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Apple accused of manipulating NAND flash prices
Apple accused of manipulating NAND flash prices
Industry insiders say that Apple is using ethically dubious means to secure lower prices for NAND flash memory chips, used mainly in its iPod and iPhone devices. The practice is said to artificially deflate flash prices, casing harm to the NAND industry as a whole.
(Via Ars Technica.)
Why am I not surprised by this? There was a time when this sort of business behavior was frowned upon. Now, it seems to be the norm…
Tweets for the Week
- Working on new personal site #Wordpress theme. The future is now: Designing it with html5, css3 and @font-face. Gonna be tasty… #
- Sometimes, it's sooo hard to convince dotNet nerds about the pros of design aesthetics. If I hear "it's good enough" one more time… #
- Effin' #Intuit! Updated my shipping address more than a week ago for TurboTax, but they shipped it to my old address anyway! #Morons #
Tweets for the Week
- has bought more furniture in the past month than anticipated. Doing my part to stimulate your economy. No need to thank, but you're welcome. #
- Amazed at #FileMaker devs who don't know their local competition. Spoke to 2 in SoCal this week with no clue of other area "big gun" devs. #
Tweets for the Week
- Just got an awesome proof of concept UI from a user. It's always nice to get well thought-out visuals. Makes my job half as tough. #
- Try it with other extensions of apps that save their documents as packages (which are really folders – just special folders). #
- Yes, it's actually normal behavior (launches the Chess.app), but it was interesting none the less. #
- Run that bit of #AppleScript code in Script Editor on a #Mac (sorry #Win users, this isn't for you), and you'll be "board" to death… #
- #Mac #AppleScript tell application "Finder" set x to make new folder at (path to desktop) with properties {name:"My.game"} open x end tell #
- Discovered #AppleScript anomaly. When making folders, beware that you don't suffix them with certain file extensions. See next tweet… #
- Anyone using a Magic Mouse: How's the weight to form factor ratio? Much heavier than a cabled Apple Mouse? How's the tracking? Precise? No? #
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