28th January 2012 Archive
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webOS daddy Jon Rubinstein exits HP
Enough is enough: 'I'm gonna go for a swim, have a little lunch..."
Jon Rubinstein, late of NeXT, FirePower, Apple, and Palm, has resigned from his position at HP, where he endured the mismanagement and eventual overboarding of Palm's webOS mobile operating system. "Jon Rubinstein has fulfilled his commitment to HP," an HP spokesperson emailed The Reg. "We wish him well." And that's it. The …
Mobile 28 Jan 00:51
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Boffin's blog blast births boycott of publisher Elsevier
Rage over high fees and SOPA support
The ongoing world protests against SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA have helped inspire a revolt among scientists over the role of academic publisher Elsevier and its business practices. British mathematician Tim Gowers kicked-started the campaign with a scorching blog post outlining numerous complaints against the publisher, which sells …
Science 28 Jan 01:44
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Ten... smart TVs
Product round-up Net set and catch up
Smart functionality has become the new must-have feature for TV. With hi-def and 3D pretty much taken for granted, it’s now ‘net connectivity, media streaming and IPTV which are driving sales. But with huge differences between proprietary network portals, both in the amount of free and subscription content on offer and the …
reghardware 28 Jan 08:00
