September 2008 Entries
When I think of Apple, one of the first things that comes to mind is good, quality products. Expensive, but nice. The experience I get when I go to the Apple Store is top notch and I have a feeling that a lot of people feel the same way—until now.
I’m seeing a disturbing trend lately where Apple seems to be slipping quite a bit on the quality side—not necessarily with hardware—but with their software. It seems that with the latest iteration of the iPhone, it has been plagued by software bugs and defects that really detract from the whole Apple...
Microsoft revealed its new Zune music player this past week without the fanfare that Apple generated with its new iPod line. One really has to ask why Zune isn't nearly as successful as the iPod. The answer isn't really one thing.
First of all, the Zune's design isn't that appealing. Microsoft opted to give the Zune a more boxy appearance with sharp corners. The colors weren't that inspiring, either with plan black,white, and a drab brown model. Apple, on the other hand, went with more a eclectic selection of interesting neon colors with their Nano line, for instance.
Which leads...
C|Net News has an interesting blog post highlighting Spore from EA Games. This game has been in the works for a couple of years now and its unique gameplay and concept have stoked the fires of anticipation for some time. However, one of the biggest things to come out with its release has not been its intriguing gameplay, but the strategies used to curb piracy. Spore uses a anti-copy protection scheme called SecuROM, which is considered by some to be much more than just an anti-copy protection scheme, but system subversive malware.
The controversy seems to seems to revolve around EA's...
I had mentioned previously that had gotten a new PC. This one is an HP S3500T. I purchased it to take over the responsibilities that my server has had for not only housing the data of all my music, DVDs, and other videos, but being hooked up to the TV to watch and listen to them. This puts a strain on my server at times when there is a lot of things that it is trying to do during the day--one of which is to host this blog.
So, the first item of business was to wipe Vista off and...
I got a new PC earlier this week (more on that later) but I was copying a 3.5GB file from my server. This is how long it said it would take:
I knew the network stack wasn't that great, but Vista, you're killing me...
The irony was that I was trying to copy my XP backup to burn to disc and wipe Vista off. I think its 'Spidey Sense' was tingling and was trying to forgo its doom.