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- Jobs had nothing to do with early Apple technology
- Toshiba’s woes continue
- Microsoft cloud case goes to appeal
- Seagate NAS drives are wide open
- Canon makes 250 megapixel sensor
- Michael Dell sees more PC consolidation
- LED industry takes a hit
- ARM has Chinese internet of things designs
- Huawei gets into fashion
| Jobs had nothing to do with early Apple technology Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:55 AM PDT
When he was visiting Orlando he was asked by 14-year old Sarina Khemchandani to let her interview him for her website, ReachAStudent which with true Woz style he did. Sarina set up her website to provide students at her school “the ability to access and share positive insight on any school related matter” and to allow students to ask questions of mentors. In the third and final video Woz answers questions about Steve Jobs and Apple which might stick a spanner in the works for those who believe that Jobs was behind everything. Woz said that Jobs played no role at all in any of his designs of the Apple I and Apple II computer and printer interfaces and serial interfaces and floppy disks and stuff that he made to enhance the computers. "He did not know technology. He had never designed anything as a hardware engineer, and he did not know software. He wanted to be important, and the important people are always the business people. So that's what he wanted to do," he said. The Apple II was the only successful product Apple had for its first 10 years, and Woz had built it before Jobs even knew it existed. Being the sort of person he is, Woz did not slam Jobs for any of this. He said his partnership with Jobs was important. He warned that a great product would not do anyone any good unless it sells – and for that, you need a company. “So it’s very important, even if you are not a business man, to find someone who is.” In other words, Jobs was a leech, but he was a useful and necessary leech. |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:54 AM PDT
The company has booked a $318 million net loss for the past financial year and pledged a bold restructuring. The submission of its books, twice postponed due to its accounting woes, helped to allay concerns that the company was about to be delisted. Shares in Toshiba rose 1.8 percent on Monday, but they are still down around 30 percent since its accounting problems were disclosed in early April. Analysts warned that the company still had to tackle deep-rooted problems particularly what it was going to do with its unprofitable PC and TV businesses. The accounting woes are also not going away because the company is facing shedloads of shareholder lawsuits. The weaker assessment included a more conservative estimate on the value of its investment in South Texas Project, a US power plant project. The company, however, denied speculation that it would need to draw down deferred tax assets on Westinghouse, its US based nuclear business. The company’s new Chief Executive, Masashi Muromachi, promised to announce a restructuring plan for its semiconductor, PC and TV businesses by the year end. He also said it was reconsidering plans by his predecessor, who stepped down amid the scandal in July, to grow the healthcare unit through acquisitions. The company also announced on Monday that former Shiseido president Shinzo Maeda would be the head of a revamped 11 member board, the majority of which are external directors, pending approval at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting at the end of the month. |
| Microsoft cloud case goes to appeal Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:53 AM PDT
Software giant Microsoft is appealing a decision that forces it to hand over data stored overseas to US investigators. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals will hear Microsoft’s challenge to a July 2014 lower court ruling concluding that a court or law enforcement agency in the United States is empowered to order a person or entity to produce materials, even if the information is housed outside the country. Microsoft wants the appeals court to overturn the decision upholding the US government’s right to search a consumer email account that Microsoft stores in Dublin as part of a narcotics investigation. Manhattan prosecutors claim that “powerful government interests” override potential negative effects on Microsoft’s business or any other company seeking to profit on the storage of information overseas. Any US cloud company would suffer if the US was allowed access to foreign data. In fact the EU would probably rule that it is too dangerous to allow data to be stored in clouds administered by US companies. In a filing in the appeal, the government of Ireland noted that the Irish Supreme Court has ruled that Irish courts have the power to order production of documents by an Irish registered company by one of its branches situated in a foreign country. It said Irish taxation authorities also can force Irish banks to produce records of accounts held by customers wherever the information is located. “Ireland continues to facilitate cooperation with other states, including the United States, in the fight against crime and would be pleased to consider, as expeditiously as possible, a request under the treaty, should one be made,” it said.
