Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category
Friday, June 13th, 2008
It looks like Apple has fixed my only real usability complaint with the iPhone. The password prompt was difficult to use because it was hard to tell if you'd pressed the correct key.
In this screenshot from the WWDC 2008 keynote, notice how the last character entered is shown in ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
When Greg Brown was CEO of Micromuse, the stock was tanking, layoffs were a quarterly occurrence, and he once famously said that $1500 would barely cover the cost of his shoes. Even the other fat cats in the room thought that was excessive.
Now Greg Brown is running Motorola, and ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
From cosumerist.com
>Microsoft Has No Answer For Their Broken XBOX Live DRM [Drm]
>Reader Kevin's XBOX 360 suffered the usual Red Ring of Death, so he sent it in to be repaired. He got back a different XBOX 360 with a different serial number. That would be no big deal, except Kevin ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
It's a shame that Yahoo has just agreed to support OpenID only days before Microsoft announces they want to by them.
I'd love to use OpenID with my account, but I won't go near anything from Microsoft...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
According to reports, Apple is planning on offering movie rentals via iTunes. Apparently, these will be $3.99 for 24 hours.
What a crock.
Apple seems to forget that the 90s are over. Selling a rental for a specific time, downloaded or not, is competing with video tapes and Blockbuster. Who ...
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