Archive for the 'Apple' Category

Apple announces $199 3G IPhone

Apple announce the new 3G IPhone at the WWDC 2008 in San Francisco today.
The new IPhone goes on sale July 11, 2008.

The new phone goes on sale in 62 countries on July 11, 2009.

The new features are:

3G
Built in GPS
Better Battery Life
Enterprise Support (Exchange, etc.)
Lower Price
Black plastic rounded back (think moldable colors)
Recessed earphone jack
Faster email and browsing [...]

Icing encryption algorithms

A Princeton University group has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks.
The technique is as easy as chilling a computer memory chip with a blast of frigid air.
In a technical paper that was published Thursday on the Web site of Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, the group demonstrated that [...]

Toshiba joins Wal-Mart at the HD-DVD funeral

Toshiba is planning to drop the HD-DVD format, ending an intense battle over next-generation optical formats against Sony’s Blu-Ray technology. The Kyodo News agency said Toshiba is reviewing its operations, with the timing of the withdrawal to be decided later.
News of Toshiba’s decision emerged just one day after U.S retail giant Wal-Mart announced it would [...]

Heads roll at Microsoft

There’s a general house cleaning going on at Microsoft these days.  However, like most corporate purgings, it leaves the biggest problem remaining at the top.
The announcements were part of a broad management reorganization involving seven new senior vice presidents and seven new corporate vice presidents.
We’ve elaborated about the lack of vision and leadership at Microsoft, [...]

Yahoo tells Microsoft to kiss off

Yahoo turned down Microsoft’s unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid.
Yahoo deemed the offer inadequate.
Never mind that it is a stupid idea and will ruin both companies while providing no increase in shareholder value.
Never mind that it would put “America’s worst CEO”, Steve Ballmer in charge of the number 2 and 3 internet search companies. Steve doesn’t [...]

Apple Adds New iPhone & iPod touch Models

Customers who’d like to carry more music, photos, and videos with them now have new models of iPhone and iPod touch with double the memory from which to choose. The revolutionary iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499. It joins the 8GB model for $399. And the iPod touch now comes in [...]

Apple beats Microsoft, Motorola in 4Q phone sales

Even after being on the market for less than half a year, more iPhones sold in the fourth quarter than Windows Mobile phones in the U.S., according to research from Canalys.
Canalys researchers estimate that the iPhone had 28 percent of the U.S. converged-device market in the fourth quarter of 2007. Research In Motion, with 41 [...]

Apple 8 GB iPod Nano (Black)

We’ve tried this and bought it.  What a fine product.  You can buy it here.

Apple iPod nano - Like a before and after picture, this updated iPod nano sports a slimmer, more attractive, all-alluminum body; as well as a 1.5″ LCD thats 40% then before. But if you need brains with your beauty, then Apple has [...]