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Could Seadragon, Zune VideoX be among 'premium' Win Mobile services?

Could Seadragon, Zune VideoX be among 'premium' Win Mobile services?to be available only in North America?I hope that the Zune phone is not restricted to only North America, like Microsoft did with Zune Player... What were they thinking?RE: Could Seadragon, Zune VideoX be among 'premium' Win Mobile services?To protect their...

Tags: Games, Game players, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular phones, Apple Now, Microsoft Zune, game, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Copy and paste arrives for the iPhone (sort of)

Copy and paste arrives for the iPhone sort ofApple now writes laws?[i]No it's not from Apple, and yes its legal.[/i]Wow, I didn't realize that you are actually [b]breaking the law[/b] by putting unapproved software on Apple's iPhone! Beware, who knows what other laws you are breaking when you [b]dare[/b] to...

Tags: Apple Now, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, COPY-and-paste

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

Blizzard of Snow Leopard Scat

Blizzard of Snow Leopard ScatRE: Blizzard of Snow Leopard ScatBotan is the new name for OpenCL Open Crypto Library and has nothing to do with the OpenCL which will be in Snow Leopard which is Open Computing Language. Apple's OpenCL is a c-like language that allows general purpose programming of...

Tags: Apple Now, OpenCL, Botan, Snow Leopard Scat, Blizzard

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

New Zune incoming?

New Zune incoming?MS needs to advertise much more in a sustained manner[i]Maybe it's me, but I just can't get excited over the Zune.[/i]Because MS doesn't advertise nearly as much as Apple - particularly in old media like TV and billboards. Apple now has a huge brand inertia it built up...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Apple Now, Microsoft Zune, Zen, ipod, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-06

Is Apple getting dragged (kicking, screaming, or suing?) into licensing OS X?

Is Apple getting dragged (kicking, screaming, or suing?) into licensing OS X?focus on the competition and innovationPut simply, Apple can't even get Leopard to run reliably on their own hardware! It would be like throwing a rock to a drowning man. Face it Apple/Mac floats on a sea...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp., Apple Now, hardware, Apple Inc., software

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

To thwart unlock and resale, Apple now limits iPhone sales to two per customer

To thwart unlock and resale, Apple now limits iPhone sales to two per customerApple is going too far!Apple is going to make a fool of themselves doing stuff like this. I can have as many iPods as I want but I am limted to two iPhones. It's time...

Tags: Sales strategy, Yeah apple, sales, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, APPLE IS

Discussion threads 2007-10-26

Apple: It's showtime

Apple: It's showtimeShowtime....I'm a big Apple fan, but always after an Apple event it takes a week or two before everything filters down. The naysayers always spout out something skeptical like "lies, all lies!." Apple people get all worked up into a frenzy because Steve Jobs makes everything look really,...

Tags: TVs, Digital media, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Apple Now, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Zune, ipod

Discussion threads 2006-09-13

Additional Resources

Apple TV 3.0.1 (Mac)

Now there's always something good on TV. With Apple TV, you can enjoy movies, TV shows, music, and podcasts in your iTunes library, plus photos and movie trailers, on your widescreen TV - wirelessly, from your Mac or PC. Apple TV is now available with either a 40GB or 160GB...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-11-07

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples

RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived

The MicroSD card is not only expandableIt is hot-swappable. So basically your storage is only limited to how many cards you can afford.Competition is GREAT!I am glad Android is taking off, the future is Linux driven devices/appliances.To the naysayers that Linux distro devices/appliances are a 'niche' I guess Google is...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Droid Preview, phone, card

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon [Q&A]

Why the hate for drag and drop?Almost every review I have read faults the Droid because you can't auto-sync music:"(You can dump your music on a microSD card and pop it in, but it?s a copy-paste files affair, not a ?load my music? integrated experience.)"The Droid ships with a 16...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Droid, Droid, Apple iPhone, Revisiting, music, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Open source needs successful champions

Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...

Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

The iPhone is one of the best phones in the world, carriers with it are the problem

far from perfect indeedIt's a great gadget...until it freezes and you have to wait several minutes while you reboot it. That is if you know how to reboot it, the first time is always accompanied with panic because you think the thing went dead. Don't blame the carriers,...

Tags: Smart phones, iPhone Screen, BlackBerry Tour, Apple iPhone, phone, carrier, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

wrongwell matthew, because you have been wrong consistently about the smartphone market the last few years i would argue they are both doomed, when you like them. the pre doesn't help palm as it should regardless of critical acclaim and motorola will participate in the race to the bottom (margin...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, RIM OS, Palm Inc., Pre, GSM, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Apple WaveBurner 1.6.1 (Mac)

This CD mastering and authoring tool is simple enough for you to quickly turn out demo discs, and powerful enough for you to deliver professional premasters, Red Book-standard CDs, and Disc Description Protocol DDP files. The professional effects in Logic Studio make it simple to master the perfect disc. WaveBurner...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Disc, Apple Inc., Plug-in, WaveBurner

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Sony Ericsson announces XPERIA X10 Google Android device

8GB8GB? definitely not enough in 2010. especially for a media centric phone with a 4" screen. 32 GB will be pretty standard by then. what is it with these companies that they are so cheap with storage?iphoneand isn't it amazing how all these shiny new phones are exact copies of...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, XPERIA X10, Apple iPhone, phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

iTunes TV subscriptions: Sure, it could happen - and probably will

Timely My wife and I are currently getting ready to ditch cable because of the price and get our programming from the internet. We like HULU because there are a lot of programs and movies that are free, but with short commercials which are tolerable. This along with other...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple iTunes, Boxee, Plex, TV, Internet, cable, Mini

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

iTunes TV subscriptions: Sure, it could happen - and probably will

Apple is reportedly pitching television networks on a $30 per month subscription model through iTunes. Sure, it's all rumor now - but doesn't that just sound like something Apple would offer? by Sam Diaz

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Subscription, TVs, Digital Music, Tv & Home Theater, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-02