Archive for August, 2008

STEVE JOBS IS NOT DEAD

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Just thought I’d clear that up. Apparently, some dork at Bloomberg pushed the template for Mr. Jobs’ obit after updating the file. This is a common practice among news agencies. They prep an obit for famous people so they are prepared when it happens, and it will happen. This is just a monumental screw up. [...]

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Dell Pits Zing Acquisition Against Apple

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Dell is planning things in the mobile audio device space again, and this time its apparently called Zing, an acquisition Dell made earlier this year. Word is that Dell will not make the Microsoft mistake and lump in with PlaysForSure, but will instead build a new digital media network. Dell’s aim is to bring a [...]

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A Stylus For The iPhone

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TUAW turned me on to this one. Apparently this Japanese company came up with a stylus which actually works with the iPhone. Since the iPhone’s touchscreen was designed to work with living fingers, the stylus had to be designed to mimic a living finger, which this one seems to do. Its soft and pliable and [...]

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Pocketables Reviews Willcom D4

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If you’ve been drooling over the Vista-capable, pocket fitting, slider having, keyboard sporting, 1Seg TV tuner jamming Willcom D4 personal MIDtop PC (also known as the Sharp WS016SH), Jenn Lee over at Pocketables has a very, very complete review of one. Aside from the fact that Vista is a productivity sapper and 1Seg doesn’t work [...]

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