Day: January 2, 2002
IBM Completes HD Sale to Hitachi
As expected, IBM has announced it has closed the deal to sell its hard-drive disk assets to Hitachi, according to a Reuters report. The deal, first announced in June, stipulates that Hitachi will initially own 70 percent of a newly created hard disk drive company (as yet unnamed), buying the remaining 30 percent portion from […]
I just got off the phone with Apple trying to confirm an order I placed yesterday through iPhoto, in which I am redeeming the 100 free prints I got by signing up for .mac. Apparently the order did not go through because so many people are trying to redeem these prints before the first of […]
TiBook DVD Playback and xXx
I just insured my entire GigaBook with my insurer and it only cost me $30.00 for $3,000.00. Totally covered, I drop it, it falls, stolen, virus destroys it, fat man/woman sits on it, a rhino gores it, it’s covered. Ed: if anyone’s PowerBook is gored by a rhino is definitely Extreme PowerBook material! Has anyone […]