Tag Archives: Mac

$50 iBooks cause stampede!

Posted on August 16, 2005 by jetrotz

Yes, there really was a stampede. No one was seriously injured, but this morning’s $50 iBook sale was an insane mob scene by all accounts. Lines of parked cars started to form around 1:30am and by 7:00am, when the sale … Continue reading →

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iChatAV on CNN’s Situation Room

Posted on August 9, 2005 by jetrotz

You go Wolf! On the debut of Wolf Blitzer’s new show yesterday, our favorite blog reporters Jacki Schechner and Abbi Tatton held a webcam interview with Joichi Ito, who then wrote about the interview on his blog. Joichi explains that … Continue reading →

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iPod My Baby

Posted on August 3, 2005 by jetrotz

And I quote: Because the only thing cuter than a baby, is an iPodified baby. What that really means is unknown to yours truly, but it sure is an interesting concept. $15.95 from iPodMyBaby.com. Does anyone expect Apple’s lawyers to … Continue reading →

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The Mighty Mouse Roars

Posted on August 2, 2005 by jetrotz

After 21 years of denial, the Mighty Mouse roars. I can just hear Steve Jobs to his product dev team – “Bring me a two-button mouse – with no buttons! Forget about that VideoPod you’ve been working on!”

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Konfabulator Kraziness

Posted on July 25, 2005 by jetrotz

Yahoo has added another one of my favorite sites to their service – first Flickr, now they have announced the acquisition of Konfabulator. And best of all – it’s now FREE! Konfabulator is a Windows/Mac tool to allow users to … Continue reading →

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Mintel, Anyone?

Posted on June 6, 2005 by jetrotz

Is it particularly chilly in hell today? At the Apple WorldWide Developers Conference in San Francisco this morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a plan to completely migrate from Motorola PowerPC processors to Intel CPUs by 2007. MacWorld has a … Continue reading →

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Tiger Geekery

Posted on April 24, 2005 by jetrotz

Apple’s new OS, codename Tiger, ships this coming Friday. I’ve seen it in action here and there, and word is that it’s a tremendous improvement. It includes features for my Mom (ie – visually impaired assistance improvements). But this recap … Continue reading →

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Apple Store Coming to Rochester

Posted on April 7, 2005 by jetrotz

From today’s Democrat & Chronicle: Apple Computer Inc. is to open its first Rochester-area store this summer at Eastview Mall. The Apple Store will take over the 3,600-square-foot space occupied by B. Dalton Books, which is closing, said Dennis Wilmot, … Continue reading →

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First Look – the iPod Phone from Motorola

Posted on April 1, 2005 by jetrotz

The long rumored iPhone, born out of a relationship between Motorola and Apple, has finally been leaked. Insider The Mobile Music Blog has details plus pics. It’s so simple, it’s a wonder they’ve waited so long to finally get this … Continue reading →

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Future of Mac

Posted on March 30, 2005 by jetrotz

The mainstream media rarely dives this far into speculation about our favorite computer manufacturer, so this is something of a treat. Business 2.0 has a long feature story on the past, present and mostly the future of Apple. The story … Continue reading →

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