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iPhone - Time Invention of the Year
11/04/07 05:26 PM
I know what you are thinking.... Time has drunk the
Apple iPhone kook-aid. Read the article before you
make your decision. I think Time makes some very
good points and while I don't know if it should be
the invention of the year, only because I don't
follow enough of the invention tech news to say, I
do believe it has to be at the very least one of
the inventions of the year. If you just want to
talk about inventions with presense, then yep the
iPhone wins hands down.
Read the article, and decide!
Read the article, and decide!
Time: iPhone Invention of the Year
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Leopard Release News & Reviews
10/28/07 07:35 AM
The reviews are in, and they are pretty good. Not
as much news coverage as I expected, but from what
I am reading the major news outlets, but general
and industry specific seem to think that Apple has
released a solid product that offers most users
enough reason to at least consider purchasing the
upgrade. This is in stark contrast to Windows Vista
reviews, both upon original release and even today.
Time Machine is what most reviews are discussing, along with the visual tweaks. Spaces also gets some coverage; but what everyone mentions is the price $129, and most compare that to the Vista price; which for all the bells and whistles is significantly more and comes in a multitude of flavors with upgrade & full installs for each. If anything, Apple is about keeping it simple.
Time Machine is what most reviews are discussing, along with the visual tweaks. Spaces also gets some coverage; but what everyone mentions is the price $129, and most compare that to the Vista price; which for all the bells and whistles is significantly more and comes in a multitude of flavors with upgrade & full installs for each. If anything, Apple is about keeping it simple.
- ABC News
- MSNBC
- Macworld
- PCWorld
- The Guardian
- The New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- USA Today
- PC Magazine (Initial Review, Full Review Coming)
- ars technica (Really Long and Very Detailed Review)
- CNET (Includes Video First Look)
1991 Gulf War Begins - Back to the Days of Radio
09/03/07 08:40 PM
Tonight I am watching a movie I've seen several
times before, but am always amazed by, Live From Bagdad. It
tells the story of the news men and women that
were in Iraq in the days leading up to and
during the first hours of the Gulf War in 1991.
The story is told from the point of view of the
CNN on-location producer Robert Wiener. At the
time CNN was the first and only 24 hours news
network, but hadn't yet made a serious name for
itself. The Gulf War changed all that in one
shocking, brilliant moment as the skys lit up
over Bagdad and CNN had the only secured live
feed back to the west.
At around 2:30 am on January 15th the bombs started dropping on Iraq and CNN went live. Bernard Shaw, Peter Arnett & John Holliman began non-stop broadcasting describing the events unfolding as best they could for an audience that could only hear the bombs and the anti-aircraft guns in the distance. The broadcast was picked-up by all the major networks of the United States and around the world. These three men from CNN had a birds eye view of bombs dropping from the sky, and had the eloquence to describe the event. Not since the radio days of World War II were American audiences so captivated by radio style news broadcasting. From 2 am to 5 am, CNN ruled the kingdom of news. It would catapult them into the stratosphere, and give them the power to stay on top of the news business for many years and create a viable business model for 24 hour news. Today, we all expect our news anytime day or night; back then it was dinner time.
It is an interesting contrast to the start of the second Gulf War. With satellite phones and video phones, the press better prepared; no single network was able to take the day the way CNN was able to do in 1991. No network probably ever will have such great luck of timing and perseverance again, at least no in my lifetime.
Below is first few minutes of Bernard Shaws history making broadcast:
At around 2:30 am on January 15th the bombs started dropping on Iraq and CNN went live. Bernard Shaw, Peter Arnett & John Holliman began non-stop broadcasting describing the events unfolding as best they could for an audience that could only hear the bombs and the anti-aircraft guns in the distance. The broadcast was picked-up by all the major networks of the United States and around the world. These three men from CNN had a birds eye view of bombs dropping from the sky, and had the eloquence to describe the event. Not since the radio days of World War II were American audiences so captivated by radio style news broadcasting. From 2 am to 5 am, CNN ruled the kingdom of news. It would catapult them into the stratosphere, and give them the power to stay on top of the news business for many years and create a viable business model for 24 hour news. Today, we all expect our news anytime day or night; back then it was dinner time.
It is an interesting contrast to the start of the second Gulf War. With satellite phones and video phones, the press better prepared; no single network was able to take the day the way CNN was able to do in 1991. No network probably ever will have such great luck of timing and perseverance again, at least no in my lifetime.
Below is first few minutes of Bernard Shaws history making broadcast:
Of All The Idiotic Decisions...
08/31/07 10:15 PM
NBC Universal, owners of NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, USA
Networks, SciFi Channel and so much more has made a
milestone decision; to push Apple towards
increasing the cost of TV episodes sold on Apple's
iTunes Store. Currently a TV episode costs $1.99;
according to news reports the cost would have gone
up to $4.99, a $3.00 increase. It doesn't take a
rocket scientist to realize that NBC's suggested
pricing is beyond stupid. While I am more than
willing to plop down $2 to watch a missed TV
episode that my DVR didn't record or that I might
just be interested in seeing; $5 is just too high.
I expected to see TV prices eventually drop a
little as the service became more popular,
especially when one realizes they aren't HD nor do
they have 5.1 sound.
Apparently though NBC didn't see it that way. I guess since they made up about 30% of the content on iTunes they could dictate terms. Apple apparently wasn't willing to listen. Not only have they ended negotiations, but even though their contract with NBC goes until December 31st, 2007 Apple has decided that they will not make any of the 2007 NBC series available on iTunes. Their decision seems like a smart one from their point of view. If they offer the 2007 shows, mid season they would have to pull them all. That would create confusion and some very bad blood for Apple. Click Here to Read More...
Apparently though NBC didn't see it that way. I guess since they made up about 30% of the content on iTunes they could dictate terms. Apple apparently wasn't willing to listen. Not only have they ended negotiations, but even though their contract with NBC goes until December 31st, 2007 Apple has decided that they will not make any of the 2007 NBC series available on iTunes. Their decision seems like a smart one from their point of view. If they offer the 2007 shows, mid season they would have to pull them all. That would create confusion and some very bad blood for Apple. Click Here to Read More...