The Week in Review 46W2008
This has been a sad sad week for democracy in the EU. Not only has the EU Secretariat found there’s no public interest in finding out how public money is funneled into MS despite Microsoft having convicted in the EU for unfair trade practices but also it has turned down requests for access to the ACTA documents. The European Union wastes our money as it sees fit and signs into secret laws. All for our own good of course.
In an ironic twist of fate Halliburton applied for a patent on patent trolling and may soon be taking patent trolls to court on patent infringement …
Lots of Nokia stuff this week. The list of upcoming phones might have been leaked and if it’s true a phone with a big screen, hw keyboard and an heap of sensors is in the works. On the other hand the Nokia 5800 promised at under 300 EUR is showing up on nokia.es at 429 EUR. Bad Nokia, bad! On more phone news, treos and blackberrys are crappier than iphones contrary to anecdotal evidence, according to a SquareTrade study at least.
While Dean Kamen is working on a Stirling powered car some guys are working a way to make hydrogen from water without precious metals. And the friendly neighborhood mini nuclear reactor is making the rounds again so this has been an energy filled week.
Finally, a must have iphone app, Ocarina for the iPhone
