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The real kicker in Apple's notebook announcements wasn't the release of their new manufacturing process, MacBook upgrades, or glass multi-touch trackpads, but Steve Jobs' response to a question on why the new additions didn't include options for a Blu-Ray player:
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It's great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we're waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace."
Phil Schiller chimed in immediately after Steve saying, "We have the best HD movie and TV options in iTunes." Ouch. In other words, Stevo isn't convinced that...
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...
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...
After nearly six months of waiting, the iPod 2.0 firmware now supports 802.1x authentication, meaning, I can beef the security back up on my wireless access point. I had to lower it last November because my Wii didn't support it, and later, neither my iPod Touch. I got a Ethernet adapter for my Wii which solved its problem (the wireless on it is pretty flaky anyway), but I still had to resort to plain old WPA-PSK because of the iPod.
Last night that all came to an end. I installed the latest 2.0 firmware which allows you to download/purchase applications, in...
With the announcement that Firefox 3 had entered release candidate status, I finally decided to install it and check it all out.
Installation is pretty simple and for those who are already Firefox aficionados, there are only a few subtle, but powerful differences in this new edition of one of the best browsers out there.
One of the key differences in this latest release is FF's new look. Mozilla made a concerted effort to make the browser feel integrated with whichever OS it is installed. This means that FF on OS X *looks* like a native Carbon app. FF on XP looks...
I've had an iPod Touch for a little while now, and have found it to do pretty much everything that I had hoped for it. It didn't take me very long before I jailbroke it, and the fact of the matter is, you'll never maximize the potential of it until you do. Apple's core set of applications leave the device wanting, but jailbreaking it brings out all the things that peoplle want in a mobile device, especially one as innovative as this.
I bought the device primarily to surf the net. It does It fantastically with the caveats of...
I've decided to change my main site again. I made some updates and accidentally deployed the design I had been playing with. I decided to keep it there only because I didnt want to take the time to fix it.
I have been working on someone's website of late, so I decided that I should give my design another whack. You can see it here. As you can see, the design is very monochromatic. I was looking to create something that was a little less outlandish and minimalist, but contemporary for the times. Once...
Today we got a phone call from FedEx saying that they had a package for us, but that the address on it was misspelled. They wanted to know if they should deliver it to our house or the office. This kinda piqued my interest since I wasn't expecting any sort of package from anyone. A million thoughts ran through my head on what it could possibly be and was completely shocked when FedEx arrived with this:
In it was a little note from Activision and Red Octane:
Rock on! I was a little ticked off over the whole affair, but this more...
Today I was able to sell my old 80GB iPod to subsidize the cost of buying a new 16GB iPod Touch. I'd been stewing ever since it came out last September, but really didn't get too excited until the SDK was announced earlier this year.
The one thing I really wish this thing had is Flash player. Many of the sites I frequent have Flash videos, so it kinda defeats the purpose of surfing the Internet without. Oh well, this is a pretty sweet piece of hardware, and I look forward to cruising the 'nEt with it.
So. I went to a Microsoft Developer Conference this past week and decided to give Vista (another) try. I've been using it for several days now and have some preliminary thoughts:
Great for email.
Great for surfing.
Not too shabby for coding.
Sucks for gaming.
The biggest gripe that I have is gaming. Because the Aero interface is using GPU resourcing to draw all the pretty glass, it's sapping those resources that could otherwise give games another 10fps. Even when the Aero interface is turned...
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