Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=30581 This is for people who want to write one line junk. For those who can't cope with others having an organized sandpit without kicking over their sandcastles and throwing sand in their eyes. If anyone tells you to keep to the topic or make sensible posts or hassle you in PM about your posts, then y...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=3058138013210Maurice WinnCisco and Intel jumped back up higher than Qualcomm's market capitalisation. CSCO04:00pm EDT24.010.07+0.27%23.5924.0648,141,15234,975,600127.95B[graphic]Chart, News, Stats, Options, BoardINTC04:00pm EDT24.150.07+0.29%24.0024.2537,919,97244,316,000120.05B[graphic]Chart, News, Stats, Options, BoardQCOM04:00pm ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289081045/21/2013 9:52:42 PMBill WolfChinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets By DAVID E. SANGER and NICOLE PERLROTH WASHINGTON — Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China’s People’s Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have re...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289042515/20/2013 9:29:49 AMJon KoplikAP news piece : former Amway guy / huge Ponzi scheme (finally) collapses .................................................... March 30, 2013 ZeekRewards scam leaves N.C. town millions poorer Mitch Weiss, AP Writer LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- In the hardware store on South Main Street, the owner pulled Caron Myers asid...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288072623/30/2013 11:06:21 AMBill WolfBoss Talk: What RSA Learned From Its Security Breach By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER There's a lot of hyperbole in the war against hackers. Art Coviello, the 59-year-old executive chairman of EMC Corp.'s RSA security division, is in a position to size up the real threat. [graphic] ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287490622/27/2013 9:09:31 AMBill WolfChina’s Cybergames Washington has not had much success persuading Beijing to rein in its hackers even though American officials and security experts have long known that China is the main source of cyberattacks on the United States. Two recent developments, however, should raise the political costs for China and may c...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287438732/24/2013 2:50:40 PMBill WolfInvesting Legend Byron Wien Reveals 10 Surprise Predictions For 2013 businessinsider.com  [graphic]http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286389201/2/2013 2:26:24 PMBill Wolf [graphic] October 2, 2012 Saudi Grand Mufti: People Who Use Twitter Are Fools [graphic] riyadhbureau.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2844796110/2/2012 8:43:46 PMJon KoplikMatt Ridley / Wired magazine / "Apocalypse Not" .................................................................. From the September 2012 issue of Wired wired.com  Apocalypse Not: Here’s Why You Shouldn't Worry About End Times By Matt Ridley August 17, 2012 ------------------------ This is the question posed b...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284074279/13/2012 10:55:22 PMMaurice WinnNokia can't help themselves. Fake advertisement for their latest phone: stuff.co.nz  Circling the drain. QCOM is not TEN times NOK market capitalisation. Qualcomm can buy Nokia for half the cash on hand. Use the money paid by Nokia for CDMA licensing, borrow the same again and take the joint over, fire all...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283929099/7/2012 5:09:39 PMBill WolfHouse Panel to Question Chinese Telecom Firms By SIOBHAN GORMAN A House committee plans to question Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. during a rare public hearing next week about national-security concerns posed by the Chinese telecommunications companies' inroads into the U.S. market. However, Huawei's U.S. spok...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283912249/7/2012 9:07:29 AMMaurice WinnDan is so funny!! Pavlovian was right! Each response confirmed my original diagnosis. It must be pathological. He was very annoyed at this latest analysis of his response. To: DanD ( who wrote)8/19/2012 9:28:55 AMFrom: Maurice Winn Actually Dan, given ihavenoidea's post, and on reflection, I realized you...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283475368/20/2012 6:08:51 AMMaurice WinnC2, regarding gold, I admit to a lifelong interest in valuation and money. Gold is one of the useful tools for valuing things, including the price of Atavistic Aztecs prancing naked around their campfires, clutching their little gold family jewels and totems, chanting imprecations to the monetary gods to make them...