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a atom:author ] ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-529373" ; rss:items [ rss:title , ; rdf:_82 ; rdf:_37 ; rdf:_26 ; rdf:_72 rss:title ; rdf:_78 ; rdf:_24 ; rdf:_7 ; rdf:_39 ; rdf:_36 ; rdf:_14 ; rdf:_56 ; rdf:_90 ; rdf:_92 ; rdf:_42 ; rdf:_88 ; rdf:_89 rss:title ; rdf:_27 ; rdf:_51 ; rdf:_58 ; rdf:_47 rss:title ; rdf:_81 ; rdf:_70 ; rdf:_45 ; rdf:_79 ; rdf:_11 ; rdf:_12 ; rdf:_61 ; rdf:_95 ; rdf:_32 ; rdf:_73 ; rdf:_67 ; rdf:_53 ; rdf:_65 ; rdf:_60 ; rdf:_83 ; rdf:_30 ; rdf:_86 ; rdf:_75 ; rdf:_9 ; rdf:_69 ; rdf:_23 ; rdf:_74 ; rdf:_99 ; rdf:_64 ; rdf:_44 ; rdf:_91 ; rdf:_66 ; rdf:_62 ; rdf:_63 ; rdf:_93 ; rdf:_68 ; rdf:_98 ; rdf:_76 ; rdf:_38 ; rdf:_5 ; rdf:_16 ; rdf:_1 ; rdf:_80 ; rdf:_13 rss:title ; rdf:_25 ; rdf:_20 ; rdf:_100 ; rdf:_18 ; rdf:_77 ; rdf:_6 ; rdf:_28 ; rdf:_57 ; rdf:_40 ; rdf:_46 ; rdf:_59 ; rdf:_22 ; rdf:_52 ; rdf:_10 ; rdf:_21 ; rdf:_50 ; rdf:_33 ; rdf:_19 ; rdf:_94 ; rdf:_4 ; rdf:_15 ; rdf:_34 ; rdf:_85 ; rdf:_35 ; rdf:_96 ; rdf:_54 ; rdf:_3 ; rdf:_48 ; rdf:_43 ; a rdf:Seq ; rdf:_8 ; rdf:_71 ; rdf:_49 ; rdf:_97 ; rdf:_31 ; rdf:_55 ; rdf:_84 ; rdf:_17 ; rdf:_41 ; rdf:_29 ] ; a rss:channel . rss:title "2007-06-21T13:15:40-07:00", "UPDATE: Cult of Mac Blog HAS Moved" ; "The Cult of Mac blog is moving to a new address. The blog can now be found at www.cultofmac.com. And we're serious this time. We're still part of the Wired family, just decamped to our own domain to make some..." ; rss:description """

The Cult of Mac blog is moving to a new address. The blog can now be found at www.cultofmac.com. And we're serious this time. We're still part of the Wired family, just decamped to our own domain to make some mischief. We even have several posts from this week, if you've been wondering where we've been...

\"Cultofmac\"

Here is the new RSS feed.\"Feedicon1\" We'll see you over there.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:03Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35627038" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-14T23:46:17-07:00", "Boulevard of Broken iPods" ; "Lots of iPods have bitten the big one over the last six years. But never before have I seen so many totally trashed \"breakthrough digital devices\" in one place as at the great Pile of Photos of Broken iPods. Head..." ; rss:description """

\"Pic

Lots of iPods have bitten the big one over the last six years. But never before have I seen so many totally trashed \"breakthrough digital devices\" in one place as at the great Pile of Photos of Broken iPods. Head over. Grab some hankies. Mourn. Reboot.

Via Digg.

Technorati Tags: ipod, puppy

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:03Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35351744" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-14T23:42:41-07:00", "Brilliant (and fake) iPhone Ad About New York" ; "Kudos to Alec Sutherland, who has put together the best fake ad for a real product I have ever seen in the form of \"iPhone New York,\" a brilliant, professional spot that shows people of every language and culture raving..." ; rss:description """

\"Iphonenewyork\"

Kudos to Alec Sutherland, who has put together the best fake ad for a real product I have ever seen in the form of \"iPhone New York,\" a brilliant, professional spot that shows people of every language and culture raving about the iPhone. I almost teared up, and I'm all West Coast and stuff. Bonus points for use of \"Young Folks\" by Peter Bjorn and John, too.

I think Apple's very demo-oriented \"Here's what it can actually do\" campaign is perfect for the iPhone launch, but a treatment like this one could kill for a second phase. They should call Sutherland when the time comes.

Via Digg.

Technorati Tags: iphone, new york

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:04Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35351706" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-14T23:42:00-07:00", "iPhone in the Wild Spotted On My Commuter Rail" ; "Of all the weeks to need to drive my car. As widely reported on the Net, most notably at Engadget, we've got what looks to be a legit iPhone sighting, courtesy of a snap by Mark Trammell. And not just..." ; rss:description """

\"Iphone-Caltrain\"

Of all the weeks to need to drive my car. As widely reported on the Net, most notably at Engadget, we've got what looks to be a legit iPhone sighting, courtesy of a snap by Mark Trammell. And not just anywhere, but on Caltrain, the San Francisco to Silicon Valley commuter rail I normally ride twice a day. But this is what happens the second you stop watching for it.
The Boy Genius Report suggests the user in question might actually be Mike Matas, an icon designer. I'm not sure the resemblance is strong enough...

iPhone spotted in public? - Engadget

Technorati Tags: caltrain, iphone

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:04Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35351698" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-14T23:23:36-07:00", "Mozilla COO Calls Jobs on Predatory Safari Plans" ; "No matter what one thinks of Safari for Windows (which has already been patched three days after launch and still can't render A LOT of sites), it's nice to see Apple attacking Microsoft's browser hegemony on its own turf. Right?..." ; rss:description """

\"Safariconquersall\"

No matter what one thinks of Safari for Windows (which has already been patched three days after launch and still can't render A LOT of sites), it's nice to see Apple attacking Microsoft's browser hegemony on its own turf.

