Apple has just released their new iPod lineup for fall 2008, and have posted their keynote online. Jobs and crew have really done good this year. New Nanos starting at $150 (they are crazy thin, and come is some real slick colors); a $250 120GB Classic; thinner iPod Touches starting at $229, with a few hardware and software changes (and the 2.1 software update is free for older Touches running 2.0 firmware).
The MacBook Air is a totally amazing computer. Not only is it small, it’s feature set is amazing. Look at this comparision.
“Over the past decade it has become increasingly obvious that countless web users are misrepresenting themselves by typing LOL (or “lolling” as it has come to be called) when they are NOT actually laughing out loud.” - NoMoreLOL.com. All I can say is WTH. Or maybe I should say LOL.
This is why Network Neutrality is important.
MicroYahoo Part II: It’s really going to happen. Microsoft has made a $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for Yahoo!, a total of $31 per share.
Frozen Grand Central - “On a cold Saturday in New York City, the world’s largest train station came to a sudden halt. Over 200 Improv Everywhere Agents froze in place at the exact same second for five minutes in the Main Concourse of Grand Central Station.”
If you live in Italy, you can legally pirate music. A new copyright law passed legalizes P2P music downloading of any “degraded” music. That basically means anything in MP3 format.
Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg sums-up the MacBook air: “If you value thinness, and a large screen and keyboard in a subnotebook, and don’t watch DVDs on planes or require spare batteries, the MacBook Air might be just the ticket. But if you rely on spare batteries, expect the usual array of ports, or like to play DVDs on planes, this isn’t the computer to buy.”
This clever Apple ad was spotted on NYTimes.com recently. I wonder how they managed to synchronize the two Flash banners…
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