This is the first time in years that I am not at MacWorld, this sucks! I'm
betting on a complete line of Intels PowerBooks (a Micro would be
great), and 34", 42", and 50" plasma's from Apple with built in Mac
Mini's, AirPort, HDMI, etc.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
One Cable to Rule Them All.
One connection for all device mania has hit, and it's about damned time!
Today's breaking news is that a beavy of computer industry heavyweights want to create a new device connection between your monitor and computer called the unified display interface or UDI, by Q1 2006. This interface will not only be used for computers but also for consumer entertainment electronics unifying the two, seperated at birth, industries. UDI will be backwards compatible with DVI, and looking forward, will be compatable with HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), the standard digital interface for High Definition TVs (HDTVs). Sadly, UDI will also use High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), a technology used today in HDMI-compatible products to prevent copying media to other devices.
Industry heavyweights involved in the movement to create this new interface (folks, it's just a new fangled cable) include: Apple, Intel Corp., LG Electronics, National Semiconductor Corp., Samsung Electronics and Silicon Image Inc., NVIDIA Corp., THine Electronics Inc., FCI, Foxconn Electronics Inc. and JAE Electronics Inc.. You can read the entire press release at eHome Upgrade.
Although this sounds to be an improvements, we already have a tangle of cords hidden behind our desks to deal with today. Lets take a look at a short and incomplete list, video (DVI/VGA), sound, three variations of USB, two variations of FireWire, our ancient standard power cord, ethernet, and now the Computer/Entertainment industry wishes to add another cable... whew, it almost makes a tech geek like me want to run and hide. I hope that this new cable standard will carry sound, USB and FireWire to the monitor, so that the snarl of cords really does get tempered.
This news follows closely on the heals of South Korean cell phone manufacturer's initiative aimed at creating one cable for all cell phones, making it easier for consumers to utilize their devices, and increasing the sales of cell phone accessories. You can read more about this development at engadget.com.
One Cable to Rule Them All.
One Cable to Find Them,
One Cable to Bring Them All
And in the Darkness Bind Them!
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Apple Breaking News (again...)
Today, Apple announced a slew of new and upgraded products:
New/Uprgaded PowerBooks
15" & 17" - Bumped up screen resolutions 1440x960 / 1660 x 105022% greater battery life
SuperDrives for everyone
New PowerMacs
Dual-core PowerPC processors in addition to a new system architecture that supports 16GB of 533MHz DDR2 RAM1 terabyte (TB) of internal Serial ATA (SATA) storage
PCI Express (PCIe) expansion slots
Four new graphics options for the refreshed Power Mac G5 line
PowerMac G5 Quad, essentially four G5's stuffed in a box
Eight floating point unitsFour velocity engines
Four 1MB Level 2 caches and is capable of processing 76.6 gigaflops
Power Mac G5 Pricing:
Single-processor, dual-core configuration clocked at 2.0GHz for $1,999.00
2.3GHz dual-core system costs $2,499.00
“Quad” dual-processor, dual-core system starts at $3,299.00
Cinema HD Displays
Apple reduced the pricing on its 23-inch ($1499.00) and 30-inch ($2999.00) CInema HD Displays by $200.00 and $400.00 respectivley.
More info at Apple.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Office v.12000 (or something like that...)
Slashdot is carrying a link to what appears to be screenshots from The Programmers Developer Conference (PDC). Apparently, Microsoft is again trying to emulate Apple, with interface tweaks that resemble OS X implementations, come on guys get your own look and feel.
Screenshots of Office 12 at xBetas
