At The Nexus #51: Fine Elegant Pointer Finger

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad begin their second year of pocasting with a discussion on Ballmer's impressions, WordPress and BitCoin, why AMD might be selling out, how page turning is now patented and why everyone should be lamenting the termination of Steven Sinofsky from Microsoft.

Links

• Steve Ballmer: Android Ecosystem Is Wild And Uncontrolled, Apple Is High Priced And Highly Controlled | TechCrunch
• DirectX 11.1 exclusive to Windows 8, Microsoft confirms • News • PC • Eurogamer.net
• Internet Explorer 10 Preview available for Windows 7 users | PCWorld
• iPad minis worth $1.5 million stolen at JFK airport | Ubergizmo
• Pay Another Way: Bitcoin — Blog — WordPress.com
• BlackBerry 10 will launch on January 30, RIM says | Mobile – CNET News
• SMS traffic and revenues decline for the first time ever in U.S., Chetan Sharma says – FierceMobileContent
• Google Launches Android 4.2 SDK
• LG’s Nexus 4 sells out on Google Play within minutes of launch | 9to5Google
• Reuters says AMD is looking for a buyer, but chip maker denies it is up for sale | VentureBeat
• Google Fiber is live in Kansas City, real-world speeds at 700Mbps | Ars Technica
• Amazon links mainstay S3 storage to its low-cost Glacier | ZDNet
• Texas Instruments to cut 1,700 jobs to reduce costs| Reuters
• Apple granted design patent for turning pages | Apple – CNET News
• John McAfee: sex, drugs and anti-virus software – Telegraph
• Windows Head Steven Sinofsky to Leave Microsoft – Ina Fried – News – AllThingsD
• Ballmer’s memo announcing Steven Sinofsky’s departure | Microsoft – CNET News
• Sinofsky’s memo regarding his departure from Microsoft | Microsoft – CNET News

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