Right?

Unfortunately, not really. As John Lilly, COO of Mozilla, points out, when Steve showed off a pie chart depicting his vision of Apple's Windows browser marketshare, he didn't depict MS losing any share at all. Instead, the image just eats up all the alternatives, including the still-rising Firefox. And while I have my problems with Firefox (it strikes me as a program only a software engineer could love), I only want to see Apple bite into Internet Explorer's customers, not the folks who have already sought out an alternative.

The computer world is not the American political scene, and there is room for way more than two players. And so it should be. The more browsers we have, the fewer \"browser-specific\" features develop and the more readily standards get adopted across platforms. We all stand to benefit from a diverse, competitive markets. A shame that Apple reveals they have no interest in the same.
John’s Blog » Blog Archive » A Picture’s Worth 100M Users???

Technorati Tags: firefox, safari

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:05Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35351396" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-14T23:23:21-07:00", "Joy of Tech: How Steve Lost His Mojo" ; "The general consensus is that Steve Jobs' most recent keynote speech did not measure up to his typical standard. I'm not anywhere near so down on it (maybe because I didn't go and only watched the online feed during stolen..." ; rss:description """

\"Joyoftechteaser\"
The general consensus is that Steve Jobs' most recent keynote speech did not measure up to his typical standard. I'm not anywhere near so down on it (maybe because I didn't go and only watched the online feed during stolen moments at work). This Joy of Tech trip sums up the sentiment pretty well. But you'll have to click through to see the source of Steve's sudden suck. Clever, gentlemen. Clever.

Via Digg.

Technorati Tags: humor, puppy, steve jobs

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:05Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35351388" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-13T10:12:04-07:00", "No, Economist. Apple is not a Network Innovation Company" ; "With Apple sailing on an all-time high stock price and mere weeks from the launch of its absurdly anticipated iPhone, the serious business press is turning even more attention to the little-Cupertino-company-that-could than normal. Take, for example, The Economist, which..." ; rss:description """

With Apple sailing on an all-time high stock price and mere weeks from the launch of its absurdly anticipated iPhone, the serious business press is turning even more attention to the little-Cupertino-company-that-could than normal.

Take, for example, The Economist, which has placed Apple on the cover of its most recent issue for a story titled \"Apple and the art of innovation.\" It's a pretty good story, nothing careful watchers of Apple don't already know. It does, however, get one aspect quite wrong, based on a simple misunderstanding of how Apple likes to work:

In fact, its real skill lies in stitching together its own ideas with technologies from outside and then wrapping the results in elegant software and stylish design. The idea for the iPod, for example, was originally dreamt up by a consultant whom Apple hired to run the project. It was assembled by combining off-the-shelf parts with in-house ingredients such as its distinctive, easily used system of controls. And it was designed to work closely with Apple's iTunes jukebox software, which was also bought in and then overhauled and improved. Apple is, in short, an orchestrator and integrator of technologies, unafraid to bring in ideas from outside but always adding its own twists.

This approach, known as “network innovation”, is not limited to electronics. It has also been embraced by companies such as Procter & Gamble, BT and several drugs giants, all of which have realised the power of admitting that not all good ideas start at home. Making network innovation work involves cultivating contacts with start-ups and academic researchers, constantly scouting for new ideas and ensuring that engineers do not fall prey to “not invented here” syndrome, which always values in-house ideas over those from outside.

Well, yes and no. Apple has largely gotten over its opposition to \"not invented here\" technologies, sure. Macs now use motherboards and chips found in virtually every PC on the planet. But it is a shocking mistake to claim the iPod is essentially a leveraged version of off-the-shelf hardware. At a component level, the iPod is quite obviously made up of chips and boards that Apple just buys. But throwing those components into a bag does not an iPod make.

Apple is a pure design-driven company. By that I mean that they rarely produce an idea that is truly new, but when they launch a product or service, it tends to be so much better than existing products in the category that it comes off as legitimately innovative and create new markets. Personal computers existed before the Apple II, but they sucked. The Macintosh was not even Apple's first attempt at a computer with a graphical user interface (that was the Lisa), let alone the first ever (the Xerox Alto). The iPod was far from the first Mp3 player, the AppleTV is not the first living room media set-top box, and the iPhone is about as far from the first cell phone as you could get.

Yet each product has been or could prove to be truly ground-breaking. Is it because Apple continually looked out to the world and saw a great solution in the world they could buy, brand and ship, as P&G famously did with the Crest SpinBrush? Of course not! The Microsoft Zune is a much better example of Network Innovation than the Apple iPod -- the Zune is simply a Toshiba media player with a slightly different interface, new software and Zune branding. The iPod was invented whole cloth, even if it used individual pieces of tech that existed in the world.

