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"NationMaster," Wikipedia, last updated 8 November 2005, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NationMaster.

 

 

The Cobuyitaphobia blog hasn't been updated much -- the last news was from August. Perhaps terrible synergies are making the news less (or I just don't care as much! : ).

 

 

Finally, though, something appropriate: I discovered from Wikipedia that NationMaster, an unethical online business, has been finding its own synergies with a free online encyclopedia:

 

NationMaster appears to use the content from Wikipedia along with commercial advertisements in an attempt to generate revenue. For example see [1] and [2]. Its encyclopedic articles are at times almost identical to Wikipedia, but the relationship between NationMaster and Wikipedia, if any, is unclear.

 

 

Not just that, the way NationMaster copied-and-pasted content may be illegal

 

Nationmaster.com seems to specify more restrictive terms than (and thus be incompatible with) the Gnu Free Document License (GFDL) of the original Wikipedia content.

 

 

Of course, to this I added my own story of Nation Master's cruelty:

 

Additionally, NationMaster has threatened lawsuits against websites that publish negative reviews of its services.

 

Learn more about NationMaster's extortion

From Slashdot...

Copyright Office: Everyone Uses MSIE, Right?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday August 09, @09:59AM
from the typical-myopia dept.
richardtallent writes "Tim Bray caught that the United States Copyright Office's upcoming copyright pre-registration web application apparently only works with Internet Explorer, and they are seeking written comments from anyone who might have a problem being forced to use IE. Slashdotters, start your snail-mail."

One of the possibile synergies of Apple's switch to Intel was that Apple could use Intel's privacy-invading cpu-level user tracking firmware.

 

Fortunately, that's not going to happen.

 

Hurrah for cobuyitaphobia! 

 

No DRM for Apple in Intel-based Macs

Posted by Zonk on Thursday August 04, @09:06AM
from the different-sides-of-the-story dept.
JWeinraub writes "OfB is reporting that, contrary to widely-published and discussed rumors, Apple is not including the controversial Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip in its Intel-based Macs. An anonymous registered Apple developer claims that the Apple x86 test boxes do not have DRM or TCPA components." From the article: "As to why those with access to the kits have been quiet concerning the claims, our source said, 'you can rest assured that Apple is keeping very close tabs on those of us who have them.' The kits are only available to those who accept a non-disclosure agreement."

 

More fallout from Fiorina's disasterous reign of incompetence

 

HP and Apple Separate; Apple gets Custody

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday July 30, @11:12AM
from the can't-buy-me-love dept.
Kasracer writes "Yesterday, The Register reported that HP separated from Apple's iPod selling agreement. 'Doing its best to erase Carly Fiorina's mistakes, HP has culled an iPod reselling agreement in place with Apple since January of 2004.' It is unclear whether or not HP will create an mp3 player or partner with another computer to fill the void."

 

Apple's Colossal Disappointment?

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday July 26, @04:42PM
from the more-a-blunder-than-anything-else dept.
Mudzy writes "Michael Roberson, founder of Linspire, has an article at The TechZone talking about Apple's 'Colossal Disappointment' for not porting Mac OS X to PC after they announced the move to Intel processors. He discuss why this could be a mistake." From the article: "Instead of a brilliant strategic maneuver, it's a step necessitated by IBM's inability to keep pace with Intel. It seems Apple was tired of losing the gigahertz competition to the PC world. Apple had been promising faster computers for some time and had not been able to deliver them. In addition, they were frustrated at IBM's inability to produce a fast low-powered chip for laptops."

 

 

 

From Slashdot 

In the google search for Cobuyitaphobia, eight of the top ten links now directly to a tdaxp blog, or to a site than then directs to tdaxp!

 

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"What is Cobuyitaphobia?," The Ministry of Truth, 23 March 2005, http://www.mintruth.com/wiki/index.php?Cobuyitaphobia.

According to a popular wiki, Cobuyitaphobia is...

 

... a fear of synergy as described in the Dilbert TV Episode number 20 titled: The Merger. People afflicted with Cobuyitaphobia will usually leave the room screaming upon hearing the word synergy

 

Developers: HP Fires Father of OOP Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday July 21, @08:17PM
from the hard-times dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Wow. Hewlett-Packard has disbanded its Advanced Software Research team and sent its leader, reknowned programmer Alan Kay, packing. From today's Good Morning Silicon Valley: 'HP is bidding adieu to legendary Silicon Valley technologist Alan Kay. A founder of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, Kay -- who once said, "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" -- was instrumental in the development of the windowing GUI and modern object-oriented programming. He envisioned a laptop computer long before the first ones rolled out and his Smalltalk programming language was a predecessor to Sun Microsystems' Java. Hard to believe HP's cutting him loose.' Maybe Apple will hire him."

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Newsjock (1000+ posts)

Fri Jul-15-05 10:59 AM Original message

Huge HP layoff (10,000-25,000) expected any day

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/121... By Therese Poletti Mercury News Hewlett-Packard could announce the layoff of as many as 10,000 to 25,000 employees next week as part of a plan to restructure the Palo Alto technology giant, according to Wall Street analysts. Such a shake-up has been anticipated since HP Chief Executive Mark Hurd replaced ousted CEO Carly Fiorina in April. Some HP workers have taken to calling the expected reorganization ``the Big One.'' ... On Thursday, Cindy Shaw, an analyst at Moors & Cabot, issued a report citing a Silicon Valley insider who said HP may announce a management reorganization as early as Monday that could include widely expected layoffs. Shaw's report was the first to predict job cuts could be as high as 25,000. HP employs 9,000 people in the Bay Area and 150,000 people worldwide. more

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