The second long-spike article that I’ve resurrected is regarding Intel’s decision to downgrade its Larrabee platform release into a Software Development Kit, written back in December.
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March 7th, 2010
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March 7th, 2010
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I’ve been going through some of the older stuff I wrote for bit-tech, and came across a couple of articles that never made it. Rather than consign them to the digital dustbin, I figured – having already written them – I’d resurrect them here.
The first is an article about the agreement ‘twix AMD and Intel over the latter’s allegedly anticompetitive behaviour, written back in November of last year.
April 8th, 2009
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It seems that Microsoft is scoring a bit win in the netbook sector, with claims doing the rounds that Windows XP has gone from a mere 10% of the market in February last year to 96% now.
As someone who uses – and likes – Ubuntu on most of his hardware, this is a surprise. Sadly, it’s not that surprising – most people will always vote for the status quo.
I did write an article for Bit-Tech on the matter, but a real journalist did the same. Accordingly, here’s the article that never made it:
September 14th, 2008
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Davenport Lyons, the by-now infamous lawfirm situated, sadly, here in the UK, is continuing its campaign of sending threatening letters alleging possibly copyright infringing actions and demanding money. You may remember a post I made in which I drafted a response asking to see the evidence the firm allegedly has under the auspices of the Data Protection Act. Although I’m not a lawyer – thank god, I never could eat a whole baby – I do have more than a passing interest in the law and my rights therein. Accordingly, the letter was drafted as best I could.
Since that time, many individuals both on bit-tech and another forum called Slyck have downloaded and sent off the letter along with the required payment. Since then, most – as I predicted – have not heard back. However, some of the very earliest letters have had a reply – here’s an example from bit-tech member nw104hh:
July 16th, 2008
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Members of the //bit-tech// forums are reporting receiving letters from UK law firm Davenport Lyons demanding dosh – £520 and upwards – for ‘making available’ a range of games on peer-to-peer networks. If the money isn’t forthcoming, they threaten court action with a plentiful supply of legalese.
Well, hooey. So far the only people they’ve taken to court are individuals who ignored the letter and didn’t turn up on their court day – which resulted in a default victory for Davenport Lyons.
If you receive such a letter, **do not ignore it**. Instead, ask to see the ‘evidence’ that you made the software available. I’ve drafted a sample letter to send back to Davenport Lyons which //bit-tech// members have found useful.
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