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Google Tops $700, gPhone due out in weeks!
2007-10-31 21:11:00
Hello guys! Its been barely a few weeks since we reported on October 10th that Google 's (GOOG) stock price has crossed the $600 point, since then of course we are hearing endless rumors that Google's phone initiative, better known as the gPhone, will be announced in a matter of weeks, The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported Tuesday evening that Google is in "serious discussions" with Verizon Wireless (VZ) to put its mobile "GPhone" software on Verizon phones. Citing "people familiar with the matter," the paper claimed that Google was writing an open-source platform that would break the stranglehold of carriers over software on their devices by making development inexpensive and flexible. Programmers could tap into a phone's GPS unit for map-related services, the Journal mentioned as an example. Gmail, YouTube, and other common Google services would be tailored for the platform. The WSJ said in an earlier article published Monday that Asian cell phone makers HTC and LG ...
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The Leopard roars!
2007-10-29 21:26:00
Hello folks, Ars Technica has posted their full review of Mac OSX latest release Leopard , and its an incredible extensive review, covering everything from the new UI, to the internals of the system, to a revision of previous versions of OSX and what's change with Leopard. A great read for all Mac fans out there.Update: Apple announced it has sold over 2 million copies of Mac OS X Leopard during the weekend, making it the most successful OS release in the company's history, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which took about 6 weeks to ship its 2 millionth copy of Mac OS X Tiger back in 2005Boldinvestors latest and greatest posts: including news items, editorial takes, investing opportunities ideas,and much more.
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Facebook worth $15B?
2007-10-27 18:07:00
Hello guys, I've just ran across an interesting story on Wired about Facebook gigantic valuation it has received this week at around: $15 billion .So how for god's sake can anyone valuate a startup with an estimated $150 million in revenue which isn't wildly profitable, and doesn't have a clear revenue model at a value of $15 B?Hint: its all about its estimated user base and the potential to monetize its user's activity. Facebook has actually earned its valuation on the market's expectations, and expectations for its future are high. Sustained growth will be critical. Facebook has 50 million users today, and many believe it can ramp up to between 200 and 300 million users globally in the near term. The fact that Facebook is doubling its user base every six months bodes well for the future, says startup adviser and investor Dave McClure, but whether it can turn those users into cold, hard cash is the burning question. "If they can figure that out, then there's probably an eve...
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2.2 Million Macs baby!
2007-10-23 23:15:00
Apple shares set a new all-time high Tuesday, surging more than 7% after they reported a 67% jump in fourth-quarter earnings powered by strong sales of Macintosh computers as well as its popular iPhone. Apple said Mac sales topped the 2 million mark in the September quarter. More than 1.1 million iPhones were also sold during the period. Apple shares rose more than $13 to $188.56 in early trading amid positive reaction to the report. The stock has already been on a strong run for the year, gaining more than 100% since the January introduction of the iPhone before Monday's report. "We believe that iPhone hype is creating a 'halo 2' that is driving sales of Macs and other products," UBS analyst Ben Reitzes wrote in a note to clients. Reitzes, also boosted his price target on the stock to $220 from $182, and added that he expects sales of the company's popular iPod line to "recover significantly in the December quarter.""Apple is firing on all cylinders as Macs w...
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Apple set to release OSX Leopard this friday!
2007-10-22 20:13:00
Apple is finally going to release OSX Leopard after the long waiting, this Friday . Meanwhile NY times has an exclusive interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, focusing on the new version of OSX, with some pretty interesting stuff there.“The Macintosh has a lot of momentum now,” said Jobs , “It is outpacing the industry.”Two research firms that track the computer market said last week that Apple would move into third place in the United States behind Hewlett-Packard and Dell on Monday, when it reports product shipments in the fiscal fourth quarter as part of its earnings announcement.Jobs also said that Leopard would anchor a schedule of product upgrades that could continue for as long as a decade.“I’m quite pleased with the pace of new operating systems every 12 to 18 months for the foreseeable future,” he said. “We’ve put out major releases on the average of one a year, and it’s given us the ability to polish and polish and improve and improve.”Apple has outpac...
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The end of Microsoft as we know it?
