Toy Story 3

June 26th, 2010

I was really so moved and touched, taken all the way back to the time I finally said goodbye to my own childhood.

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 – Official Trailer [HD] (Excuse me but video embedding disabled by request)

And I think the most funny part started from “Did you fix Buzz?” said Jesse. It did make me laugh out loud so much. Oh, of course, so is Ken Meets Barbie.

Sure a gorgeous film played in 3D, was just beyond my imagination and I just loved it, the mixture of laughter and tears is in full effect. I have to say if you don’t have a tear or two rolling down your cheek in the last 30 minutes, then you’re probably a heartless Lotso.

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iFixit – iPad Teardown

April 5th, 2010

iFixit – iPad Teardown

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Hitler upset for LTE does not have CS domain

March 6th, 2010

When Hitler finds out that 3GPP dropped the CS domain from LTE specifications…

23.401 guys out of the room!

Oh my god, I laughed incredibly hard and almost died… XD

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BBC: The most-read stories of 2009

December 31st, 2009

今天是 2009 最後一天，我們來看看 BBC 統計的 2009 最多人閱讀的故事（新聞）是哪些。

The most-read stories of 2009

From the king of pop to the queen of reality TV, from swine flu to MPs’ expenses, these are among the year’s most-read stories.

There are goodbyes and near-misses, extremes in the weather, and a few light-hearted moments alongside more serious tales.

生活中有電話簿，怎沒人想到給手機號碼也做個電話簿？這則新聞最引起我的好奇，她要怎麼辦到。至於在屋頂上畫根…的那則新聞是我最意外的入選者。 XD　霹靂貓那個也很神秘，有像尼斯湖水怪傳說…

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台灣大地震！

December 19th, 2009

剛剛正在浴室放水，結果弟弟在喊有地震，如此音量中帶有慌亂的叫喊實在有辱曾久居花蓮的我們呀～

關上水龍頭步出浴室，哇！！！整個晃到不行，真的有嚇到！我媽也從後陽台衝進客廳，三個花蓮人還在錯愕中。真的是頗大耶，來新竹這麼多年後這應該是我第一次感覺真的晃到能嚇人的地震。那個中大的研究實驗不算，而且也沒那麼晃。

馬上就打電話慰問親友，一連撥三通第一通失敗嘟嘟嘟，第二、三通手機都直接秀系統繁忙，腦海中直接浮現思考：應該是收了 RRC CONNECTION REJECT 然後 cause 帶 congestion …。（謎之聲：喂～ 你的手機是 Nokia 6300 ㄋㄟ…）

然後終於也深深體會到，為什麼 NTT DoCoMo 會早在 2004 年就把 DSAC 功能加到他們 PDC 系統（日本的第二代行動通訊系統）的 Protocol Stack 中 … 像今晚就派上用場了。FOMA 使用後更加證明其實用性與優點，就在 R6 正式加到 3GPP specifications 中。

總之，好大的地震啊～ 希望大家都平安沒事～

PS：地球一家，這篇還沒寫完，紐時馬上播報台灣被地震襲擊：Major Earthquake Strikes Taiwan; Rattles Buildings

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Adoro

November 28th, 2009

Und wenn ein Lied – Adoro

今天 Jane 推薦她最近很迷的一個德國美聲團體 Adoro，由五位美男子組成，還很興奮地說她觀賞起來簡直是「視覺」與音樂的饗宴…（我的地位又再度下降… Orz）說也要給我滋潤一下精神生活…。你知道的，美聲唱腔讓人聽起來就是很舒服，加上歌詞非常有意境，果然頗有療效。（人帥真好… T_T）

這邊有個很懂德文的作家有翻譯上面 MV 歌曲 Und wenn ein Lied（若一首歌）的歌詞，請見：若一首歌。我也在這邊推薦給大家欣賞聆聽。

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The unthinkable has happened: Qualcomm and MediaTek enter into a patent agreement

November 21st, 2009

meditek chip

MediaTek makes chips for various devices including DVD players and televisions, but they’re most known for their mobile phone chips that go into the millions of Chinese made handsets that never leave the country. The Nokla clones we make fun of all the time, those are made with MediaTek chips inside. Those dual SIM, triple SIM, and other insanely unique devices, again, they all use MediaTek. Sure they’re not the fastest chips around, nor the most power efficient, but their purpose is to serve the needs of the people who are not satisfied with what the top 5 mobile phone vendors are putting out.

