Tag Archives: Disruptive Technologies

John Degen’s Article – The Attack On Creativity

John Degen is terrified. He’s scared of the future. I can’t blame him. Change is scary. It has John ranting about all the people who want to steal from him, and not looking at all the people who want to … Continue reading

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Futurist Prediction – The CPU Registry – And You Thought the Long Gun Registry Was Bad…

If you think the Long-Gun Registry was a debacle, think again. Wait till you see the CPU Registry.

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Office Suite Update

One of the consistently high scoring articles has been my write-up on LibreOffice/OpenOffice. It’s time to take another look at the two most popular Free Software Office Suites.

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Microsoft Death Watch – Tablet Wars Part Deux

By re-writing the rules governing portable devices (including notebooks) Apple has broken Microsoft’s strangle hold on the industry. We have HP, who is one of Microsoft’s biggest partners openly stating that they are going to install WebOS on Notebooks as well as tablets. We have companies fighting to have the first Honeycomb tablet on the market. And while there are Windows 7 devices, they aren’t priced to compete. Continue reading

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Microsoft Death Watch – Tablet Wars

Apple has introduced the IPad 2, which in some ways seems reactive, but has some features that has to have Microsoft sweating.

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Anonymous, Atlas Shrugged, George Washington, Science Fiction, And Disruptive Technologies

The traitor portrayed above, is the most dangerous person that American Government has to face, even though he’s been dead for 211 years.

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The Mythical Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field Debunked

Quote from Wikipedia: Reality distortion field (RDF) is a term coined by Burrell Smith at Apple Computer in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs‘ charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Mac project.[1] Bud Tribble claimed … Continue reading

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Canadian Government Wasting Taxpayers Money On The Oil Sands

It means that every cent that the Canadian Government invests from this point onward into Oil Sands development is wasted. Currently Canada is running a fiscal deficit. That deficit could be cut significantly by by withdrawing Oil Sands funding. Continue reading

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Possible Future Tectonic Shifts In The Electronics Industry

First and foremost – Merry Christmas to all. Yes, it’s 6:00 AM on Christmas Day. I’m up, and my silly puppies are up (they woke me to let them outside about an hour ago). Since everyone else is in bed, … Continue reading

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International Music Software Trade Association Asks – Why Are We Loosing Sales – Gets Answer Wrong.

I was shopping online for some more recording hardware, when I came across a link to a questionnaire about software piracy, specifically software piracy of music production and editing software. I filled it out, with comments, but I think that … Continue reading

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