2007-10-20 22:09:00
John Dvorak wrote an interesting piece in his column at Marketwatch this weekend, he talks about Microsoft (MSFT) and his thoughts on what's next for the software giant. John claims that Microsoft is on the verge of becoming a holding company in the mold of Berkshire Hathaway. Which I must say doesn't sound that far fetched. Especially after Microsoft let the folks behind Halo go their own way. (after it keeps stakes in the company both as an equity investment and as a development partner). He also points out to an interview Steve Ballmer Microsoft CEO gave this week, which he thinks Microsoft is going to radically change its direction in the upcoming 12 months. Microsoft will probably do better as a holding company with many little companies within (think Office, a server software company, an OS company, a game console company) You get the point. Everyone has noticed that Microsoft is most successful at copying other people's ideas. This transformation into a holding company...

Google has done it again
2007-10-20 00:01:00
Shares of Google (GOOG) has once again rose into an all time high today despite the general selling mood in the markets, Google shares topped 650$ for the first time ever, as it reported its quarterly results yesterday after the markets closed. As a company that regularly beats Wall Street's earnings estimates, Google needed to blow away expectations on Oct. 18 to impress investors who have propelled the stock to record highs in recent days in anticipation of yet another blockbuster quarterly announcement. Anything less and investors would sell off the stock as they had in past quarters when Google just met or narrowly exceeded their projections. Google did not disappoint. The search-advertising giant said third-quarter net revenue rose 61%, to $3.01 billion, a number that takes into account the amount Google pays Web site owners to put ads on their pages. That soundly beat analysts' average estimate for sales of $2.9 billion. Not counting the amount of stock awarded to employe...
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Ubuntu Gutsy Gibon is out and about!
2007-10-18 23:51:00
Hello guys, today is a big day for Canonical LTD, as well as for the millions devoted Linux Ubuntu fans all over the world. Today the latest version of the free open source OS has been released (no not in another beta, this time its the real deal) with all the great features we're been writing about for so long.As I'm writing this post I'm downloading 7.10 to upgrade my Ubuntu 7.04 desktop, I will give you my full impressions once I test it and play with it for a while.Here's a link to download the latest Ubuntu .Boldinvestors latest and greatest posts: including news items, editorial takes, investing opportunities ideas,and much more.
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Yahoo Searches for Profitability!
2007-10-17 22:18:00
Hi folks, Yahoo Inc.'s shares jumped more than 7% Wednesday morning after the company turned in better-than-expected third-quarter results as it works to turn around its Internet advertising business.The results won qualified praise from Wall Street analysts, though most acknowledged that Yahoo (YHOO) still has a lot of work to do to revive its business.Yahoo's stock has risen more than 28% in the past six weeks but remains below its peak of $33.61 set in early May. "Yahoo outperformed in what was to be its trough quarter in 2007. The company had accelerating fundamentals in its search business, as a result of cleansing of the partner network and Project Panama improving [revenue per search] trends," wrote Jordan Rohan of RBC Capital Markets in a note to clients Wednesday. Rohan lifted his price target on the stock to $36 from $34. Yahoo said third-quarter profits fell 5% from the year-earlier period. Net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 fell to $151.3 mi...
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Third-party iPhone apps coming in February
2007-10-17 19:09:00
Steve Jobs made it official Wednesday morning: third-party applications are coming to the iPhone. Apple's CEO posted another of his open letters to the world Wednesday on Apple's Hot News section of its Web site, confirming reports that a software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone will be released to developers next year. It's coming in Februrary, rather than January as reported, but application developers and iPhone owners will probably be able to wait the extra month. "We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users," Jobs wrote. "It will take until February to release an SDK because we're trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once--provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc." It always made sense for Apple to go down this road, since it was never going to w...
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Facebook founder the most influential person in the tech industry
2007-10-15 22:02:00
Silicone.com has elected their most influential people in technology. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been named the most influential person in the high-tech industry by a panel of experts in the eighth annual Agenda Setter’s poll by silicon.com. The Agenda Setters Top 50 focuses on the people driving and shaping the tech industry in 2007 and is a barometer of success within the IT industry.Zuckerberg is arguably the embodiment of what 2006's Agenda Setters panel described as "the next generation" - ranked in second place last year. The 2006 panel described the generation as "more networked", "more open" and "more fickle" than previous ones.Mark Zuckerberg - the fresh-faced founder and CEO of social networking site Facebook - has shot to the top of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters list. This is the first time 23-year-old Zuckerberg has featured at all, let alone at number 1. It's a measure of the phenomenal breakthrough year it's been for the website he set up in 2...
