Roundup: Moore’s Law extended, AT&T pays Apple $900M, Bill Gates’ new venture and more
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Moore’s Law gets a life extension — Researchers at McGill University claim to have discovered a new state of matter, a “quasi-three-dimensional system,” that may extend the famous trend of tech companies being able to pack twice as many transistors onto computer chips every two years.
AT&T income up; company surprised by iPhone payments — AT&T has lifted its net income 5.5 percent over the same reporting quarter last year, but its stock price dropped…. Continue Reading
Roundup: A vintage Bill Gates rant, A123’s grid ambitions, Japanese browsers and more
Bill Gates reflects on crappy Windows experiences — As the beginning of a farewell series to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the Seattle PI has printed a long, stream-of-consciousness rant by Gates about the frustrations of using a piece of Windows software in 2003. “The lack of attention to usability represented by these experiences blows my mind,” Gates says in summation. Any ideas for retirement presents?
A123 looks to electrical grid storage market — Wildly successful (so far) battery… Continue Reading