If only it were real…
Near the bottom of the MacRumors page you'll find three stunning pics. Are they very good mock images of how someone thinks the new video iPod should look or real leaked images of the device? If only...
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AMD subpoenas yet another Intel poodle.
After Dell, NEC and others, AMD yesterday, subpoenaed Intel's ally, Skype in search for anti-trust evidence against the Goliath of CPUs. Understandable, as less than a month ago the hilarious announcement about Skype 2.0 having Intel-only features was released to the public. Sadly, I don't think they'll find anything..
The only solution is to stop flying in airplanes…
"Orwell's most accurate prediction in 1984 was the mutation of Britain into Airstrip One."
New Intel Mac minis are cool.
And they'd be perfect without that damned 'Intel GMA950 graphics processor', or 'How Apple makes Intel happy by using their crappy graphics chips on Macs'. Sad thing is: They can and will get away with it.
Come on Stevey. Use some decent components, already!
As with the PowerMac G4 MDD (aka 'Leafblower'), the Powermac G5, the iBook G4 with the faulty motherboards, the Powerbook 'Alu' G4 15" Rev.A with the faulty screens, the last Powerbook G4 'Alu' 15" (discontinued today) having audio, screen, and other hardware issues as well as many other models I won't mention, the Macbook Pro seems to have its fair share of issues in its first revision. It's also getting hot, as many people report.
Canon's replacement for the EOS 20D is coming.
It seems, the brand new Canon EOS 35D, is coming on the 21st of February. Rumours have it that there's a new auto-sensor cleaning function (no more blower/pecpads/eclipse dust removal chores).
[Update: The camera is actually named 30D and it seems like a very minor upgrade to the 20D.]
America's pushy on GM.
Will Europe budge? "The State Department tries to twist arms through rather undiplomatic letters of protest, like the one it sent to Nicosia in July when new EU member Cyprus proposed to put GM food on separate shelves at grocery stores."
Bad! Yahoo!, shoo Google.
"Your abhorrent activities in China are a disgrace. I simply do not understand how your corporate leadership sleeps at night."
Waiting for Xgl
David Reveman of Novell, recently posted this video online. Ah, another six months I guess until this becomes commonplace. If only it were accompanied by the necessary usability and aesthetics revamp..
Say hello to mini posts!
I split the Wordpress loop into two, added a small plugin to manage the categories, and some CSS and voila: Miniposts, aka inline asides, linkblog, etc. Miniposts provide a streamlined way to post links or short pieces of info, without taking up space or messing up the semantics by slamming many topics onto one post. Typically the title will point to an interesting destination and the text will comment on it. Today, we're just pointing back home.