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283089498/2/2012 12:41:14 AMMaurice WinnThat was a watershed moment [me selling QCOM at $64 after 20 years of following QCOM}. A quick trade of Nokia is admittedly not in the same league for general interest, but although C2's feet stink, this is a fair place to mention and discuss such opportunistic money-making ideas. I have considered such an idea my...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283089438/2/2012 12:26:56 AMcarranza2>>>>>>Why don't you ever bore us with one of your losing trades? Well, because I'd rather not bore you. I repeat, it might be the trade of the decade. Next to gold, which Mq hates/loves/despises/adores and is obsessed by....lol!http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283084998/1/2012 7:37:25 PMSirWalterRalegh But this is a Qualcomm stream so that's not a lot of interest to most people. Nokia is. Mq- Announcing a day trade involving a profit OR loss is not of interest. When you sold a large tranche of QCOM ($64,) a month ago it was interesting and I took note. I have a large position and I am standing pat.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283084858/1/2012 7:32:04 PMMaurice WinnC2 has done. I think SKF was one such losing trade: finance.yahoo.com  Not that I was bored. It was quite fun to follow SKF for a while. But this is a Qualcomm stream so that's not a lot of interest to most people. Nokia is. Mquricehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283083998/1/2012 6:56:04 PMSirWalterRaleghhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283083058/1/2012 6:08:20 PMcarranza2Good trade. Thanks. Could have been better as Nokia has gone to 2.51 from my original 1.94. All in less than a week. You and every QCOMer should be grateful to Nokia. It has put money in our pockets, quite directly in my case. I have decided to go back into the trade after writing this, but will await a downtu...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283070538/1/2012 11:36:02 AMMaurice WinnThey don't pay as much royalty as Samsung. Which proves, once again, that lowering royalties was NOT the way for Qualcomm to get CDMA going. Good trade. I have considered NOK but it was asking for trouble/punishment. Nokia deserves to die for their evil-doing ways. Mquricehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283061737/31/2012 10:48:36 PMcarranza2Don't kick the hagfish when they're down. I traded Nokia for a healthy one-day profit as Draghi spewed hot air a few days ago. It was a perfect set- up: Nokia down in the dumps, Draghi spewing, risk obvioualy on, couldn't lose. Has gone up even more since then. Pray for your Finnish brethren, they pay royalties.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283057017/31/2012 6:57:46 PMMaurice WinnNot even half a year later, Qualcomm could buy Nokia with part of the cash sloshing around. Serves Nokia right. They had better start making Valenki Gum Boots, with or without mobile Cyberspace built in. <NOK market value $20 billion, NOW $6bn QCOM $107 billion. NOW $91 billion. Now 5 times as much. Intel st...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282723597/17/2012 11:31:32 AMBill WolfSurveys Give Big Investors an Early View From Analysts By GRETCHEN MORGENSON They are supposed to be among Wall Street’s most closely guarded secrets: changes in research analysts’ views, up or down, of a company’s prospects. But some of the nation’s biggest brokerage firms appear to be giving a handful of top hedge f...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282695947/16/2012 9:45:29 AMJon KoplikChicago Tribune -- College freshman at age 9, medical degree at 21 ................................ chicagotribune.com  June 3, 2012 College freshman at age 9, medical degree at 21 Sho Yano this week will become the youngest student to get an M.D. from the U. of C. By Bonnie Miller Rubin Chicago Tribune Sho Y...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281898496/6/2012 12:19:03 AMMaurice WinnGeeks and Greeks go together. I have been pushing the Tradable Citizenship idea for a decade and Greece is a good prospect. Bill Frezza is right in his analysis of Greece, but wrong in his conclusion. They should go with Tradable Citizenship, not Communism. He is off course not really hoping they'd do that, bu...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281780475/31/2012 2:34:15 AMDWBMqurice... Not sure how long it's been since he was taken out for a ritual flogging, but I just saw that Bill Frezza is now commenting for Forbes magazine... Including this piece he wrote last year about the crisis in Greece... forbes.com  DWBhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281759905/30/2012 9:52:02 AMwaitwatchwanderHere's an interesting use of holographic display. Augmented reality in 3D. m.classicrockmagazine.com  This came from the person composing Skifta tweets. All their tweets are music related. I have yet to figure out how their plethora of music tweets relates more than in an indirect manner to this DLNA product. Sk...