From the Web - 24.04.2008

This is the start of a series that aims to provide you with information from multiple sources. There are no real areas of interest in this post, being a mash-up from several different publishers. I plan to make this kind of post as often as I can, in an attempt to create continuity when I don't have enough time to write or prepare a full post. This way you will be able so see the subjects that you have (or not) an interest in by going straight at the source.

And with that out of the way, let's get on with it:

• Samsung U900 Soul Available in UK: Samsung has added the Samsung Soul U900 to its available handsets in the UK.
• Yahoo to radically open its platforms: Yahoo will radically open its Web platforms to outside developers in order to improve its services to consumers.
• Ballmer: Microsoft could walk away from Yahoo deal: Microsoft gave its first hint that it may abandon its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo.
• Apple's ultra-thin MacBook Air also slim on profits?: In its determination to deliver the world's thinnest notebook, Apple admitted to sacrificing some speed and versatility, but a new analysis suggests that it may have given up some early profits as well.
• Linux Still Top Embedded OS: "Linux was used by 18 percent of embedded engineers responding to a survey, making it tops overall among both free and commercial OSes..."(LinuxDevices)
• Ubisoft 2007-08 sales up 43%: Ubisoft has released Q4 and FY 07-08 financial information, and is targeting EUR 1 billion in sales for 2008-09
• Sony Ericsson Launches 2 New 3G HSDPA Mobile Phones: The Z780 expands the company’s range of devices for markets outside of Europe and the compact G502 brings the power of the web to a mainstream audience.
• China has world's largest Internet-using population: China has now surpassed the US as the country with the largest number of Internet users
• Bill Gates: "The GPL, which we disagree with": "At the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Bill Gates gave his thoughts on where the pharmaceutical industry was going, and where it should be going. However, he also slipped up a bit and criticized the GNU General Public License..."(Ars Technica)
• Apple buys chip designer PA Semi for $278 million: An Apple spokesman confirmed Tuesday evening that the company has agreed purchase a boutique microprocessor design company known for sophisticated but low-power designs, Forbes is reporting.

About Fresh IT News

This is "Fresh IT News", a project that I have delayed for a pretty long time. I have planned on starting it, but never got the chance to do so, either because of lack of time or lack of self motivation. But now, I have put my mind on it, and I will begin to construct what I hope to become at least a source of information for a few people

Who am I?

Well my name is Stelian Andrei and that will just have to do. I'm from Iasi, Romania and I get bored very fast. That's probably one of the reasons I don't manage to finish what I begin. I'll just hope that this will not be one of those cases. Oh yeah, I also have another blog, The Yoboo, my first blog ever. I still don't know what it's about so I'll just refer to it as a place of "pointless ramblings". Being my first born, I don't plan on abandoning it.

So what is this?

This is a new project I want to develop. As the title already says, it's a blog for news. IT news, technological news, gadgets and who knows what else I'll try to fit in here. Although I'll try to always find the hottest information available, that might not be the case in many situations. Most of the info will probably be gathered from official companies blogs or forums, news aggregators and various other sources. The posts here are aimed to cover any domain that is somewhat related with IT or technology. Anything that seems to be impossible or Sci-Fi will most likely find a nice home in the pages of this blog. And what else can I say? Let the Fresh IT News roll in.

That's it?

Well, what did you expect. I don't have neither the financial potential of the large news companies, neither the time people that earn a living online have. I'll try to be as fast as I can with the information, but I'm sure that more than once, it will seem like I'm the last to know about it. I'll just have to deal with it and try better next time.