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Category Archives: General
Thank You Steve Jobs
A genius. Thank you for making the World a better place and inspire millions of people.
It is Time to Phase Out Nuclear Power
It is easy to be against nuclear in the middle of the Fukushima crisis following the earthquake in Japan. It seems opportunistic. But it is not. It is just that a nuclear accident HAS happened. If anything can go wrong, … Continue reading
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Fuel Cell Boxes: From Distributed Computing to Distributed Power
Watch CBS News Videos Online Distributed computing is part of the essence of Internet. The network of networks is built around distributed routing nodes (routers), that route IP packets with no central intelligence nor control. Internet protocols are “distributed” by … Continue reading
Accountants to Cause the Banking Crisis
Via Martin Varsavsky, I find a WSJ article where Steve Forbes gives a provoking view on the roots of the Banking Crisis. Mark-to-market or “fair value” accounting for financial institutions was re-established in 2007 in USA. The Financial Accounting Standards Board … Continue reading
One Year of Blogging
One year has passed since we started this blog with Steve Job’s famous commencement address. Less than one month later a post on LinuxMCE made it to the front page of Digg, and got 25.000 visits in one day! Since … Continue reading
What Do Crashes and Bubbles Have in Common?
Financial Crashes and Bubbles are opposite expressions of how absurd and irrational markets can behave. Markets over-react irrationally, driven by the irrational sentiments of fear and greed. Panic drives the Crashes and over-enthusiasm drives the Bubbles. As Martin Varsavsky said … Continue reading
Does Google know too much about you?
Larry Page, co-founder of Google, just landed in Spain to receive the Principe de Asturias Prize, the Spanish version of the Nobel Prize. In his dialog with the press, Larry said that, working in Search, Google aims to be more … Continue reading
A Talk from Ray Kurzweil
The video shows a keynote of inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil in February 2005. Despite being more than three years old, his insights remain as valid as ever. Some of the points Mr. Kurzweil makes: Most new inventions fail only … Continue reading
Tech-Talk.biz Becomes Disruption Matters
A few weeks from its first anniversary, tech-talk.biz becomes Disruption Matters. The change in name stresses the increased focus this blog will have on technologies and ideas that are transforming our World. And few areas are changing it as fast … Continue reading
Using Chrome
After a few days of use, I am delighted with the simple, clean, minimalistic user interface. Some people complain about lack of support for toolbars or not having a proper bookmarks organizer, but I love the Google concept of “forget … Continue reading
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