technology rings the "they're threatening our dated biz model" bell somewhere.
And if the "carriers sort out the marketplace" let's be prepared for DRM, telco style.
