July 2011

July 28, 2011

One of my notable off-hours pursuits is long-distance trail running. To wit, two weekends ago I successfully completed my first ultramarathon, the Tahoe Rim Trail 50K (which ended up being ~33.6 miles). For grins, here I am at around mile 24, courtesy of the official race photographer:

July 25, 2011

Qualcomm Incorporated, a developer and licensor of wireless communications and mobile processing technologies, announced today that it has acquired a portion of the intellectual property assets of embedded vision pioneer GestureTek, along with "key engineering resources," focused on mobile applications. This is not an outright acquisition, however; GestureTek is "retaining other assets that relate to its gesture-controlled public display and digital signage business."