- Apple shows up in all the news for nothing more than new iPods and re-do of Apple TV.
- Apple adds button to iPod Shuffle.
- Ferraris catching on fire. Hot stuff.
- Memristors back in the news. They will take over the world of semiconductors.
- China says no more anonymous burners in China.
- T-Mobile jumps into Wi-Max.
- MSFT IE business going down the tubes.
- Windows 7 sale coming. Family-pak coming back!
- Sony brings out new e-reader. Nobody notices.
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Ferrari fires – BBC – http://j.mp/9piymQ
Slideshow – BBC – http://j.mp/cFFqYK
China banning anon phones vs. US FCC NetNeutrality proposal: same thing. China is using component in their law identical to the component of FCC proposed NetNeutrality law – concept that there are “legal devices” that can attach to the networks…
Stop bashing IE6 alone. It is still at the same user population level (or better) as loudly hailed Chrome, Safari and Opera. Anything applicable to IE6 is applicable to these three when user base is considered (in other words – they all suck).
an oldie but goodie..
I know they are supposed to be hot but that is over doing it.
Seriously, when people pay the kind of money these people paid they don’t expect the item to be self igniting.
Apple doesn’t need to reinvent the Tv display technology. They just need to reinvent the control features technology. Until HDTV, the consumer electronics industry hadn’t really done much to improve Television. What they did was to slowly introduce hardwired features into their controls. And you couldn’t buy a Tv, that way you can a PC. And then “upgrade it” over time. You had to get a whole new set, for every little change or improvement. But you know that by now, they could have done flash memory inside Tv sets. To allow changes and improvements in how the tuners work. Or what the on-screen menus display.
An earlier Tv set I had, black out several lines of the screen, just to show the volume setting. Later, newer sets superimposed the setting information over the image, without blanking it. The only diff was probably the way some controller chip was made or programmed. And of course that was a digital and analog single being mixed. But now that it’s all digital. Tv controller boards ought to be far easier to reconfigure, with a software update. That is if they were made to be so upgraded. And if Apple took LCD or LCD technology, and added their own tuner and control guts. They could make it upgradeable, so as new ideas can along. You wouldn’t have to buy a whole new set, for years to come. You could add “3D” to a non-3D set, with a simple firmware upgrade. Or whatever new “got to have” features they think up down the road.
I used to REALLY like Apples products but after this last announcement I think they have jumped the shark in terms (for those who want to complain, I know this is a TV term but you get the idea)of being different or revolutionary. Not that their competition is any better. They are now two sides of the same coin.
#7 Agree. Jobs announcing new products only on Mac’s was a bit over the top. It really tells what’s on his mind and it turns me off.
My dilemma is that I like the iTunes store and have invested in AAC content purchased there (music and video), have iPods and an Apple TV.
I need to decide if I go the iPhone and next gen Apple TV route or go Android and GoogleTV. I suppose it’s which “jail” one chooses.
I thought Steve looked great and did a great job
In the presentation.
I’ll try out the iTV..
Pedro, which one of the new devices are you getting? I know you want the Apple TV. Don’t you wish your beloved Microsoft would build something people wanted?
BTW, bummer about this – huh, Ped?
“MSFT IE business going down the tubes.”
#12 They were talking about IE six. I have students younger than IE six which is no longer supported. The miracle is that it is hanging on as long as it is and the British government is supposed to be cutting some sort of deal to get support from Microsoft so they can keep on using it.
The death grip some people have on this product is fantastic.
#14 – I’m not so sure it is a death grip as much as it is oblivion. I picture the typical IE6 user as running an unpatched, virus infected, malware laden OS that is barely functional and that is the extent of their computing experience.