Posts made in June, 2005
Considering the Macintel Alliance – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/16/technology/circuits/16POGUE-EMAIL.html
From the page: “Running both operating systems on a single machine will be a distinct advantage for Mac buyers–a key attraction of new-age Macs that no other company will be able to offer. You’ll have the software libraries of both platforms available to you: the slick convenience of Apple’s photo, video and music software, plus the vast catalogs of special-purpose programs for Windows.”
Read MoreComputer Shopper
http://www.computershopper.co.uk/?news/news_story.php?id=73713
From the page “This would mean a standard desktop 3.5in drive could store 2 Terabytes of information, a 2.5in laptop drive could touch 500GB, and a 1in drive for PDAs and music players could hold 50GB.”
Read MoreForbidden sites hijacked all over China
http://www.dit-inc.us/report/hj.htm
Interesting reading about what China is doing to control its peoples access to information
Read MoreI, Cringely . The Pulpit . Inflection Point | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050512.html
From the page: “At that point, you’ll buy your PC from Google, use Google as your ISP, surf an Internet that is really the Google cache, be fed ads and sold content from Google servers. Its a GoogleWorld that requires no AOL, no Microsoft, no Intel, no HP or Dell — only Google, cable companies, telephone companies, users, and of course advertisers and web page producers.
There is no going back.”
Read MoreI, Cringely . The Pulpit . Going for Broke | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050609.html
From the page: “That’s the story as I see it unfolding. Steve Jobs finally beats Bill Gates. And with the sale of Apple to Intel, Steve accepts the position of CEO of the Pixar/Disney/Sony Media Company.”
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