Transmeta (Semiconductor) (TMTA)

[Koikaze]

Steak, in retrospect I probably shouldn't have been surprised by yesterday's run-up. After all, it was the first of February ... the time, at last, when we are looking forward to volume production.

The other day I mentioned the European Union. I was half joking, but I gathered from your response that you didn't think there was any justification for my comment. What led me to my assertion is I've learned the EU has a regulation allowing it to penalize huge corporations up to 10% of their international gross revenue for monopolistic practices. I think it's unlikely that they'll ever apply it, but I like the idea.

Now the EU is working on a regulation to prevent unauthorized cookies. Here's a link to Ari Kaplan's comments on the topic. I'm afraid the American government has long since sold its citizens out. I hope Europe sticks to its guns.

http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1867%2526a%253D21756,00.asp

Here's an excerpt that I liked: "... In addition to prohibiting data tracking using cookies, Web bugs and other tools, the directive could affect targeted e-mail and similar unsolicited advertisements. The practice of collecting personal data would also change by requiring that users opt in to, rather than opt out of, information-gathering systems."

Fred