Tag Archives: technology

Steve Jobs: Flash Is Evil

Apple guru Steve Jobs today issued a denouncement of Adobe’s popular Flash technology. Apple has been widely criticized because the iPad does not support Flash. Jobs’ list of complaints about Flash is quite long and concludes with this: Besides the fact that Flash is closed and proprietary, has major technical drawbacks, and doesn’t support touch based devices, there is an …

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HP Buys Palm For $1B

Hewlett-Packard has bought struggling smart phone supplier Palm for $1 billion. The companies announced Wednesday that the deal will see HP pay $5.70 for every Palm common share. Palm had closed trading Wednesday at $4.63 but traded as high as $18.09 in the past 52 weeks. When debt is included, the deal values Palm at $1.2 billion. The transaction is …

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Apple’s Revenge: Cops Raid Blogger’s Home Over iPhone Prototype Story

California police raided the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen on Friday after the tech blogger posted a story about the next generation iPhone. Chen had paid a source $5000 for the phone after it was accidentally left in a bar by an Apple researcher. Gizmodo.com editor Jason Chen came home Friday to find cops in his house, looking for …

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The iPad DJ

JMG reader Mikey tips us to this gal who says she’s the world’s first iPad DJ. (This might be interesting to clubheads and fanboys only.) Jump ahead to the 10:00 mark for a demo of Daft Punk’s amusing iDaft program. I still miss vinyl.

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Where The Fanboys Live

According to a survey of the 206 top metropolitan areas in the U.S., the #1 market for owning any Apple product is, surprise, the Bay Area. Fortune reports: In a report issued Friday, Experian Simmons surveyed 206 so-called DMAs (designated market areas, or what we used to call “cities”) and identified those that have the highest concentration of Apple (AAPL) …

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Want

Here’s how they did it. (Via – Andrew Sullivan)

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Ipad Banned In Israel

The Israeli government has banned Apple’s iPad, saying its wireless signal is too strong and could interfere with devices that operate at a lower power. The Ministry of Communications said the ban was instituted earlier this week because the iPad’s Wi-Fi wireless technology was built to the U.S. standard, which allows stronger signals than those allowed in Europe and Israel. …

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The Next Step In Internet Lovin’

You just know the internet porn industry has got their eyes on this one. Hong Kong scientists have developed a robotic hand that allows people talking over the web to experience the sensation of touching each other — even feeling the strength of a handshake. The cyber hand can grip and shake as well as make the signs for OK …

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MASS: iPhone App For Gay Tourism

Heralding it as the first of its kind, the state of Massachusetts has launched an iPhone application for gay tourists. “From restaurants to lodging to attractions, this iPhone app gives travelers an easy way to plan a trip and experience the Commonwealth.” The app can be downloaded on iTunes and at the above link. Below is the list of functions. …

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The Internet Is Forever

JMG reader Birdie tips us to the below clip about a company that will administer your internet presence after your death, allowing you to direct your survivors on how to handle your profiles, blogs, and emails. Family and friends would likely want to hold on to some of your digital life as treasured keepsakes, but you probably have a few …

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Will The iPad Save Print?

A few fanboys have been lined up outside Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue store for days already, but the scene isn’t remotely like for the iPhone launch as only those with pre-orders will get their machine tomorrow. But some folks like to be FIRST! as YouTube tells us every day. Apple expects to sell 7 million units this year and are forecasting …

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Lou Reed Has An iPhone App

LouZoom enlarges your contact list. Meh. I’d rather have an app from his girlfriend, Laurie. One that told us when the sun was coming up like a big bald head. (Via – Gothamist)

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Invention Of The Year

Yup, we all should have thought of this.

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The Noun That Became A Verb

Here’s a clip tracking the various industries currently being invaded by Google. Could you get through a day without using at least one Google product? I couldn’t. It’s a bit scary. I can’t think of one other company in the same position.

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The New Dork State Of Mind

Here’s a very well done send-up of Alicia Keys & Jay-Z’s Empire State Of Mind, put to the theme of social media trends.

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The First iPad Ad

I think this debuted during the Oscars. Want one?

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Pay As You Throw

Millions of microchips have been installed in British home waste receptacles in a program to charge customers based on how much garbage they create. A pro-privacy group warns in a new report that more than 2.6 million of the chips have been surreptitiously installed in what is seen as a first step toward charging those who toss too much. Proponents …

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Nothing Is As It Seems

Even the most mundane TV and movie shots are now done with green screens.

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The Teacher Is Watching

A class action suit has been filed against a Pennsylvania school district for distributing laptop computers to its students and then remote accessing their webcams to spy on their home lives. According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams …

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Where Microsoft Makes Its Profits

The company’s online division, including its widely ignored search engine Bing, is losing about $2B annually. And let’s not even talk about the Zune. It’s all about Office. Still.

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