Category: Technology

  • Daring Fireball on Microsoft’s crisis of confidence

    Another good article by John Gruber: this time he compares Apple’s current situation with Microsoft’s ongoing crisis of confidence. A few months back I wrote a piece for PC Plus about Microsoft, and concluded that Microsoft’s biggest enemy wasn’t Apple, Google or Linux; Microsoft’s biggest enemy, I reckoned, was Microsoft itself. It seems Gruber is…

  • Apple can’t decide what constitutes “legitimate journalism”

    Interesting court verdict in the US: a California appeals court decided against Apple today in the company’s bid to force bloggers to turn over sources who leaked information about the Apple product codenamed “Asteroid”… the appeals court roundly rejected [Apple’s] notions as contrary to California’s reporter’s shield law and the state Constitution, effectively stating that…

  • You need to buy a new iPod at least once a year

    So says Steve Jobs, although he didn’t mean iPod replacement due to faulty kit and what looks like Apple UK’s ridiculous interpretation of the sale of goods act. It doesn’t matter that iPod lovers can spend up to £300 on their gizmo. Apple operates on the basis that the iPod life expectancy is a year,…

  • Sony needs a Wii

    Both Sony and Nintendo have announced the price of their forthcoming games consoles: the PS3 will be a “Holy crap! You’re kidding!” £425, while the Wii will cost $249 in the US (so I’d assume well under £200 over here). Meanwhile Xbox 360s are currently selling at £279 for the premium system and £209 for…

  • Yes, I am hopelessly immature

    Best headline ever, via TechCrunch: Jobster To Acquire (two month old) Jobby

  • High definition TV sucks

    So says Mr Biffo, anyway. Is a slight improvement in picture quality worth the extra cash and the hassle of a constantly crashing Sky HD box? If my sense of deflation could be measured in cows, it would be forty eight cows strong.

  • The best/worst virus in the world, ever

    A terrifying new virus is sweeping the Internet, according to Sophos: Experts at SophosLabsâ„¢, Sophos’s global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have discovered a worm that attempts to send a photograph of an owl to attached network printers. The picture it prints (see link) made me laugh like a drain.

  • MySpace: full of crap

    I haven’t linked to anyone slagging off MySpace for a while, so here’s a new one (some language NSFW). It’s long, frequently funny and gets extra bonus points for printing a pic of a Goth with the caption “I’m so goth, I shit bats”. But there are some serious/scary points in there too: Before TV,…

  • Engadget’s looking for writers…

    …and yes, it’s a paid gig. The site’s looking for an afternoon/evening editor, night time editor and weekend editor for the main site, a morning and afternoon editor for the Mobile site, an HDTV expert and a podcast producer. Interested? Here’s what you need to do.

  • The new MacBooks

    It’s not a surprise that Apple’s replaced the iBook with the MacBook, but what is surprising is that they support external monitors both for mirroring and for extended desktops. In other words, you can use a MacBook as part of a twin-screen setup (albeit without much graphics horsepower: the MacBooks have on-board graphics). Prices start…