This is where Apple excels. They take ideas that people have invented -- adequate functionality, a modest market of hobbyists -- and turn them into innovations by fitting them into what people need. No matter the nascent market, once Apple gets there, their solution will be simpler, prettier and just more lovable than existing ideas in the market. And that's about building a better mousetrap, something Apple does better than anyone in the whole wide world.

It's awesome. But it's not a primary strategy of Network Innovation.

Via Endless Innovation.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:06Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35272348" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-13T08:58:23-07:00", "Delicious Library 2 Wins Apple Design Award" ; "Delicious Library 2, which has a snazzy new UI based on Core Animation, wins an Apple's 2007 Design Award for Best Leopard Application. Still no screenshots of it though. For discussion of Core Animation and how it might change interfaces,..." ; rss:description """

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Delicious Library 2, which has a snazzy new UI based on Core Animation, wins an Apple's 2007 Design Award for Best Leopard Application. Still no screenshots of it though.

For discussion of Core Animation and how it might change interfaces, see here: Kiss Boring Interfaces Goodbye With Apple's New Animated OS.

The other winners are:

Best Mac OS X User Experience: Coda. Panic.

Best Mac OS X Developer Tool: CSSEdit 2.5. MacRabbit.

Best Mac OS X Game: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade 2.0. Blizzard Entertainment .

Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution: Papers 1.0. Alexander Griekspoor and Tom Groothuis.

Best Mac OS X Dashboard Widget: BART Widget 1.0. Bret Victor.

Best Mac OS X Student Product: Picturesque 1.0. Zac Cohen.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:06Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35269562" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-12T23:37:10-07:00", "Pure Digital Claims it Will Sell Unlocked iPhones" ; "If you're among the many people in the United States who either can't use AT&T/Cingular or choose not to use the carrier's services based on negative experiences, take heart -- there still might be a way to use an iPhone..." ; rss:description """

\"Index

If you're among the many people in the United States who either can't use AT&T/Cingular or choose not to use the carrier's services based on negative experiences, take heart -- there still might be a way to use an iPhone without the company's blessing. The iPhone ships in four weeks. And though Apple is officially keeping the device exclusive to AT&T for five years, never underestimate the black market for unlocked phones.

According to Ars Technica, Pure Mobile is now claiming it will sell unlocked iPhones for an undisclosed (read: EXORBITANT) rate almost as soon as the devices hit the market. As a T-Mobile user, this is very heartening news, but I can tell you there is no way I'm going to spend $1,000 or more for an iPhone. Maybe when the iPhone nano hits in two years, and someone unlocks that...

Anyone willing to take the unlocked plunge?

Technorati Tags: iphone, unlock

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:06Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35253102" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-12T23:28:32-07:00", "First iPhone Web Apps Available" ; "For all of the complaining that has tripped down the wire about Apple's total lack of an SDK for the iPhone, a couple of entrepreneurial developers have already created iPhone apps to try out in Safari. Shown above is David..." ; rss:description """

\"Iphoneapps\"

For all of the complaining that has tripped down the wire about Apple's total lack of an SDK for the iPhone, a couple of entrepreneurial developers have already created iPhone apps to try out in Safari.

Shown above is David Cann's alternate interface for Digg. It's quite fun, and I actually find it a better way to navigate Digg than the real site. (Sorry, Kevin!) I especially enjoy the way it implements the \"grab and fling\" interface for the rest of us.

The other contender is OneTrip, a quick (though very elegant) grocery list program put together over-night by Neven Mrgan. Both apps are really nice and fairly clear evidence that sophisticated programs suited to use on the iPhone are possible. I think the new Apple strategy of \"the web is the new SDK\" is actually a wonderful one. They're pretty unlikely to crash, and really powerful development is a possibility.

Anyone want to lay money on how long it will be until Google issues a version of Reader optimized for the iPhone?

Via Digg. Twice.

Technorati Tags: iphone, software, thirdparty

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:07Z" ; atom:link rss:title, , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35252992" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-12T23:01:29-07:00", "Video: John \"PC\" Hodgman Posing As Steve Jobs" ; "Miss the WWDC keynote? Other than a couple of the specific features of Leopard, don't bother. But you should watch the video above -- it's John \"PC and also noted pseudo-intellectual\" Hodgman posing as Steve Jobs and announcing the demise..." ; rss:description """


Miss the WWDC keynote? Other than a couple of the specific features of Leopard, don't bother. But you should watch the video above -- it's John \"PC and also noted pseudo-intellectual\" Hodgman posing as Steve Jobs and announcing the demise of the Mac platform. It was the opening act for real Steve. Hilarious.

Technorati Tags: get a mac, john hodgman

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:08Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35252634" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-11T23:17:06-07:00", "Watch the WWDC 2007 Stevenote" ; "So what is Steve Jobs didn't introduce any new hardware in his keynote and the iPhone third-party application support is somewhat bogus? Core Animation, the new Desktop and new Finder or incredibly gorgeous, so watch Steve preach it on Apple's..." ; rss:description """

\"Wwdckeynotepic\"

So what is Steve Jobs didn't introduce any new hardware in his keynote and the iPhone third-party application support is somewhat bogus? Core Animation, the new Desktop and new Finder or incredibly gorgeous, so watch Steve preach it on Apple's official stream.

