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Simon Thornton: A Mutual Misunderstanding bq. The recent versions of iChat have, of course, brought with them the capability to use a video source (for most people, that would mean an iSight, or a USB webcam using a hack to get it to work in iChat – see my old post about that, or even ...

Apple OS Updates Slowing

Apple to slow pace of Mac OS X tweaks | CNET News.com bq. However, during a talk at the SIIA Enterprise Software Summit 2004 here, Apple Chief Software Technology Officer Avie Tevanian said, “We’re slowing that (pace) down a little bit…because that’s not a sustainable rate. But you’ll still see us go really fast.” Tevanian ...

Search Ads Violate Trademark?

Geico sues Google, Overture over trademarks | CNET News.com bq. Geico, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company owned by Warren Buffett, filed suit against Google and Yahoo-owned Overture on May 4, in federal court in Alexandria, Va. The insurer charged the two companies with infringing on its trademarks when they sold them as ...

Gas Prices

What the options are for lowering oil prices | csmonitor.com bq. Some US senators want to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a way to lower the price of crude oil. OPEC is talking about increasing production. A consumer group wants the Bush administration to open up an investigation into the competitive practices of the ...

EPA Inflates Hybrid MPG

Wired News: Hybrid Mileage Comes Up Short bq. after a few months of commuting to his job in Cincinnati, Blackshaw’s hybrid euphoria vanished as his car’s odometer revealed that the gas mileage he was hoping for was only a pipe dream. Honda’s Civic Hybrid is rated by the EPA to get 47 miles per gallon ...