Archive | May, 2010
So much for Ballmer at WWDC
Microsoft’s official Twitter feed reads: Steve Ballmer not speaking at Apple Dev Conf. Nor appearing on Dancing with the Stars. Nor riding in the Belmont. Just FYI. As if Jobs would ever share the stage with Ballmer at an Apple event. I think you can officially classify “analyst” Trip Chowdhry as a moron. And with […]
Continue reading...Attention Photoshop 5 Nerds: Hilarious Content Aware Fill Parody [Video]
27. May 2010
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Remember that awesome demo of the Content-Aware Fill feature on Photoshop 5? Well this spoof is arguably even better.
Continue reading...The real reason behind Robbie Bach’s departure?
27. May 2010
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Horace Dediu writes: Bach lost a key account; in fact, he could be responsible for having lost the biggest account that Microsoft ever had. Ballmer is a sales guy and he knows the importance of these relationships. A customer like HP must be managed carefully and their strategy must be steered to fit with yours. […]
Continue reading...Time Warner and NBC Universal not willing to give up Flash
27. May 2010
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The NY Post reports: Sources said several large media companies, including Time Warner and NBC Universal, told Apple they won’t retool their extensive video libraries to accommodate the iPad, arguing that such a reformatting would be expensive and not worth it because Flash dominates the Web. Though the iPad has been a huge hit, media […]
Continue reading...Tales of the Absurd? Analyst claims Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to present at WWDC
27. May 2010
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Barron’s reports: Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with tiny Global Equities Research, contends that 7 minutes of the June 7 keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been blocked off for a presentation by Microsoft to talk about Visual Studio 2010, the company’s suite of development tools. Chowdhry says the new version of VS will allow developers to write native […]
Continue reading...Shakeup in Redmond – Robbie Bach and J Allard leave Microsoft’s Entertainment Division
27. May 2010
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In a big shakeup at Microsoft, it was announced earlier this week that both Robbie Bach and J Allard will be leaving the company. Bach and Allard were executives and two of the founding fathers of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division. Bach was president of the division while Allard headed up design and development. Microsoft’s sole […]
Continue reading...Apple began work on iPhone 4G in 2008, has next-gen iPhone 3GS on standby in case 4G problems arise
26. May 2010
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DigiTimes has a fascinating Q&A with one of its own research analyts who reveals that Apple had another iPhone 4G model floating around that differed from the leaked model famously showcased on Gizmodo a few weeks back. The leaked iPhone 4G had a tag that said “N90,” which is the internal development codename for the iPhone […]
Continue reading...Analyst says iPad production could hit 2.5 million units a month
26. May 2010
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Barron’s reports: Sterne Agee analyst Vijay Rakesh writes this morning that his checks with the company’s supply chain finds that the company has been been producing the tablet at a rate of 1 million to 1.5 million units a month – higher than most estimates – and that production could crank up to 2.5 million […]
Continue reading...Report: AT&T confirms to employees iPhone launch in June
26. May 2010
Not terribly shocking news, but BGR is reporting that AT&T has officially confirmed with employees that Apple’s next-gen iPhone will launch in June. BGR also adds in that the phone will be available for purchase before late June. Whispers from back in April hinted at a June 22 launch, but we’ll just have to wait […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs circa 2005 on the success of the iPod and Apple’s DNA
26. May 2010
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By 2005, Apple’s transformation under Steve Jobs was a complete and undeniable success. In less than 10 years, Apple went from being on the verge of collapse to a consumer electronics powerhouse riding high on the success of the iPod. In 2005, Fortune’s Brent Schlender interviewed Jobs and asked about Apple’s newfound role as a […]
Continue reading...Apple issues statement regarding Foxconn suicides
26. May 2010
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Hon Hai, more popularly known as Foxconn here in the US, has been in the news of late due to a string of employee suicides and suicide attempts over the past year. In the last 5 months alone, there have been 8 successful suicides attempts. Commenting on the matter, Apple spokesman Steve Dowling stated: We […]
Continue reading...Half-Life 2 hits the Mac TODAY
26. May 2010
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The previously PC-only shoot ’em up Half-Life 2 will finally land on the Mac via the newly released Steam platform on Wednesday. In honor of this momentous occasion, Valve released a video paying homage to Apple’s legendary “1984” commercial.
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27. May 2010
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