Technorati Tags: keynote, steve jobs, wwdc

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:08Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35211338" ; a rss:item . rss:title a rss:item . rss:title rss:title "Leopard \"Stacks\" Implement Ages-Old GUI Concept \"Piles\"" . rss:title rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35211248" . rss:title rss:description """

\"Desktop

With all the excitement and, to be frank, disappointment that came with yesterday's WWDC Stevenote, I haven't seen anyone pick out the obvious with Apple's innovative new GUI element Stacks, which allows users to cluster files that would otherwise clutter the desktop into a discreet pile of files that blow out into a scannable list with a simple click. It takes the super-janky right-click a folder in the dock movement we're all used to now and replaces it with a sleek Dock launcher we can all get behind.

It's really cool. It's also a very old concept, one that Apple has had patented for 15 years. And this doesn't look to be a great implementation of it. Way back in 1992, Apple called the Stacks content \"Piles,\" first demonstrating the new interface at the CHI conference. Gitta Solomon of Apple's Advanced Technology Human Computer Interaction Group created the fascinating interview, which The Register mooted was finally destined for Mac OS X way back in 2003. Only four years too early -- and 11 years too late. Click through to learn more about Piles.

Technorati Tags: piles, stacks

Former Apple interface guru Bruce Tognazzini is among the most ardent supporters of the old Piles notion, so I'm in the process of connecting with him to find out whether he think the Leopard version does Piles justice, especially since it seems rather feature limited. Here's a classic \"Tog\" quote about Piles:

Piles
Apple holds a patent on this one. Developed by Gitta Salomon and her team close to a decade ago, a pile is a loose grouping of documents. Its visual representation is an overlay of all the documents within the pile, one on top of the other, rotated to varying degrees. In other words, a pile on the desktop looked just like a pile on your real desktop.

To view the documents within the pile, you clicked on the top of the pile and drew the mouse up the screen. As you did so, one document after another would appear as a thumbnail next to the pile. When you found the one you were looking for, you would release the mouse and the current document would open.

Piles, unlike today’s folders, gave you a lot of hints as to their contents. You could judge the number of documents in the pile by its height. You could judge its composition very rapidly by pulling through it.

Piles have been among the most-requested UI features among Mac-heads for more than a decade now. In fact, when I told a co-worker that used to work at a design firm with Apple ties about Stacks, he replied, \"Oh, yeah. Apple's had that patented for years.\"

The future's the past, people. Steve has finally been in the job long enough that he's ready to re-examine technology that the company developed while he was at NeXT. If that isn't news, I don't know what is.

""" . rss:title atom:link . rss:title atom:link . rss:title atom:link . rss:title atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:09Z" . rss:title rss:title "2007-06-11T23:10:39-07:00" . rss:title "With all the excitement and, to be frank, disappointment that came with yesterday's WWDC Stevenote, I haven't seen anyone pick out the obvious with Apple's innovative new GUI element Stacks, which allows users to cluster files that would otherwise clutter..." . rss:title "2007-06-11T22:37:39-07:00", "Fascinating History of Oregon Trail Developer MECC" ; "For a lot of Apple geeks, the love affair with Apple began at school, using an Apple II while playing Oregon Trail, the all-time best game where you could explore the wild west and see your whole family die of..." ; rss:description """

\"69965183

For a lot of Apple geeks, the love affair with Apple began at school, using an Apple II while playing Oregon Trail, the all-time best game where you could explore the wild west and see your whole family die of dysentery or snake bite, all before afternoon recess.

Silicon User has pulled together a fantastic article detailing the history of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, creators of Oregon Trail, Number Munchers and Word Munchers. Those were the titles that proved that Macs were good for playing games, even back then. What I hadn't realized is that Apple enjoyed a very close relationship with the odd, government-owned corporation:

Throughout the 1980s, key individuals from Apple Computer attended MECC conferences as keynote speakers including Apple co-founder and then-Chairman Steve Jobs and Alan Kay (an Apple fellow) in 1982, Flord Kvamme (Executive VP of Sales at Apple) in 1983 and in 1985 John Sculley, then-CEO of Apple.

Check it out and get nostalgic.

Educational computing for the masses | SiliconUser

Technorati Tags: oregon trail, history

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:09Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35210702" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-11T22:20:50-07:00", "WWDC: Safari 3 on Windows Review" ; "Having spent a day with the beta for Apple's much-ballyhooed Safari browser for Windows XP, I'm ready to pronounce it the fastest browser for XP that I've used on a regular basis. On the other hand, it also is riddled..." ; rss:description """

\"Hero20070611\"
Having spent a day with the beta for Apple's much-ballyhooed Safari browser for Windows XP, I'm ready to pronounce it the fastest browser for XP that I've used on a regular basis. On the other hand, it also is riddled with the kinds of bizarre bugs only a public beta could expose. Sometimes, it's both the fastest AND the stupidest browser on all of Windows. If you're on the fence, click through to hear whether your working style is ready for this not-quite-ready for primetime browser contender while stranded in the Windows world.

Technorati Tags: software, review, safari

Since July, I have had to run a fairly old Thinkpad T41 at work, and the loss of my browser of choice, Camino, has been the hardest adjustment, other than the control key being in the wrong place and no cmd key. I've mainly used Firefox over the last 11 months, but it's an eccentric application, given to occasional memory leaks and performance slow-downs I struggle to explain. And Internet Explorer is a dog, no matter what version I pull up. As you can imagine, I was thrilled to bring some more of Apple's subversive software onto my work machine.

