As is traditionally the case, there has been some pretty wild speculation about what Apple plans to introduce at this year’s Macworld. Some insist it’s 3G iPhone time, others look for a tablet/touch computer, and everyone sees Blu-ray everywhere. But Apple upset the cart a bit this week by introducing new, faster Mac Pros and […]
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Overlooked at CES: Seagate PipelineHD Drive
Typically, this year’s CES was big, bland, and (reportedly) bad, but one item that caught my TiVo-loving eye was the introduction of the Seagate PipelineHD hard drive. It’s a three-platter drive optimized for DVR use, like the earlier DB35 series, with quieter seeks and bearings, and an expanded thermal envelope. The DB35 has been a […]
Living in a Copyrighted World
Techdirt’s I Learned It From Watching YOU, Big Content, pointed me to a Washington Post story, Hey, Isn’t That… about how the big old media companies have been repeatedly caught with their pants down, stealing content from us little guys. This got me thinking again about my own similar experiences. See, I’ve had my work […]
Optimus Maximus: Ultimate Keyboard Non-Demo at CES!
Aah, Veronica Belmont, I wish you would ask the hard questions… Yes, the Mahalo/Engadget geek-reporter got an in-person demo (with Artemy Lebedev) of an Optimus Maximus keyboard at CES, but (predictably) the video leaves much to be desired. You might remember my earlier discussion of this amazing $1500 OLED-equipped display/keyboard monstrosity. I’m still not buying […]
2008 – The Year the US Mobile Phone Market Normalizes
Rather than making a ton of predictions about the coming year, I’m going to make one big one: 2008 will be the year that the mobile phone market in the USA finally opens up, catching up to the standards of the rest of the world. For the first time, the average American will be able […]