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What is a "Tech Stock"?
2007-10-15 20:01:00
Hello folks, Herb Greenberg at Marketwatch wrote a great article about the technology sector latest booming, and focus on the actual definition and tech stock.So what is a tech stock actually? Broadly defined, high-tech is anything having to do with telecommunications, semiconductors or personal computers, but that's actually a bit misleading.The article even suggests a way to check if one is actually a tech company, it must spend some exorbitant amount on research and development" resulting in products that more than pay their own way.(though that's also a bit misleading if you ask me).Greenberg criticizes the categorization of major investment-banking firms, mutual funds or stock indexes , into a one size fits all type of grouping, for no reason other than perception or guilt by association.According to Andy Kessler tech analyst , The easiest way to figure that out is to look at gross margins and the amount spent on research and development relative to sales. On bo...
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The clock is ticking for Joost
2007-10-13 12:40:00
TechCrunch is reporting today that Joost , the internet video system for distributing TV shows using peer-to-peer TV technology, which has been created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (founders of Skype and Kazaa) is on a time bomb since broadcast-quality video streams—the main selling point of Joost’s peer-to-peer Internet TV client software—is quickly coming to the Web. Brightcove will soon be offering such streams to its video publishers using BitTorrent DNA. But the real threat to Joost will be coming from Adobe and its ubiquitous Flash player. in the next few months, Adobe is expected to incorporate the H.264 codec in all Flash players with the general release of Flash Player 9. You can already download a beta version from Adobe Labs. The H.264 codec is part of MPEG-4 and is the codec that Apple uses to compress all of the video downloads on iTunes. Once H.264 is part of Flash, the quality of streaming video on the Web will roughly double at current bandwidth spee...
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What's with that Google phone?
2007-10-10 21:37:00
Hello guys, NY times did a great job, trying to put the together the puzzle surrounding Google phone initiative, better known as gPhone .According to the article, a large group of engineers at Google has been working in secret on a mobile phone project. As word about their efforts has trickled out, expectations in the tech world has been boiling.It seems Google wants to extend its dominance of online advertising to the mobile Internet, a small market today, but one that is expected to grow rapidly. It hopes to persuade wireless carriers and mobile phone makers to offer phones based on its software, according to people briefed on the project. The cost of those phones may be partly subsidized by advertising that appears on their screens. according to industry executives familiar with the project, the core of Google’s phone efforts is an operating system for mobile phones that will be based on open-source Linux software, a wise choice, since it will allow tons of developers and...
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Bubble 2.0 ?
2007-10-09 22:43:00
Goofy names, retread startup ideas, inexperienced entrepreneurs, free food- the Wall Street Journal does a nice job this morning laying out the gestalt evidence that we are in the midst of a second Silicon Valley bubble. The goofy-names index, for example, is back near its previous high. Consider Inc., which helps people organize all their Web communications. Or OrgooZipidee Inc., a purveyor of "digital goods" such as cellphone ring tones. "Are these names of dogs or are they names of companies?" asks Kate Mitchell, a venture capitalist in Foster City, Calif. "It is absolutely déjà vu," says David Chao, a venture capitalist in Menlo Park, Calif., who reports seeing lots of bad business ideas, from ever-younger entrepreneurs. "There's just as much junk now as there was in 1999," he says. They have a few strong points here, but I really think we're not going in a second bubble, the lessons of 99' has been learned, for the most part anyway, but what has really changed is the ...
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Google's Adsense+Youtube
2007-10-09 20:01:00
Google is expanding its AdSense program so that Web site publishers can display and make money off embedded video clips from YouTube content partners that have targeted banner or text ads, in addition to the traditional text ads that Google offers. Pretty soon Web sites will be able to get any kind of content they want on their sites and get a cut of the revenue from accompanying ads. This will boost Google's already successful online ad business and give publishers a way to earn more money on their sites. Soon, we'll see Google distributing all of the content a Web site could want. The new AdSense content distribution program is launching on Today with a new product called video units. Other types of media will be added to the program in the future, including audio, articles and games, said Christian Oestlien, a business product manager at Google. Until recently, Google, for the most part, has focused on distributing text ads to Web sites through its auction-based AdWords syst...