And I was impressed. Safari blazes on my machine, easily topping the best I've seen from Firefox or IE7. Start-up time is pretty dreadful (30 seconds or so), but pages render faster, and especially blogging and message board sites are snappier than I've ever experienced. Incredibly fast refresh rates, the works.

But speed isn't necessarily a measure of quality. Specifically, Windows Safari sometimes decides to \"smooth\" the text on a given page into an unrecognizable black line -- no text. If, for example, you visit my other blog, you'll note that all of the headlines are just plain missing. At Facebook, a friend request turned into a page full of incoherent squiggles. I've never seen pages render so improperly in my life. It was like visiting an alternate 1995 in Netscape Navigator 1.1 where people devoted web pages to their favorite horizontal lines instead of to puppies.

Other than that, I've had no crashes and no other problems. I'll probably switch back to Firefox until I can read every web page I visit, but they have to get that right by the time they're out of beta, right?

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:10Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35210454" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-11T11:19:38-07:00", "WWDC: Safari for Windows Confirmed" ; "Big shocker at WWDC today (seriously!). Apple is going to release a public beta of Safari 3 for Windows at its site this afternoon. I really didn't expect to see this happen -- a really bold move from Apple, especially..." ; rss:description """

\"Safariwindows\"

Big shocker at WWDC today (seriously!). Apple is going to release a public beta of Safari 3 for Windows at its site this afternoon. I really didn't expect to see this happen -- a really bold move from Apple, especially if they can find some way to make it play nicer with iTunes than Firefox and Explorer do. And as a workplace Windows user -- I'll definitely download and play with it. It's no Camino, but then, what is?

Image via MacRumors.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:10Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35190208" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-11T10:58:39-07:00", "WWDC: Leaked Agenda Already Proven False" ; "Lest there be any lingering doubts about the total lack of authenticity contained in the supposed agenda for this morning's keynote by Steve Jobs at the Worldwide Developer Conference posted to a German Apple site over the weekend, consider this:..." ; rss:description """

\"Jobskeynoteiphonetm\"

Lest there be any lingering doubts about the total lack of authenticity contained in the supposed agenda for this morning's keynote by Steve Jobs at the Worldwide Developer Conference posted to a German Apple site over the weekend, consider this: The agenda hasn't gotten a single detail of the presentation correct.

Here's the early agenda, as proposed by the site, Apfelkueche:

� Greetings
� Sales figures and market share of the Macs
� Apple net curtain:
� new Retail store in Italy,
� first store on European mainland,
� new stores will open shortly, among other things Munich, Barcelona, Paris

� iMac:
� Core2Duo selling great!,
� New Generation,
� new Design, which follows itself to iPhone, partly brushed metal
� even thinner,
� Santa rosa chip set,
� LED back light,
� Sizes: 20 ? and 24 ?
� Demo new iMacs

Here's what Steve has actually done, courtesy of our colleague Michael Calore's live blog:

Video with John Hodgman
Details of attendance at largest WWDC ever
Special award to Intel for contributions to Apple
Games demos with EA and iD Games
Overview of Tiger success
Details of Leopard features, none of which are enumerated on German site

I mean, I knew it was fake, but who could have guessed it was THAT fake?

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:11Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35189456" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-11T07:57:36-07:00", "Live at WWDC" ; "It's a beautiful sunny morning here in San Francisco, and Wired News will be liveblogging Steve Jobs' keynote at WWDC. We have reporters. We have cameras, and we have press passes. Check it out here at 10 AM. Don't forget..." ; rss:description """

\"Img

It's a beautiful sunny morning here in San Francisco, and Wired News will be liveblogging Steve Jobs' keynote at WWDC. We have reporters. We have cameras, and we have press passes. Check it out here at 10 AM. Don't forget to refresh.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:11Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35174746" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-10T22:44:22-07:00", "WWDC: Rumored Keynote \"Agenda\" is Ludicrous" ; "Wanna know the No. 1 sign that we're less than 12 hours from major product announcements by Apple? People are throwing up completely weak rumors that wouldn't even get mocked normally. Chief among these at this very moment is an..." ; rss:description """

\"Jobskeynoteiphone\"

Wanna know the No. 1 sign that we're less than 12 hours from major product announcements by Apple? People are throwing up completely weak rumors that wouldn't even get mocked normally. Chief among these at this very moment is an alleged rundown of The Stevenote address, which includes some errors so obvious that it even harms the credibility of the rest of the list.

The Google translation from the original German at Apfelkueche is quite interesting, but take a look at the detail. The new iMacs are alleged to have LED displays at 20 and 24\". Really? I'd be pretty surprised. After all, Apple just rolled out MacBook Pros last week, and only managed to go LED for the 15.4\" models, not the 17\" SKUs. Could Apple pull together a machine built around a display a full 7\" bigger than a model they haven't even shipped? I doubt it.

The wackiest rumor of all is, of course, the iPhone@Home, an alleged 10\" multitouch tablet mainly for movie-watching and Internet surfer. People have been throwing around rumors for years that Apple would release a tabletMac, and this is the same old rumor, repackaged as a pretend big brother for the iPhone. Who knows? Apple might be ready. But I can tell you this much: NO WAY ON EARTH is Apple releasing a machine called the iPhone@Home that isn't actually a phone and can be used anywhere, not just at home. The company is way too smart to use such a stupid name. Keep your heads up, kids, the FUD is flying right now.

Via Digg.

