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More reasons for Apple to hate Macworld Expo

More reasons for Apple to hate Macworld ExpoYeah but...There IS method to IDG's madness for scheduling MacWorld when they do. The holiday season's over. People are done with the distractions. Apple therefore gets their FULL, undivided attention. So when Jobs steps up to the podium and does his dog and...

Tags: reality Distortion Field, Apple Inc., Macworld

Discussion threads 2008-12-24

Vonage's new pricing plans: more reality distortion field

Vonage's new pricing plans: more reality distortion fieldWorldnetI have ATT Worldnet. I am no great fan of AT&T, but I have to say the VOIP has been 100% perfection for a year and a half now.The voice quality is outstanding. Literally at least as good as copper.When I...

Tags: Telephony, Pricing, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, voice quality, Vonage Holdings Corp., reality Distortion Field, pricing strategy, Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-11

Can Microsoft create a reality-distortion field?

The past couple of weeks of twists and turns along the road to obtaining info about Vista Service Pack 1 has gotten me thinking about RDFs -- reality distortion fields.Given that RDF may be less familiar to Windows users than Apple ones, here's a quick recap: "Reality distortion field RDF...

Tags: Windows XP, Windows client, Windows 7, Linux, Google, Corporate strategy, Code names, Apple

Blog posts 2007-07-20

I am such a weak person - I bought an iPhone

I am such a weak person - I bought an iPhoneYou're a fine one to talkYou've been pretty compulsive lately if I recall correctly...WelcomeMarc Orchant walks up the aisle and steps up to the podium..."tap tap...is this Mic on? ah hem.Hello my name is Marc Orchant and I am a...

Tags: E-mail, Cellular phones, Reality Distortion Field, Marc, Apple iPhone, sicko

Discussion threads 2007-07-01

Do we really hate Apple and the iPhone?

Do we really hate Apple and the iPhone?I for one dont hate apple or the iPhone...However I wont be buying an iPhone, more because Apple chose to use Cingular(AT&T) as the only carrier.Negatives based on pure speculationAll of the posts about the iPhone have been based on pure speculation –...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, M$ Fanboys, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, reality Distortion Field, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

Apple's reality distortion field in action - iPhone feature comparison

Apple's reality distortion field in action - iPhone feature comparisonAlso note the conspicuous absenceNo HTC product to be found. Yeah, we wouldn't want to make the iDumbPhone look bad. :)Great blog Adrian. [b]RELEASE THE ZEALOTS[/b]!!! Here they come!No Replaceable Battery+No Choice of NetworksNot being able to replace the battery and...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, reality Distortion Field, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-06-18

Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field and the social web

Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field and the social webSteve Jobs is always lovedSee my small cartoon:http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2007/01/holy_steve.htmlAnd I also do want my iPhone.Bye,Oliverintelligent postand keeping the wit, the personal sense - thanks ;)

Tags: Channel management, Steve Jobs, Reality Distortion Field, Web

Discussion threads 2007-01-11

Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field and the social web

The coverage of Steve Jobs Macworld keynote was a great demonstration of the social web in action, and the benefits it can bring to news coverage. We had multiple bloggers live-blogging from the event, AJAX-powered text and photo feeds from sites like Macrumors, and the self-appointed editors of Digg (i.e....

Tags: Social News Sites, Apple, iPhone, Steve Jobs, Reality Distortion Field, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2007-01-11

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iTablet goes OLED,??bumped until late 2010

$2000? I doubt it.Apple puts themselves in a "premium" price range, but $2000 for a 10" tablet? Even they're not THAT crazy.No ThanksDon't need or want either, waste of space...If I want real gaming, I'd rather play real games on my PS3 or Wii on my flat screen; or on...

Tags: SunSHINE, iTablet, organic light-emitting diode, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed

You guys have been asking...You guys have been asking for a Mac tablet for years already, while we have been able to get tablet PCs for many years now, in many different form factors and from many different vendors.Yet when you close your world off by relying solely on Apple,...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

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

Here's why Apple is doing so well -- it's the top half, stupid

Heh... this is going to be fun to watch...ntWhat???This sounds like a lot of BS.. Apple is overpriced and the mac lovers will pay whatever Apple charges. There is the summary of this article.There is a difference in purchasingthe best product, verses the "perceived" best product.I hear many of the...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Engineering, Blogging, Cyberthreats, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Review: Snow Leopard ramps up performance and business-readiness of Mac OS X

Graphic Artists on MacDo Graphic Artists really have a compelling reason to use Macs anymore? Adobe CS3 isn't supported on Snow Leopard. If you want to use 64bit versions of Adobe CS4, you have to use Windows. And even on the same hardware, programs like After Effects and Photoshop...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, ZBrush, performance, Upgrading Windows, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, clean install, CS4, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Vulnerable Adobe Flash shipped with Snow Leopard

That's all fine and goodbut Apple OSX is based on tried and tested UNIX and is immune to such vulnerabilities. Magic dust is able to discover exploits before they get a chance to spring into action.Unix was designed with security in mind and every object is securable with extremely high...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick: Panel: too...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Is Apple suffering because it has outgrown its Reality Distortion Field?

the RDFwas and is nothing more than a mythological construct created by non-Apple users to explain why nobody liked their products. It can be rephrased in layman's terms as:Our stuff really doesn't suck, Apple just brainwashes and cheats.Why should they care?They are making tons of money. Such is the...

Tags: XML, RDF, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Is Apple suffering because it has outgrown its Reality Distortion Field?

Apple has grown to become one of the most influential tech companies on the planet. One trick that Apple has employed to great effect is the Reality Distortion Field RDF. But lately I can't help but feel that Apple has grown so big, so fast that it has outgrown the...

Tags: Apple Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Apple can't seriously be "very happy" with AT&T relationship

Apple can't seriously be "very happy" with AT&T relationshipAT$T BLOWSI just bought a new Blackberry Tour. I want an iPhone badly, but I will NEVER go and beg AT$T to bend me over as they do to the others who are too dumb to see that AT$T can do whatever...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?

Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?Much like running Windows XP Home on my laptop, Windows 7 Home Premium seems to be enough for most people. Who encrypts their files? The RAM limit is much because by the...

Tags: Operating systems, RAM Limit, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Home, Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Google does 3 Chrome updates, and runs out of bandwidth

Google does 3 Chrome updates, and runs out of bandwidthSo, Garett sticks to the RIGHT definitionand he is to blame for the sloppiness in Chrome's members' blog posts? Great. This cult of google is approaching Apple's cult level: "something it's not what it is, it's whatever Apple says it is,...

Tags: Google Inc., bandwidth, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-05-10