How much longer until the number one mobile phone maker in China is a local Chinese player instead of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is too difficult to really say, but it’s going to be a hell of a lot easier now that MediaTek has access to some of Qualcomm’s WCDMA, known by most folks as 3G, patents. MediaTek has yet to release any chips that support 3G, which can be either be blamed on the Chinese operators taking too long to get 3G off the ground, or the fact that building a 3G chipset isn’t the easiest of things to do. Either way, expect to see the clones out of China get even more interesting, and you may even see some fresh handset designs you wish were available in your country.
　
　
By Stefan Constantinescu, IntoMobile.

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Mediatek and Qualcomm play nice

November 20th, 2009

Patent sharing agreement

MOBILE CHIP DESIGNERS Qualcomm and Mediatek have inked a broad patent sharing deal.

The agreement will give both firms access to a range of each others wireless communication technologies, including CDMA and WCDMA patents and products.

Although no details were given about what the companies may be working on together, with Qualcomm‘s strength in communication technology and Mediatek‘s work in digital media processing, the combined efforts of the two firms could create a real powerhouse in the increasingly popular realm of media focused portable devices capable of streaming high quality content from online sources.

Despite the fact that Mediatek is a fabless semiconductor firm, it did stress that its customers will not have the same rights to access Qualcomm‘s patents and will need to obtain a separate license where necessary.
　
　
By Ian Williams, the INQUIRER.

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Qualcomm, MediaTek ink patent cross-licensing deal

November 19th, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — Fabless chip vendors Qualcomm Inc. and MediaTek Inc. have agreed to let each other utilize technology covered by their respective patent portfolios, the companies said Thursday (Nov. 19).

Under the terms of the arrangement, Qualcomm (San Diego) and MediaTek (Hsinchu, Taiwan) have agreed, subject to certain conditions, not to assert certain patents against each other with respect to some of their respective chips, the companies said.

The deal includes essential CDMA and WCDMA patents held by Qualcomm, the companies said.

MediaTek‘s customers do not receive rights to any of Qualcomm‘s patents and Qualcomm‘s customers do not receive rights to any of MediaTek‘s patents, even if such customers’ products incorporate chips purchased from Qualcomm or MediaTek, the companies said.

Other terms of the agreements remain confidential, the companies said.

Qualcomm has extensive patents around CDMA and WCDMA which generate billions of dollars in revenue for the company each year. For its most recently concluded quarter, Qualcomm reported licensing revenue of $837 million.
　
　
Dylan McGrath, EE Times

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MediaTek, Qualcomm Reach Agreement On W-CDMA, CDMA Patents

November 19th, 2009

TAIPEI (Dow Jones) — Chip designer MediaTek Inc. (2454.TW) and U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) said Friday they had agreed on a patent arrangement covering chips used in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access and Code Division Multiple Access networks.

Because the agreement is only between the two companies, MediaTek‘s customers would need to obtain a separate license from Qualcomm to receive rights to any of Qualcomm‘s patents, and Qualcomm‘s customers would need to obtain a separate license from MediaTek to receive rights to any of MediaTek‘s patents, said an official at MediaTek who declined to be named.

The agreement will allow MediaTek to sell handset chips for the W-CDMA standard, a mainstream third-generation technology, said Jessica Chang, an analyst at Credit Suisse.
　
　
- By Jessie Ho, Dow Jones Newswires; 88622 502-2557; jessie.ho@dowjones.com

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