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281402635/11/2012 10:21:52 PMMaurice WinnWhat does this mean? <“Cylindrical is really interesting because it fits the human form factor,” said Vertegaal, who based his PhD studies on video conferencing.> Does he mean the "human shape" or maybe simply "human form"? There is the expression "Assume a spherical cow". Perhaps he likes "Assume a cylindrical...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281271335/5/2012 8:34:22 PMwaitwatchwanderA Queen's University research team has developed a system to produce life-size, three-dimensional holograms that could radically change the way people communicate on-line. m.torontosun.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281261315/4/2012 11:14:02 PMMaurice Winn15 years ago, people were moaning about Qualcomm's lack of profits. I looked at the expenses and saw a dirty great pile of R&D costs. It seemed to me that those were simply delayed in their progress to the bottom line and would arrive a few years later along with swarms of companions resulting from the R&D. But ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281168305/1/2012 1:33:31 AMwaitwatchwander---> one thing we understand about Bezos is his resolute belief in heavy spending to sustain growth–even at costs that often squeeze margins and defy historical disciplines. The above take has quite a familiar sounding. I wonder if Bezos has whispered his "build-it-and-they-will come philosophy" into someones ear ......http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281141774/29/2012 6:40:34 PMBill WolfOh Henry! Oh Amazon! By MARK VEVERKA Amazon.com stock surges, as gross margins jump. Where is Henry Blodget when you need him? Somebody needs to explain how Amazon.com's share valuation really works. Because, despite wondering about it for more than a decade, I still can't figure it out. First it was eyeballs. Then...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281122034/28/2012 9:31:49 AMMaurice WinnHopefully we do not have a swarm of dilettantes having a fun go at "great ideas". < In his speech at ASU, Dr. Jacobs mentioned Qualcomm is managed like a bunch of startups with no limits on available cash. Restricted cash is a hunger factor which some may believe is a key ingredient to a successful startup. > A bi...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281005424/23/2012 4:20:02 PMwaitwatchwanderMirasol shares a lot of traits with MediaFLO. How it all works out is still up in the air but no matter how it turns out, it won't be because the product wasn't well engineered. Imagineering, marketeering and partner searing may be another matter though. In his speech at ASU, Dr. Jacobs mentioned Qualcomm is manag...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280992874/23/2012 10:03:32 AMwaitwatchwanderI missed the people marks. Good point. I tend to focus more upon subject matter with most of the same folks just following that around. Tenacious petulance can win wars. As you've aged, you've yet to temper your ways.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280948474/20/2012 12:41:03 PMMaurice WinnYes, but look how many peoplemarks compared with ignores. Ratio of 3:1 Barack Obama should be so popular and win a landslide election. That's better even than your ratio. A big pile of words puts a lot of people off - can't be bother wading through it all. Others prefer quick cliches and slogans of convention...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280947774/20/2012 12:19:35 PMwaitwatchwanderGeez, you've accumulated a lot of ignores. Another matter with my Kyobo is that wifi performance is lacking in numerous respects. Initially, I believe it was responsible for poor battery performance. Once I found apps that monitor use and turn it off when not required, battery and wifi performance got much better. I'...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280944334/20/2012 10:11:50 AMMaurice Winnhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280915064/18/2012 11:37:21 PMMaurice WinnRIMM $5 billion. NOK $15 billion. QCOM $115 billion. AAPL $1115 billion [near enough and maybe in a year or three] It's interesting that the new kid on the block did what the old hands couldn't, even though they had everything at their fingertips. The scale of the mobile Cyberspace industry is starting to show...