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| Seagate NAS drives are wide open Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:52 AM PDT
Researchers at Tangible Security have discovered a series of vulnerabilities in Seagate gear which leave them wide open to hackers. In one case, an undocumented Telnet feature could be used to gain control of the device by using the username ‘root’ and the hardcoded default password. Also other vulnerabilities allow for unauthorised browsing and downloading of files, as well as permitting malicious files to be uploaded. Tangible Security says that Seagate Wireless Plus Mobile Storage, Seagate Wireless Mobile Storage, and LaCie FUEL drives are all dodgy but there may also be others. The security issues are confirmed to exist with firmware versions 2.2.0.005 to 2.3.0.014. The problems were discovered in March, but a patch was only recently been published, along with an advisory notice from US CERT. Tangible Security issued a warning of its own: Apparently, the problem is that Seagate has numerous product names for basically the same product under the same vendor's name or another vendor. Other named products may be affected. The vulnerabilities allow Forced Browsing where the affected device firmware provides unrestricted file download capability and unrestricted uploads of dangerous files, thanks to the fact that the affected device firmware provides a file upload capability to the device’s /media/sda2 file system, which is reserved for the file sharing. |
| Canon makes 250 megapixel sensor Posted: 07 Sep 2015 08:07 AM PDT
The sensor is capable of seeing letters on the side of an aeroplane flying at 18 kilometres distance. The censors pixel count is 19,580 x 12,700 pixels and has a read out speed of 1.25 billion pixels per second and can capture ultra high pixel video at five frames a second. Videos taken using a camera with the sensor reached a level of resolution 125 times that of full HD video. But you might not be able to buy a camera for a little while because the sensor is aimed at surveillance and crime prevention tools, high resolution measuring instruments, and industrial equipment. |
| Michael Dell sees more PC consolidation Posted: 07 Sep 2015 07:01 AM PDT
Dell is third in the global PC market with 14.5 percent market share, with HP at number one and Chinese firm Lenovo at number two. Talking to journalists in Bengaluru, India, Michael Dell told Reuters that the three top firms will have around 80 percent of the market in the next five years. Despite the fact that the PC market is shrinking, Dell is doing pretty well, Dell said because the company now just doesn't focus on selling PCs but also software and security for enterprise customers. Dell told the journalists that his firm has outgrown the other two chief rivals in terms of notebook sale and has grown its share 10 quarters in a row. Last week the founder of Taiwanese PC maker Acer said that any takeover of his firm would face a hostile reaction from the company. Acer barely scraped a profit in its last set of financial results. Dell, now a private company, has no intention of releasing any kind of smartphone, he said. |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2015 06:36 AM PDT
The Photonics Technology and Industry Development Association, quoted in English language daily the Taipei Times, estimates that sales of products could drop as much as 10 to 20 percent during 2015. And that's caused suppliers of LED lighting to start a frenzied price war. The association said that the top 10 manufacturers in Taiwan saw a nine percent drop in sales in the first half of this year and made losses rather than the profits they made in the same period last year. It's not just Taiwan that's been affected by the drop – it's a global effect – but one market that is unlikely to be affected is the Chinese market, the association said. |
| ARM has Chinese internet of things designs Posted: 07 Sep 2015 06:29 AM PDT
The first of its office in Zhongguancun, close to Beijing, will offer an ARM mbed device lab and a system on a chip (SoC) design lab to offer joint facilities with its partner. The unit will provide workshops, training and design services for mbed OS and Cortex microprocessor development. Allen Wu, president of China at ARM said that the country is the largest IoT market in the world and collaboration is the key to future success. Meanwhile, Hongfei Zhao, the chairman of Thundersoft, said that startups lack complete product experience, resources and support and the joint deal with ARM will provide software, hardware and system level development services. A number of other organisations including Horizon Robotics and CSIP are teaming up with ARM and Thundersoft. |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2015 06:20 AM PDT
The company has hired a "fashion futurologist" called Dr Sabine Seymour to explain Huawei's vision to the world. And it all starts with our underwear, it seems. Dr Sabine said our knickers and boxers will be fitted with sensors to track our heart rate and body temperature and goodness knows what else. Then we'll have "intuitive garments" which can change in form, size and design, meaning according to Huawei that we'll only need one shirt or dress. Our garments will be able to warm us up if we're cold or cool us down if we're hot. And shoes will mean the ascent of the "digital cobbler" – able to create shoes that fit your feet perfectly, and for the rest of your life – said Huawei. Cobblers. |
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