News

• Apple unviels 24″ iMac, all iMacs get Core2Duo processor upgrades - Mac Minis also get processor upgrade, faster chips, both models now Core Duo
  • iMac Core2Duo Benchmark comparison
  • Apple using upgradeable graphics card in 24″ iMac
  • Apple Announcement on Sept 12 - Its Showtime, and One More Thing
  • New Airport Express Video coming out on the 12th?
• Nintendo’s World Wide Wii Day - Press confrences from US, Japan and London within a day of each other
• MyFairTunes released - A beautiful GUI for removing DRM from iTunes songs on a Windows box, works great, even keeps the tags
• Microsoft releases quickest patch EVER - Why can they fix a DRM hole in under 4 days and push a patch out not a Patch Tuesday, but won’t do it when it is a security hole that actually affects users
• Vista RC1 not ready for primetime
• Vista might cripple the DNS system? - Thanks to new directory software, Windows Vista could put a greater load on Internet servers.
• Phillips makes clothes that can change color - Mobile ads, coming to a jacket near you
• Trouble in Diggville - Recent concerns cause a change in how diggs will be counted, several users revolt after changes announced
• Netflix sues Blockbuster over copyright of idea of renting movies online
• Google maps updated
• Sony only to launch console in US and Japan - Also only 100,000 consoles for Japan at launch, 400,00 for US, Rest of the world will get Sony in March 2007

Rant

• Sony!!!!!
  • Sony out of test kits
  • No 1080p games at launch
  • Low launch numbers, have fun this Christmas
  • Sony Playstation 3 will not ship with HDMI cable
• Circuit City charging $30 for free Microsoft XBox update installation

Cool Links

• Sky Flashes - Great photos of lightning strikes, make great desktop pictures
• The Cool Cubicle - All kinds of cool stuff for you office
• A bookies guide to the iPod odds - Everybody place your bets
• Building gets color bombed
• Steve Douglass’ Web Site

Reviews

• Cars The Video Game

Hodgepodge IV

• Official Digg Compatible Site for Mobile Devices
• Original Signal Transmitting Digg - A Cool site for displaying popular Digg stories
• Ben Affleck illegally rips DVDs to his iPod - I want to see the MPAA go after him, pretty please
• Inside Your Notebook’s Battery: Ordinary AA Li-Ion Cells - Save your self some money!
• Dashboard widgets on the desktop - Put your MacOS? X widgets directly on your desktop
• Battery replacement woes - The difference between good and bad customer service
• Usenet servers seized, company sues cops
• NASA’s Orion Crew Vehicle - NASA’s page for its Space Shuttle replacement
• Star Trek gets updated effects, cleaned up for HD
• Wierd Al’s latest song - Don’t Download This Song! Ok, go ahead, there is even a link to do it
• Your over 70, no internet for you! - Takes discrimination to a whole new level
• OK Go at the MTV Video Music Awards - Really cool music video
• AOL loses 90% of its estimated worth in 5 years - From $200 billion to $20 billion since 2001

 

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