September 3, 2013

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop

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A few hours ago it was announced that Microsoft will acquire the Nokia Devices & Services division, which is the one that manages the mobile business, for 3.79 billion Euros. The Redmond company will also pay 1.65 billion Euros for the license to use a number of Nokia patents for a total of 5.44 billion Euros (about $7.2 billion or £4.6 billion) which will be paid in cash.

Frederik Pohl in 2008

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The grand master of science fiction Frederik Pohl died yesterday. During his very long career he wrote a lot of novels and short fiction winning all the awards in the field of science fiction. He collaborated with other colleagues such as Jack Williamson and Cyril M. Kornbluth (“The Space Merchants”), also published famous novels on his own such as the Heechee series.