ARM Takes Its Chip Business Beyond Phones – WSJ:ARM Holdings, $ARMH, is one of the great intellectual property engines of our time. They make the chips used in cell phones and other computing devices. Or, stated more accurately, they invent the chips, and then license out the manufacturing, sales and distribution of them.One thing that has made them such a dominant force is low power use technologies, exactly the kinds of things you need for…
Falling Chinese Coal Consumption and Output Undermine Global Market – WSJ: Finally, Finally, Finally… China has finally started to cut back on it’s production and use of dirty coal. China now consumes far more than half of the world’s coal. It’s a perfect time for them to do so, with all energy prices so low, the Chinese economy growing slow(er) and the costs/consequences of pollution from coal becoming more and more conspicuous. It is also…
Apple Loses Patent Infringement Suit, Ordered to Pay $533 Million | Rolling Stone: It seems apropos that Rolling Stone would have a great report on the iTunes (Apple) law suit loss to the tune of 1/2 billion dollar$. The loss rules that Apple did infringe on the 6 patents related to the storing and accessing of songs, videos and games. In the suit that might well be called the the Apple vs. the Troll, the ruling…
Has DOW gotten its groove back? | Watch the video – Yahoo Finance: Interview on Mad Money of Andrew N. Liveris, Pres., Chair and CEO. Dow chemicals is now a innovation, high-tech company? That’s right. The olde staunching company now has two-thirds of its products in with intellectual property (IP). Proprietary products are 66% of their products. ! Was 100% petrochemicals (kindof). Here you can find out about their products: http://www.dow.com/products/ They are creating massive facilities…
Why science is so hard to believe – The Washington Post: Joel Achenbach hit the nail on the head with this article. Ever wonder why you can talk with otherwise intelligent people and you suddenly drop into the twilight zone. They suddenly are totally convinced that the earth is flat, and there’s no arguing with them.Or they are totally convinced the fluoride in water is a horrible government conspiracy to … It is in the water. Or the Kool-Aid. Each group, tribe if you will, is drinking…
SU Labs | Singularity University: Check out Singularity University… Exponential growth in information and technologies. Here is the introduction of the Singularity University at the TED conference by Ray Kurzweil in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMYVH-hBGWg Very cool This is interesting changes in technologies and technologies. ‘via Blog this’
