Autonomy Strikes Back

post from Daring Fireball on 29 September 2011 10:03:52 PM. © Daring Fireball

Autonomy:

Oracle seems a little confused about the sequence of events andorigins of the data it has received, something that would suggestsit needs better management of and insight into the unstructureddata on its internal systems. We would be delighted to help.

Popcorn.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/sep/29/autonomy-oracle

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The Top 6 Alternatives to the Kindle Fire

post from Daring Fireball on 29 September 2011 09:04:06 PM. © Daring Fireball

Isn’t this piece from Matt Burns exactly backwards? Is there a single AOL/TechCrunch reader, even one, who is better-informed by having a writer at a big-name technology site claim that any of these tablets are worth consideration? Why would anyone buy any of these turds instead of an iPad or Kindle Fire?

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/29/the-top-6-alternatives-to-the-kindle-fire/

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Oracle Issues Statement

post from Daring Fireball on 29 September 2011 06:03:42 PM. © Daring Fireball

This is the funniest thing you will read all day. How can you not love a huge corporation that communicates so frankly?

Don’t miss the follow-up, “Another Whopper from Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch”.

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Read The Full Article:
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/503333

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Finally

post from Daring Fireball on 29 September 2011 06:03:42 PM. © Daring Fireball

Finally, a Safari extension that adds “Finally” to all headers on Apple.com. (Via David Chartier.)

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http://www.pimpmysafari.com/items/finally-finally/

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Nice Work If You Can Get It

post from Daring Fireball on 29 September 2011 05:04:18 PM. © Daring Fireball

Aislyn Greene, reporting for The Puget Sound Business Journal:

Microsoft Corp. will rake in $444 million in revenue in 2012 fromits patent-licensing agreements with Android device makers,according to Goldman Sachs analysts.

$180 million alone from Samsung, apparently.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2011/09/29/analyst-microsoft-gets-444m-an
nually.html?ana=yfcpc

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New iPhone App from BISNAR CHASE Helps Car
Accident Victims

post from prMac on 29 September 2011 05:00:00 PM. © prMac

BISNAR CHASE has introduced Car Accident SideKick 1.1, a new iPhone app by accident experts BISNAR CHASE and American Lawyer Academy launched to guide car accident victims through the necessary steps of dispatching emergency personnel, gathering important information for the police, filing insurance claims or taking possible legal action after a traumatic car crash. Includes a step-by-step accident tip checklist and a real-time accident report form with photo and audio recording capabilities.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-31463.htm

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Authentic Jobs Campaign for Charity: Water

post from Daring Fireball on 29 September 2011 04:04:13 PM. © Daring Fireball

To celebrate the sixth anniversary of Authentic Jobs, my friend Cameron Moll is raising money for a great cause: bringing clean water to Ethiopia. Love this story he just posted today about it.

There’s magic in having a big audience like DF’s. “Sounds like a great cause, but what difference would a few bucks from me make?” But there are tens of thousands of you reading this. If just a few hundred of you donate, say, five bucks, boom, that’s thousands of dollars.

Also, since Charity: Water is a non-profit 501(c)(3), it’s a good time to mention again Apple’s new charitable matching program.

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Read The Full Article:
http://mycharitywater.org/authenticjobs-six

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App Store Non-Rejection of the Week

From the customer reviews:

There aren’t any turtles in the game.

As Shaun Inman tweeted, it’s hard to believe this app ever made it through the review process, and even harder to believe it’s still there a month later.

Update: Don’t miss the developer’s website.

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Read The Full Article:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ninja-turtles/id456911672

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