Tag: Apple
Those Conquistadors Run No More
MayorBob.
Posted to Media on Sat Sep 20, 2008 at 09:17:48 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Most who sat through it ended up scratching their heads and wondering "what?" It was the first in what was promised to be a series of Microsoft ads featuring former CEO Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. In the end, the sentiments that the ad was a remarkably subtle attempt to rebrand the software giant lost out to the chorus of boos and WTFs. Thus, almost before it began, the Bill Gates-Jerry Seinfeld ad blitz was cancelled.
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How Do You Browse?
port1080.
Posted to SciTech on Thu Jun 19, 2008 at 01:13:00 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
The last week has seen major new releases from two of the "big big four" web browsers. Firefox 3 was released Tuesday, June 17th, while Opera 9.5 was released last Thursday, June 12th (both have been released in beta form for a number of months).
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Has Microsoft's Time Come and Gone?
port1080.
Posted to Business on Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 07:04:49 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Motley Fool thinks that Bill Gates' move from company leadership is a sign of things to come, much like when a rat instinctively knows when to leave a sinking ship....
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iPhone, YouPhone, We All Scream For iPhone [Review]
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Posted to SciTech on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 08:03:43 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The iPhone. Apple's entry into the cell phone market is the biggest thing since the iPod. Since the debut in July, Apple has sold over 1,000,000 of the tiny monoliths and that's only the beginning. It's a sign of the success of the platform that the bulk of the criticisms about the phone itself have been minor.
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Holy Disingenuosity, Batman! S. Jobs Calls For End To DRM
1fastdog.
Posted to Music on Thu Feb 08, 2007 at 09:07:33 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
After cornering the MP3 player market with the iPod and selling somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 gazillion (copy protected) legal music downloads through its iTunes music store, Steve Jobs has suddenly declared a new-found desire to see an end to Digital Rights Management.
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