Technorati Tags: keynote, rumor, steve jobs, Steve Jobs

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:13Z" ; atom:link rss:title, , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35159700" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-10T22:27:15-07:00", "WWDC: Apple In Talks For Online Movie Rentals?" ; "Steve Jobs has made a hobby out of letting the world know that people aren't interested in renting their music. We hear you loud and clear, Steve. One thing Steve has never claimed, however, is that people don't like renting..." ; rss:description """

\"Header

Steve Jobs has made a hobby out of letting the world know that people aren't interested in renting their music. We hear you loud and clear, Steve. One thing Steve has never claimed, however, is that people don't like renting movies, as Netflix and Blockbuster will attest.

On the eve of his WWDC keynote, the Financial Times claims that Steve is about to put Apple at the forefront of the digital movie rental business:

A film would cost $2.99 for a 30-day rental. Its digital rights-management software would allow films to be moved from a computer to at least one other device such as the video iPod or iPhone. The software would prevent movies being copied.

Interesting notion. After all, Apple has gone through hell trying to sign up movie studios to sell their films through iTunes. A lot more companies than Disney and Paramount will leap in if this is legit.

Via MacRumors.

Technorati Tags: itunes, movies, rentals

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:14Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35159082" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-10T14:35:15-07:00", "Prediction: Multitouch Input Pad at WWDC?" ; "I predict Steve Jobs will introduce a multitouch mousepad at WWDC tomorrow morning -- and that finger input will be one of the \"top secret\" features of Leopard. The multitouch pad will look like a standard mousepad, but it'll be..." ; rss:description """

\"

I predict Steve Jobs will introduce a multitouch mousepad at WWDC tomorrow morning -- and that finger input will be one of the \"top secret\" features of Leopard.

The multitouch pad will look like a standard mousepad, but it'll be finger sensitive, like the touchpads on most notebooks. But instead of one finger, it'll be sensitive to multi-finger gestures and commands, like the iPhone.

The pad will completely replace the mouse, allowing users to control the Mac with their fingers -- moving the cursor, selecting files and double clicking with a quick double tap of the index finger.

The pad will also respond to a whole new vocabulary of gestures, like Mouse Gestures in Firefox, which execute common commands (backwards, forwards, reload) with a sweep of the mouse. Using your fingers, you'll open files by twisting to the left, as though turning an imaginary dial. Twist your fingers to the right to close the file.

The pad will be USB powered, and will have \"soft buttons\" for common commands like cut and paste, and delete.

Jobs will unveil multitouch at WWDC to give Mac programmers time to incorporate gesture commands into their software before Leopard's release in October.

Of course, this is pure speculation. I've no evidence whatsoever this is going to happen. I've no idea if it's even realistic. Can developers incorporate an entirely new UI into their software in a few months? Will people even want it? Don't forget, the QWERTY keyboard is still around. People don't like whacky new interfaces.

Still, Jobs made a big deal of the multitouch finger interface of the iPhone, proclaiming it the third great \"revolutionary\" interface after the mouse and the scroll wheel. It seems natural we should be using our fingers to interact with computers.

Others are doing it. Microsoft has it's Surface table, and I saw a new HP TouchSmart PC at the weekend, which is controlled by a large touch screen. A woman was playing Solitaire on the screen with her fingers, and it worked really well. I was quite impressed.

\"

Apple is already making moves towards gesture interfaces. The touchpads on MacBooks support two finger scrolling. And there's the iPhone.

Part of the iPhone's multitouch interface is based on the work of two University of Delaware professors, John Elias and Wayne Westerman. Elias and Westerman owned a company called FingerWorks that sold a multitouch Touchstream keyboard and an iGesture Numeric Keypad, which worked like the multitouch mousepad described above.

Apple bought FingerWorks in early 2005, along with the professors' patents, which look like an entire platform for finger-based interfaces.

For one thing, using your finger seems to help with RSI, according to FingerWorks' testimonials:

\"I've been a LP user for about 8 months. It's been the best thing that's ever happened to me in the world of computers. I'm a mechanical engineer and I use it for 2D and 3D CAD drafting, as well as 'normal' office type use. Also, I'm a Linux and Windows user, and I love how it works easily in both environments.

I have RSI in both my left and right forearms and wrists. Since using the Touchstream, I've reduced pain considerably, and I am able to do work with much less pain.\"

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:14Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35148946" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-08T12:26:18-07:00", "Analysis: AppleTV Hits Lower Margins Than iPod, iPhone" ; "BusinessWeek and iSuppli partnered to analyze the costs of the AppleTV. Somewhat surprisingly, the $300 gadget was found to cost nearly $237, which yields a significantly lower margin than the iPod or iPhone. Even more interestingly, the analysis shows that..." ; rss:description """

\"Indextop

BusinessWeek and iSuppli partnered to analyze the costs of the AppleTV. Somewhat surprisingly, the $300 gadget was found to cost nearly $237, which yields a significantly lower margin than the iPod or iPhone.

Even more interestingly, the analysis shows that Apple makes significantly more money on each $400 AppleTV they sell, as the cost to upgrade the drive is much higher than the difference in raw cost to Apple. It is uncharacteristic for Apple to make this little of anything they sell. Anyone think this might be the source of Steve's calling the device \"a hobby\"?

Thanks, Bill!

