Linked List: September 24, 2011

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Another Gem From The Macalope ★: So many great bits to choose from this week:

Before they do anything else, the HP board should stop and vote on a resolution to halt the practice of serving liquor at the meetings where they pick new CEOs and decide on their compensation packages.
Verizon Sides With Samsung Against Apple ★: Speaking of Apple-v.-Samsung, Verizon filed an amicus brief siding with Samsung. Matt Macari has a good take on what it means, legal-wise, to the case (spoiler: not much). But it also suggests that things aren’t exactly peachy-keen between Verizon and Apple. Makes sense, though: Verizon’s interests are better served in a carrier-dominated industry, rather than a handset-dominated industry, and Apple is heading toward a dominant position.
Italian Samsung Store Features Apple App Icons ★: No idea why Apple thinks Samsung rips off their intellectual property. None.
‘Excuse Me, but “Proactive” and “Paradigm”? Aren’t These Just Buzzwords That Dumb People Use to Sound Important?’ ★: Company-wide memos from Yahoo’s board and interim CEO. The one from the board — “Jerry, David, Roy” — reads like something that was written in English, translated to another language by a computer, then translated back from that language to the bureaucratic dialect of English. The one from interim CEO Tim Morse isn’t much better. So many words to say nothing at all.