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280800284/13/2012 11:55:17 AMBill Wolf Here is why Facebook bought Instagram By Om Malik Apr. 9, 2012, 11:28am PT My translation: Facebook was scared shitless and knew that for first time in its life it arguably had a competitor that could not only eat its lunch, but also destroy its future prospects. Why? Because Facebook is essentially ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280700144/9/2012 3:04:03 PMBill WolfEx-Intel Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Designs By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an employee pleaded guilty to secretly downloading computer chip manufacturing and design documents from Intel Corp. while looking for a job elsewhere. Thirty-six-year-old Biswamohan Pani pleaded guilty Fri...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280674834/7/2012 6:36:39 PMwaitwatchwanderGee maybe they aren't a one patent pony. I feel for the Perimeter and Waterloo though. Thankfully the place has been through this before and also has lots of outfits in this business to keep the new stores open.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280494603/30/2012 3:15:57 PMMaurice WinnIt seems that Research in Motion is on the case for fuel cells. Here is their fuel cell design which seems similar to what I have described over the years. engadget.com  Mquricehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280493443/30/2012 2:47:49 PMwaitwatchwanderMicro fuel cell and corresponding microreactor, supplied with hydrogen, for producing electric energy US. Patent: 8,142,944 Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L. Abstract: A device for producing energy for portable applications including at least one micro fuel cell and a microreactor, having a reaction chamber i...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280487983/30/2012 12:32:53 PMMaurice WinnIt seems absurd to stop Huawei working around the world to build Cyberspace. It looks like trade war. I suppose Australia is under instruction from the USA. New Zealand, including Prime Minister John Key, says it's fine for Huawei to be doing good works in New Zealand. I have given them money. I bought a few 2d...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280404213/27/2012 3:49:45 PMBill WolfHuawei Voices Dismay at Australia Network Exclusion By GAVIN LOWER And ANDREW CRITCHLOW MELBOURNE—The Australian unit of Huawei Technologies Co. said Monday that it hopes to help build the country's high-speed Internet project but is disappointed by a government decision to exclude the Chinese company from the 36 bill...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280367413/26/2012 10:16:01 AMBill WolfFBI Traces Trail of Spy Ring to China By JUSTIN SCHECK And EVAN PEREZ ORINDA, Calif.—Federal agents were searching Walter and Christina Liew's home here last July for evidence of corporate espionage when a safe deposit box key caught their attention. They asked Ms. Liew if she kne...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280004493/9/2012 9:00:34 AMMaurice WinnNOK market value $20 billion, QCOM $107 billion. Now 5 times as much. Intel still bigger at $136 billion. Texas Instruments only $37 billion. Google only $198 bn. MSFT $263 bn. Apple almost $500 billion for all time world record amazing champion of champions. That collection of mobile Cyberspace companie...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279761392/27/2012 9:29:25 PMMaurice WinnSo all you people who are sick of your shovel-ready diluted dough going to bail out the Federal Reserve and banks, you know what to do: <“My Plan to Restore America also begins to rein in the Federal Reserve by conducting a full audit of the Fed and legalizing competing currencies so the American people can protect th...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279618862/21/2012 4:01:53 AMMaurice WinnThat's right, but wait, there's more: <“My Plan to Restore America also begins to rein in the Federal Reserve by conducting a full audit of the Fed and legalizing competing currencies so the American people can protect themselves from the economic chaos caused by the Fed.“The Plan to Restore America frees American en...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279618722/21/2012 3:39:41 AMMaurice WinnWould all you Americans please vote for Ron Paul < “Instead of trying to impose new global taxes, President Obama and Mr. Sperling should join me in supporting repealing all taxes on the repatriation of foreign capital. This would inject trillions of dollars into the American economy and help create new businesses and ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279618692/21/2012 3:33:33 AM