Clayton Christensen, Father of 'Disruptive Innovation,' Dies At 67
Clayton Christensen, the business scholar who coined the term "disruptive innovation," died of cancer treatment complications on Thursday at age 67. The Verge reports: You may not immediately recognize his name, but the tech industry -- and every resulting industry -- is built on the framework of technology disruption and innovation that… Read More »
Posted on 25 January 2020 | 4:00 amGravity: We Might Have Been Getting It Wrong This Whole Time
Via Phys.org: Physicists have been looking for laws that explain both the microscopic world of elementary particles and the macroscopic world of the universe and the Big Bang at its beginning, expecting that such fundamental laws should have… Read More »
Posted on 25 January 2020 | 1:00 am36 Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Unveiled the First Macintosh
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: On January 24, 1984, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the first Macintosh at Apple's annual shareholder's meeting in Cupertino, California, debuting the new computer equipped with a 9-inch black and white display, an 8MHz Motorola 68000 processor, 128KB of RAM, a 3.5-inch floppy drive, and… Read More »
Posted on 24 January 2020 | 9:30 pmGE Fridges Won't Dispense Ice Or Water Unless Your Water Filter 'Authenticates' Via RFID Chip
Count GE in on the "screw your customers" bandwagon. Twitter user @ShaneMorris tweeted: "My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, which means the generic water filter I ordered for $19 doesn't work. My fridge will literally not dispense ice, or water. I have to pay General Electric $55 for a water filter from… Read More »
Posted on 24 January 2020 | 7:25 pmFree Software Foundation Suggests Microsoft 'Upcycles' Windows 7 As Open Source
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is urging Microsoft to open source Windows 7, which is no longer supported by the company. The Register reports: On the face of it, the logic seems pretty simple. On January 14, Windows 7 reached its end of life as Microsoft turned off the free security update taps with a final fix. "Its life doesn't have to… Read More »
Posted on 24 January 2020 | 7:02 pmSupport Grows For Unionizing Video Game Industry, Survey Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hollywood Reporter: Ahead of the Game Developer's Conference (GDC) -- which is dedicated to the art and science of making video games and set to take place March 16-20 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco -- the results of the organization's eighth annual State of Industry report were released Friday.… Read More »
Posted on 24 January 2020 | 6:45 pm