James Duncan Davidson > Aperture 2.0 Quick Impressions:
“It’s now been just over a week since Aperture 2 showed up and I’ve been poking about all of its corners and learning what it has in store. Along the way, I’ve been keeping some notes. Here they are in a rather loosely structured form. Obviously, since I’ve [...]
HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many major and exciting changes—including full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware. Mac users take note: this release is only compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, 10.5.
Maybe it’s time I wrap this work project up and upgrade my MacBook Pro to 10.5…
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Woa! MSDN Limited-Edition Developer Action Figures? I don’t know what to say, really…
Windows Vista Sensei? Office Master? Super Gal? Virtual Labs Guy? SQL Server Gal? Visual Studio Guy? MSDN Webcast Guy?
Come on! They look like bad Chinese fake Lego minifigs, and even my 5-year old son finds them ugly.
The worst? It feels Zune-cool…(Via Daring Fireball.)
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MS showcases Red Ring of Death Xbox 360 at expo:
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Microsoft executives will be a little red-faced today after an Xbox 360 on display at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco contracted the infamous ‘Red Ring of Death’ disease.…
“It” happens around 11″…
(Via The Register.)
Well, that reminds me of this.
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When is ‘unique’ too unique? Early in 2006, Apple decided for us with the introduction of Intel hardware. Until then, Apple users rode on the fact that their computers used ‘unique’ hardware, ran ‘unique’ software, thus making users ‘unique’. When Apple removed one side of this exclusive triangle with the introduction of Intel, some users [...]
So it seems that HD-DVD is going the way of the dinosaurs.
The Joy of Tech sums it perfectly.
Let’s do a quick recap… A few years ago, there were two incompatible formats for HD discs: the Sony-backed Blu-ray Disc and the Toshiba/Microsoft-backed HD-DVD. Blu-ray had for it a larger maximum storage (up to 50GB) and a [...]
FT.com / In depth - Google homes in on revenues from phones:
“Google on Wednesday said it had seen 50 times more searches on Apple‘s iPhone than any other mobile handset, adding weight to the group’s confidence at being able to generate significant revenues from the mobile internet.”
(Via Daring Fireball.)
Mind you, the iPhone uses Google by [...]
Xbox 360 console failure rate forecast at 16.4% | Reg Hardware:
“Your Xbox 360 has a 16.4 per cent chance of breaking down, according to an analysis of the Microsoft console’s failure rates by an electronics warranty trading firm.”
Wow, this is pretty bad as far as reliability goes. Apparently, this is related to overheating in early [...]