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Intel Reorg

April 29, 2006
Here is a candid video interview with an Intel CFO Andy Bryant who discusses a reorganization that is taking place and how Intel is going to go about taking back share from AMD. They think they will take share back in Q3, Q4 and beyond. Intel believes their chip products are superior and they hope that the latter half of the year will be a bright spot in their future.

TV Community

April 29, 2006
Microsoft has recently had a patent approved in an area that allows communities to be built around TV content. The idea is to be able to click on a link in a program and go to a chatroom.

The same idea can obviously work with voice as well. This is a great application for voice communities. Even better – video communities where you send a video clip of what you think about the show, etc.

Perhaps the patent is more complicated than this article lets on but it seems very trivial and I can't imagine anyone getting a patent for something that seems so obvious. Then again I am not a patent attorney.

As I see this concept as integral part of all future TV watching this patent is a nice feather in Microsoft’s cap.