Tuesday, March 14, 2006
News
Apple Squashes It With 24's Louis Lombardi
Recently, in our interview with Louis Lombardi, deceased computer whiz Edgar Stiles from the Fox hit show 24, the actor expressed his displeasure with his newly bought Macintosh computer. Here is an update from the actor himself on how Apple has handled his computer woes.
More Details On Ultrawideband (UWB) Speed
Macs A Big Presence At Computer Using Educator's Conference
French Plan Would Open iTunes To Other Devices
France is pushing through a law that would force Apple to open its iTunes online music store and enable consumers to download songs onto devices other than the computer maker's popular iPod player.
Citigroup Ups Apple To Buy
Apple is being hamstrung by product transitions, but should start beating earnings estimates again later this year, Citigroup said in upgrading the stock to buy from hold Monday.
Apple Again Pays Jobs $1 Salary
Apple chief Steve Jobs once again took home a $1 salary, although his net worth got a boost as the company's share price continued to soar.
Opinion
Time To Get An iLife - An Apple A Day Keeps Creativity Away
Let's all more better do our job, rather than letting Jobs do it for us.
Customer Experience Files - Taking A Bite Out Of Apple
I spent some time at the Apple Store in tyson's Corner virginia recently. While I'm a huge Mac fan, I must say that our experience was surprisngly underwhelming... In fact, it was bad, folks.
The iPod
Designing a good user experience across hardware and software is hard. There are very few companies which are capable of making the necessary level of investment to make something that's arguabl a work of art, but also a functional music player.
I Lost Something Every Time I Travel
I should force myself to change my routine more often (there's probably a life lesson in there somewhere).
From iPod To MacBook Pro: A Switcher's Tale
Everything from Apple or built for Mac works perfectly and easily, but be prepared for pain if you fall into the middle. I agree with Steve Jobs' mantra of simplification, but not when simplification increases complexity.
All Work And No Play Makes A Quiet MacBook Pro
Running the above-linked tool quiets my MacBook Pro, yet allows compiles and any other ordinary tasks that want to harness my MBP's power to complete at full-speed.
Review
Sidetrack
Caped Crusader + Pismo = this.
Despite the best non-efforts by both Apple and Microsoft, it seems that we are ever getting closer to the day of having Windows run on a Macintosh.
Personally, I'm waiting for the day where Virtual PC runs on an Intel-based Macintosh with lightning speed.
