Ok. Apple is one of my favorite companies. But why in the world would are we hearing about two really draconian moves this week. First, the suit against ThinkSecret. Now, Macintouch is reporting that Steve Jobs Macworld SF keynote will not be webcast, nor will it be uplinked to a satellite feed. Here at CNN, our incoming routers always carried the keynote, and you could always count on the Mac geeks around here (including myself) to be found glued to the TVs at their desks for the duration. I don’t get it.
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Diebold Voting
Ah, the internet is such a great source for these parodies. Here’s one ironic look at a mythical Florida voting machine.
Link to video here (Quicktime)
Leaky Apple
As widely reported today, Apple is suing Mac-rumors web site ThinkSecret.com specifically mentioning published articles on the headless iMac and the iWork office suite.
Aside from adding tremendous street cred to ThinkSecret and the likelihood that these rumors are true (heck, even Reuters ran a story on the headless Mac), it seems odd that Apple would get so ramped up about products which will be publicly announced soon. As a big Mac fan, new product rumor mongering is a favorite pastime, and it seems draconian to be coming down on TS. Curious to see what happens next…
Swimsuit Post #2
Okay. This might be considered overkill in some circles to have two stories about the SI Swimsuit Issue. But I wanted to brag on my friend Chris Gibbons excellent Flash design for a project that launched today to promote the joint Sports Illustrated/NBC effort to find the next SI Swimsuit Model. A project I was involved with last year, this time around, it’s been expanded to include a six-part reality series (Wendesdays 8/7 on NBC). Viewers will vote to choose between the last two finalists in a later episode. The Flash treatment here is very slick. And the material isn’t too bad either.