Steve Jobs Gives His Reasons for Lack of Camera in iPod Touch [Apple]
There are quite a few reasons for the lack of camera in the iPod touch . [...more]
There are quite a few reasons for the lack of camera in the iPod touch . [...more]
CRISTAL is a research project that moves the universal remote to a Microsoft Surface -type table with incredibly intuitive gestures. Want to watch a movie? Drag the cover to your TV. [...more]
As we’ve seen before, DVD Jon loves messing with Apple . And now he’ll get his chance in a major way. Jon Lech Johansen (better known as DVD Jon ), the co-founder of doubleTwist , a company attempting to circumvent the iTunes/iPod ecosystem, has posted the subpoena he’s received to turn in documents related to Apple in an anti-trust case against them [...more]
Perhaps I spoke too soon in referring to the new FCC brass as "jokers." The Chairman, Julius Genachowski , appears to be the driving force behind the agency's quick response to the Apple—Google situation. Below are highlights from Genachowski's career: •Chairman of the Obama campaign's technology-policy advisers, which wrote a report championing an open Internet, among other initiatives. •Chief of Business Operations at IAC/InterActiveCorp and member of the board of directors of Expedia, Hotels.com and Ticketmaster [...more]
Apple thwarted Google's effort to release Latitude —which allows your control-freak friends to know where you are at all times—as an iPhone application. You can only update it manually using a web page, which makes it not-so-useful. Until now [...more]
In-game ads in a game you paid for that you play on a console that you also paid for are sleazy. But when those same ads actually slow down the game you're trying to play? [...more]
Say what you want about the Gateway LT3100 's AMD processor and operating system options, but at least it had an angle . The $300, Atom-based 10.1-inch LT2000, on the other hand, is as predictable as netbooks get. Just see if you can guess what the spec sheet looks like: It's got an 1.6-GHz Atom N270 with GMA950 graphics, a 1024x600 screen, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD, a three-cell battery and Windows XP. [...more]
Verizon has outlined a plan to loosen its handset exclusivity deals, limiting their lifespan to six months. [...more]
If you are looking for a low-cost All-In-One that somehow reminds me of a Darth Vader version of Humpty Dumpty, the Atom 1.6GHz-powered eMachines EZ1601-01 —loaded with Windows XP and 1GB of RAM—may be the ticket for just $400. [...more]
WD's new NAS drives, the My Book World Edition II , packs either 2 or 4TB of storage in a dual-drive RAID array. [...more]