Today’s Google Starred Items: “Windows Phone 7 Resource List Refreshed”
Mike Ormond: “I’ve just done a major update to “Mike’s Mega List of Windows Phone 7 Resources”. Lots of new demo videos added as well as additional technical resources. If you come across anything you think I should add, please tweet me at @MikeOrmond. Same goes if you have an app you’d like to show off / have me deploy to a device.”
“Information technology in transition: The end of Wintel”
The Economist: “More than 80% of PCs still run on the “Wintel” standard. Demand for Windows and PC chips, which flagged during the global recession, has recovered. So have both firms’ results: to many people’s surprise, Microsoft announced a thumping quarterly profit of $4.5 billion in July; Intel earned an impressive $2.9 billion. …So now is a good time to take stock of IT’s most hated power couple. As The Economi**st went to press, Intel was on track to reach a settlement with America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which would in effect end the antitrust woes that have plagued both firms. And Microsoft has recently strengthened its ties with ARM, Intel’s new archrival. This suggests that the Wintel marriage is crumbling.”
“Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are ‘fair use’”
Ars Technica: “‘Apple is not concerned that the practice of jailbreaking will displace sales of its firmware or of iPhones,’ wrote the Register, explaining her thinking by running through the "four factors" of the fair use test. "Indeed, since one cannot engage in that practice unless one has acquired an iPhone, it would be difficult to make that argument. Rather, the harm that Apple fears is harm to its reputation. Apple is concerned that jailbreaking will breach the integrity of the iPhone’s ecosystem. The Register concludes that such alleged adverse effects are not in the nature of the harm that the fourth fair use factor is intended to address.’”