Author: GMills

Greg’s Bite:AT&T/T-Mobile deal off?

Greg’s Bite:AT&T/T-Mobile deal off?

Posted by | Aug 31, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

The US Government has the authority to prevent mergers when anti-trust laws kick in. There is a lot of discretion at the Justice Department, and sometimes the government could step in but does not do so. Other times, they stop mergers as being “anti-competitive.” The AT&T merger with T-Mobile may be a situation where they think competition is best served by not allowing the biggest network to absorb the fourth largest network. The third largest network, Sprint, has been loudly screaming “monopoly” and working the political system to stop the merger.

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Greg’s Bite; Google, do no evil?

Greg’s Bite; Google, do no evil?

Posted by | Aug 29, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

Google has famously chosen the mantra, “Google will do no evil.” Recently, in a number of situations that mantra has been tested where, if not evil, questionable things have been done by Google. While certainly, the executive staff at Google has been generous in giving money to worthwhile charities, the ethics of some Google business practices have recently been the subject of lawsuits.

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Apple, Lion Java crashes Yahoo Chess

Apple, Lion Java crashes Yahoo Chess

Posted by | Aug 26, 2011 | |

Posted by Greg Mills

Since moving to Lion the first day it was out, I have lost at least 5 chess games on Yahoo/games/chess due to some sort of Java problem. I am winning or losing, (it seems to know when I am winning) and unceremoniously, the Java window goes white and or enlarges some part of the screen and freezes. While this hardly seems important to most people, I hate losing but even more I hate losing because my Java crashes.

If anybody at Apple reads this, please fix this. Anyone else having Java problems under Lion? GregMills@Mac.com

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Greg’s Bite: Steve Jobs’ Creativity

Greg’s Bite: Steve Jobs’ Creativity

Posted by | Aug 25, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

We all knew Mr. Jobs is fighting cancer or the aftermath of it. Despite knowing he was on medical leave, it was very reassuring that he popped up at product releases to a thundering applause. Turning over the reins to Apple when there are still unreleased new products in the cue, that need refining, must be the hardest part of his work at Apple for him to relinquish. Steve Jobs is a compulsive perfectionist and he demanded a level of elegance unseen in so many products.

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