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Brian
02-27-2006, 10:50 AM
He Helped Build the iPod; Now He Has Built a Rival (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/9144/He+Helped+Build+the+iPod+Now+He+Has+Built+a+Rival/)

"When Samsung, the consumer electronics giant, decided to mount a serious challenge to Apple Computer's iPod music player early last year, it turned to a little-known Silicon Valley software start-up with a cluttered one-room office tucked away here in a building above a mortgage title company.

The result of that partnership is Samsung's newest Z5 portable MP3 player, which will appear on store shelves March 5. The software inside the player was forged at Iventor Inc. by a small team of programmers led by Paul Mercer, 38, a veteran Apple Macintosh software designer."

Read full story here (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/technology/27mercer.html)

Kurtis
02-27-2006, 10:50 AM
wtf? you have to register to see this article at NY Times?

Brian
02-27-2006, 11:24 AM
I can see it just fine and I'm not registered.

Kurtis
02-27-2006, 12:43 PM
It must be because I'm black.

J2T
02-27-2006, 02:32 PM
It must be because I'm black.

more likely they just don't like you :twisted:

handrail
03-01-2006, 02:48 PM
or you blocked cookies from the NYT, i've noticed that does it for me at times.

blackjet
03-07-2006, 03:36 AM
WTF! - i spent a whole 3 minutes filling in their "free registration" form then i was told i had to upgrade my subscription or buy the single article to read it! GRRRRR!!! Any chance you could copy and paste Brian as i figure u must be able to read it ;o)

Frosty
03-07-2006, 06:23 AM
hahah ooo thats great just a side not i think steve jobs sucks compared to steve wasneack (i dont care if i spelled his name right)


you can register for free

Brian
03-07-2006, 12:55 PM
I'm getting the "MUST REGISTER OR DIE" thing too. Sometimes it shows up, sometimes it doesn't. Didn't show up the day I posted it as news :-P