Technorati Tags: appleTV, margins, profit

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:15Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35094248" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-07T09:55:48-07:00", "iPhone Map App Pinpoints Infinite Loop. " ; "Looks like Apple dropped an easter egg in its iPhone icons. An eagle-eyed blogger noticed something on the iPhone's Map application: it essentially doubles as a Steve Jobs locator. No, it doesn't pinpoint his house, but his office. Or at..." ; rss:description """

\"Iphone_map_icon\"

Looks like Apple dropped an easter egg in its iPhone icons. An eagle-eyed blogger noticed something on the iPhone's Map application: it essentially doubles as a Steve Jobs locator. No, it doesn't pinpoint his house, but his office. Or at least, it seems to show the Apple Campus at Infinite Loop in Cupertino.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:15Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35037704" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-06T10:39:34-07:00", "New Versions of Camino and NetNewsWire Roll Out" ; "On Tuesday, while Apple was busy releasing new MacBook Pros, two of my favorite Mac apps received substantial updates. Camino was bumped up to version 1.5 while NetNewsWire went to version 3.0. I'm positively smitten with both apps. Camino, the..." ; rss:description """

\"Picture_1\"

On Tuesday, while Apple was busy releasing new MacBook Pros, two of my favorite Mac apps received substantial updates. Camino was bumped up to version 1.5 while NetNewsWire went to version 3.0. I'm positively smitten with both apps. Camino, the mozilla browser written in Cocoa, is noticeably faster--and it already blazed--sports in-browser spell checking, and allows you to save sessions when you quit (so you can start up again with the same web pages you had open when you closed your browser). NetNewsWire added a bevy of new features as well, chief among them tighter Mac integration with Address Book, Spotlight, Growl, iCal, iPhoto and (unbelievably) Twitterific. I've been using both since yesterday, and am absolutely floored with how much faster each is. Go grab them.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:16Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34999322" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-05T22:35:03-07:00", "New MacBook Pro Unboxing and Screen Comparison" ; "What would an Apple product launch be without a ceremonial unboxing? Incomplete. GeekSugar grabbed a new LED-screened MacBook Pro this morning and have posted the full results in a gallery. My geek-lust is strong right now... (Thanks, Angelica!) Technorati Tags:..." ; rss:description """

\"New-Macbook-Pro.Preview\"

What would an Apple product launch be without a ceremonial unboxing? Incomplete. GeekSugar grabbed a new LED-screened MacBook Pro this morning and have posted the full results in a gallery. My geek-lust is strong right now...

(Thanks, Angelica!)

Technorati Tags: macbook pro, unboxing, Unpacking

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:17Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34979596" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-05T08:59:08-07:00", "Apple Announces New MacBook Pros" ; "As rumored, Apple updated the MacBook Pro line this morning to use the latest screaming processors up to 2.4 Ghz from Intel and a more powerful GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor. The 15.4-inch machines also use mercury-free LED backlit displays,..." ; rss:description """

\"Index

As rumored, Apple updated the MacBook Pro line this morning to use the latest screaming processors up to 2.4 Ghz from Intel and a more powerful GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor. The 15.4-inch machines also use mercury-free LED backlit displays, delivering on the announcement that Steve Jobs made in the company's environmental roadmap. Disappointing that the 17\" machine is still on LCD, according to the release, but this is a new technology. I can't wait to see how gorgeous the screens look up close. I might make it to an Apple Store this afternoon, so I'll keep you posted. Full details after the jump. They are immediately available.

Technorati Tags: apple, intel, macbook pro

From Apple's press release:

Pricing & Availability
The new MacBook Pro models are now shipping and will be available through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

The 2.2 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $1,999 (US), includes:

* 15.4-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1440-by-900 LCD display;
* 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
* 2GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 4GB;
* 120GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
* a slot-load 8x SuperDrive® with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
* NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
* DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately);
* built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* built-in AirPort Extreme® 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
* ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
* two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
* one audio line in and one headphone out port, each supporting optical digital audio;
* Scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard;
* the infrared Apple Remote; and
* 85 Watt Apple MagSafe Power Adapter.

The 2.4 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US), includes:

* 15.4-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1440-by-900 LCD display;
* 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
* 2GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 4GB;
* 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
* a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
* NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
* DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately);
* built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
* ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
* two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
* one audio line in and one headphone out port, each supporting optical digital audio;
* Scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard;
* the infrared Apple Remote; and
* 85 Watt Apple MagSafe Power Adapter.

The 2.4 GHz, 17-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $2,799 (US), includes:

* 17-inch widescreen 1680-by-1050 LCD display;
* 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
* 2GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 4GB;
* 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
* a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
* NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
* DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately);
* built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
* ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
* three USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
* one audio line in and one headphone out port, each supporting optical digital audio;
* Scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard;
* the infrared Apple Remote; and
* 85 Watt Apple MagSafe Power Adapter.

