Articles in the Computing Category

Pixar CARS 2 Sequel: Rumors, Rumors, Rumors
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Posted in Computing, Film, Financial, Marketing, Media, Toys on 15 August 2007
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According to JV Pixar News, there are rumors of a CARS 2 sequel already in the planning stages. But Pixar said they hated sequels: True, but that was because when they signed their distro deal with Disney, they didn’t realize Toy Story 2 didn’t count in that tally – that they needed a total of […]

Sorry, the ‘Intel Sticker Guy’ Question is Idiotic …
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Media, Retail on 13 August 2007
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Alright, idiotic might be a bit harsh but for someone who alledgely has business reporting & technology reporting experience, however, the dumb question he posed shows an appalling lack of knowledge of not just Apple Computers but the concepts behind branding AND the history of the personal computer market since the 1990’s. In case you […]

End of Days: Mom & Pop Apple Mac Indie Dealers
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Media, Retail on 12 August 2007
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While it is ingrained us all to cheer and root for the underdog and especially, in the retail business to try and encourage independent businesses, in particular “mom & pop” ones, there are certain realities of selling computers and especially Macs that might just mean that era is a bygone one. Is it unfair when […]

Universal Music Goes DRM Free(ish) But Not on iTunes
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Media, Music, Retail on 10 August 2007
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Universal Music will try anything to throw a wrench into the well-oiled machine that’s the iTunes music store. They just announced a deal to sell DRM free tracks to 4 other online music stores. After all, it’s not like Apple delivers some $750-$800 million dollars into Universal’s coffers … oh wait, they do. And yet, […]

Why the Apple/Command Key Finally Lost Its Apple
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Gadgets, Marketing on 9 August 2007
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Andy Hertzfield, 1983 – Designing the Mac interface: “We thought it was important for the user to be able to invoke every menu command directly from the keyboard, so we added a special key to the keyboard to invoke menu commands, just like our predecessor, Lisa. We called it the “Apple key”; when pressed in […]

Basic Back to School Mac Buying Guide
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, Retail, Toys on 8 August 2007
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K-9 Students & Families The newly revamped iMac is certainly a nice home computer at a nice price point – everything a K-9 student & family might need. It comes with iLife and there are dozens of free word processors you can download to use or MS Office Student & Academic version is only $99 […]

What In-Game Advertising Should Be…Are You Listening Massive?
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Internet, Video Games on 8 August 2007
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Forget the soft drink logos on vending machines in Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory or a cpg screen saver seen in SWAT 4, these are not the things that will benefit advertisers and for the most part all you do is piss off gamers. One of the key proponents of in-game advertising, Massive, is plowing forward […]

gPhone to iPhone: The 2-Minute Threat
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Toys on 6 August 2007
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The gPhone may be a lot of things but the last thing it is a threat to the iPhone. First, no one knows exactly what is but let’s take every bit of rumor at face value anyway. USER INTERFACE While the iPhone is not perfect, it is easier to use after 15 minutes than if […]

iPhone Visual Voicemail: How To to Add the ‘Visual’ Portion
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Mobile on 3 August 2007
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While you are now running full speed on your iPhone now, what about making voicemail and phone calls really visual? What about adding those headshots of friends, loved ones, welcomed calls or the dreaded colleagues so when they call, there is a photograph that instantly recalls their presence in your life? Pretty simple. Fire up […]

Your iPhone Photos: Different Resolutions & Copying Them Off
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Internet, iPhone, Mobile on 2 August 2007
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The iPhone is one of the nicest camera phones out there. I haven’t had any problems with the green tinting that some people have reported – perhaps a software white-balance issue? But hopefully all your photos have been turning out well – and perhaps you’ve wondered how to actually get them off the camera. Of […]