By Greg Mills
Benjamin Franklin said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Margret Mitchell, in her book “Gone with the Wind,” written in 1936, added another given us guys have a pass on: childbirth. She glibly stated, “Death, taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them.” True and true, do I ever hate April 15!
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By Rick Sutcliffe
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die…” — Ecclesiastes 3 : 1-2a.
Last month the Spy reflected on this theme and its implications for individuals. This month he returns his attention to products and companies, but with the same air of impermanence.
Read More“The desktop computer really will become obsolete,” Amy H. Tabor, director of facilities planning for RNL, a global, full-service design firm, tells “Infoworld” (http://macte.ch/Ey8gW). “This change is driven by the way we work, the need for more flexibility and space use, and the younger generation expecting the difference.”
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An Apple patent (number 20110161074) for a remote conferencing center has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It relates generally to audio and/or video recording and, more specifically, to determining sources of audio signals for audio and/or video recordings.
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An Apple patent (number 20110162048) involving local device awareness has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Aspects of the present disclosure (think iOS devices) relate to the operation of electronic devices and, more particularly, to identifying and placing electronic devices located within a particular vicinity.
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