Additional build-to-order options for the MacBook Pro include the ability to upgrade to a 160GB (5400 rpm), 160GB (7200 rpm), 200GB (4200 rpm) or a 250GB (4200 rpm) hard drive, up to 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter, Apple USB Modem, glossy widescreen display, 17-inch 1920-by-1200 high-resolution display and the AppleCare Protection Plan. Additional build-to-order options also include pre-installed copies of iWork™ ‘06, Logic Express 7, Final Cut® Express HD 3.5 and Aperture™ 1.5.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:17Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34953066" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-04T17:16:48-07:00", "Laptop Mag Picks Tiger Over Vista" ; "The folks over at Laptop magazine ran a head-to-head competition with Mac OS X Tiger and Windows Vista. They compared the big tickets like interfaces, performance and security, along with several other interesting also-rans like widgets and search (which, as..." ; rss:description """

\"Vistamaci_2\"

The folks over at Laptop magazine ran a head-to-head competition with Mac OS X Tiger and Windows Vista. They compared the big tickets like interfaces, performance and security, along with several other interesting also-rans like widgets and search (which, as we approach terrabyte hard drives is probably becoming more of a big ticket item every year). We'll cut to the chase here: The Mac wins. Yet it's an interesting side-by-side comparison, especially given the surprising conclusions some of the ballot issues, such as media. It will be interesting to see what Leopard will bring to this matchup.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:18Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34926928" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-06-04T15:44:09-07:00", "iPhone Fan Ad Spoofs 2001 " ; "Apple rolled out its first iPhone ads over the weekend. They are, perhaps predictibly given the track record, cool and stunning. But just as good--well, maybe not just as good, but still damn good--is this new fan ad that parodies..." ; rss:description """

Apple rolled out its first iPhone ads over the weekend. They are, perhaps predictibly given the track record, cool and stunning. But just as good--well, maybe not just as good, but still damn good--is this new fan ad that parodies 2001 with an iPhone-as-monolith.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:18Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34900952" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-05-31T23:05:40-07:00", "Video: Steve and Bill On-Stage Together" ; "Miss yesterday's historic chat between Apple founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates? The whole thing is online and broken into 7 parts at the site for the D -- All Things Digital conference website. I have the remaining..." ; rss:description """

Miss yesterday's historic chat between Apple founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates? The whole thing is online and broken into 7 parts at the site for the D -- All Things Digital conference website. I have the remaining six parts after the Jump

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:19Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34744672" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-05-31T22:21:39-07:00", "Video: Steve Speaks at All Things Digital" ; "Miss Steve's talk with Walt Mossberg at yesterday's D -- All Things Digital conference? Now you can watch the direct-feed video, linked above. Just wait until he admits to reading Fake Steve. Priceless. read the transcript of him admitting to..." ; rss:description """

Miss Steve's talk with Walt Mossberg at yesterday's D -- All Things Digital conference? Now you can watch the direct-feed video, linked above. Just wait until he admits to reading Fake Steve. Priceless. read the transcript of him admitting to reading Fake Steve while watching the video and imagine what it might sound like. (That'll teach me to read the whole video first...)

Via Digg.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:19Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34744162" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-05-31T22:15:17-07:00", "Rumor: New MacBook Pros on Tuesday, June 5" ; "One of the most interesting side effects of Apple's switch to Intel chips for its computers is that it is now always possible to tell when Apple's hardware isn't keeping pace with the rest of the market. Take, for example,..." ; rss:description """

\"Sf_centr\"

One of the most interesting side effects of Apple's switch to Intel chips for its computers is that it is now always possible to tell when Apple's hardware isn't keeping pace with the rest of the market. Take, for example, Santa Rosa, Intel's newest laptop architecture featuring rev'd Core2 Duo processors. PC-makers started releasing gear based on the high-performance technology on May 9, and Apple still hasn't rolled out new machines.

People have been speculating all along that Apple would hold off updated computers until June 11, the beginning of the Worldwide Developers Conference, but now MacRumors suggests we might want to look at next Tuesday, June 5. Let's look at the facts:

  1. New MacBook Pros are likely to use the existing case and not innovate beyond updated chips, which isn't the sexiest Steve keynote launch.
  2. It is a Tuesday. Apple loves Tuesdays!

My name is Pete, and I approve this rumor. It also implies we might get the major iMac update at the WWDC keynote. That could really be something to see.

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:20Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34744076" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-05-30T21:35:01-07:00", "Apple Rolls Out iTunes Plus, 160GB AppleTV, YouTube on AppleTV" ; "Apple dropped a few lovely and unexpected tidbits in addition to the already anticipated iTunes Plus DRM-free music downloads. Specifically, Apple's new \"hobby,\" the AppleTV, will soon have direct YouTube support, and an build-to-order option to quadruple the device's capacity..." ; rss:description """

\"Youtubeappletv\"

Apple dropped a few lovely and unexpected tidbits in addition to the already anticipated iTunes Plus DRM-free music downloads. Specifically, Apple's new \"hobby,\" the AppleTV, will soon have direct YouTube support, and an build-to-order option to quadruple the device's capacity to 160GB will roll out soon, for $100 extra. It's still not a DVR out of the box, but this thing is getting very capable very fast...

iTunes Plus, meanwhile, includes the ability to buy-upgrade (\"bupgrade?\") any iTunes Store song you already own without copy-protection and a higher bit-rate for 30 cents per song. I must admit, I'd be moving what few iTS songs I have to the superior format, but none of the songs I have are in the first bunch of iT+ selections. Anyone making the move?

Technorati Tags: appleTV, itunes, itunes plus, youtube

""" ; atom:updated "2007-11-14T15:30:20Z" ; atom:link , , ; rss:link "tag:typepad.com,2003:post-34702746" ; a rss:item . rss:title "2007-05-30T20:32:27-07:00", "Steve and Bill Reminisce, Mock Gil Amelio" ; "Today's D: All Things Digital conference has been quite interesting, from the introduction of Palm's ludicrous Foleo device to Microsoft's over-the-top (literally) Surface computing initiative and Apple's more modest but interesting announcements of YouTube for AppleTV, iTunes Plus and the..." ; rss:description """