What was the problem with the original iPod? It used a tiny hard drive with a higher price and lower capacity than the laptop drives found in other players. It could not be opened by the user. It was expensive. What was so good about it? The small size, Apple iTunes software, great interface and […]
I would like to suggest that Apple consider adding Intervideo?s Instant Play technology to the next line of PowerBooks. Instant Play lets users play DVDs and CDs without needing to boot into the operating systems, in this case Windows. InterVideo’s innovative InstantON technology allows users to enjoy watching DVD/VCDs and listening to music without having […]
I read an interesting story in that was published in the Fall 2004 issue of 2600 (The Hacker Quarterly) about a guy that wrote his own “call home” beacon to protect his PowerBook in the event it was ever lost or stolen. “The basic idea behind this idea is to run a cron job as […]
Mark Glaser wrote a piece about Apple’s new litigious streak in an article for the Online Journalism Review (OJR): With Steve Jobs back in the saddle as CEO, Apple Computer has made a stunning comeback with the popularity of iPod music players and the iTunes online music store. The company’s stock is riding high, and […]
Annalee Newitz of Alternet gives her take on the New Apple. Is this the same Apple of “rip, mix, burn” and “think different” and “our company founders were once acid-dropping phone phreaks”? … The sad thing is that the media’s lack of interest in what Apple has to say about itself is entirely a result […]