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Facebook to start its own music business?
2007-10-07 22:19:00
Rafat Ali of PaidContent claims to have dug up more details about the mysterious "iTunes Store rival" that Facebook has allegedly been working on in recent weeks. And he says that sources indicate it's not Apple that should be worried, but rather MySpace, the once-formidable social network that Facebook has been gaining on steadily since the launch of its developer platform in May. Ali calls the new project an "artist platform," and says we'll be seeing it later this year. "The platform will allows (sic) bands and labels to create artists pages," he wrote, "and allow various widgets to be embedded for music promotion, organizing events, etc." Ali went on to indicate that the widgets in question would still be third-party Facebook platform applications, hence (possibly) quelling the concerns that an in-house Facebook music service would hurt developers' music-related apps. Allowing the creation of artist pages would be a direct blow to MySpace, which rose to fame partially be...
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A new open source standard in cellphones
2007-10-06 18:00:00
Hello folks, looks like there will soon be a new standard in the cellphone industry, among the companies are: ARM, Samsung, Texas Instruments, Mozilla, Marvell, MontaVista, and Movial. The idea is to address the rise in consumer demand for Internet access and advanced applications on cellphones. The new standard chosen: a Linux-based open source platform to be designed for next-generation mobile applications. By releasing the new platform into the open source community, the hope is that the collaboration will allow for a faster release of products and technologies with enhanced capabilities for video, graphics, and Internet. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) picked up the story and explained that the plans “…will make it easier to develop cellphones and other mobile devices with iPhone-like sophistication.” It could be real intriguing to watch how it develops.Boldinvestors latest and greatest posts: including news items, editorial takes, investing opportunities ...
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RIM's earnings double!
2007-10-05 01:48:00
Once again the Blackberry maker, Research in Motion has provided investors a solid quarter that came in line with Wall Street's estimates. The wireless device maker (RIMM) issued a forecast for the current quarter that was ahead of analysts' estimates.For the quarter ended Sept. 1, the company reported earnings of $287.7 million, or 50 cents a share, compared with earnings of $140.2 million, or 25 cents a share, for the same period the previous year. Revenue surged to $1.37 billion compared with $658.5 million last year. Analysts were expecting earnings of 50 cents a share on revenue of $1.36 billion, according to consensus forecasts from Thomson Financial. The company said about 1.45 million subscribers were added during the quarter. More than 3 million devices were shipped during the period. In a conference call, company officers highlighted strong sales of RIM's line of Pearl smart phones as well as the BlackBerry Curve. Both...
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MP3, What's it all about?
2007-10-04 23:47:00
Hello folks, Ars Technica has just posted a fascinating article about the most popular audio compression standard: MP3. MP3 stands for "MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3."But what is MP3?This guide attempts to explain the process of MP3 compression in simple terms, without oversimplifying it. Although some parts have been omitted, like the details of stereo encoding schemes and in-depth file composition, it covers the basic theory of turning uncompressed sound files into compressed MP3.In order to tour the MP3 codec without getting overwhelmed by the technical minutiae, we'll take a look at some of the background principles and legacy of MP3, then break the process down into analysis and compression before finally considering the impact that this humble format has had on digital audio.Read on.Boldinvestors latest and greatest posts: including news items, editorial takes, investing opportunities ideas,and much more.

Microsoft's new Zunes!
2007-10-03 13:47:00
Microsoft has finally refreshed it new Zune music players, with a new flash based players (think iPod Nano) and plenty of stylish most welcome new features and additions, and a great support for the first gen Zunes (now known as Zune 30), as all of the features is available via software update, Plus they added Wifi syncing, that one thing the all mighty iPod still can't do. at least for now.Hard drive Zunes It's called the Zune 80 and, shockingly enough, it has 80GB of storage.Uses the new Zune Pad -- four way touch-sensitive d-pad (with up, down, left, and right buttons).It will sell for $250 (with "premium" headphones).Available only in black (to start).Screen size has increased to 3.2-inches (from 3-inches). As far as we know the resolution is still QVGA.Dimensions are 61.1 x 108.2 x 12.9mm (2.4 x 4.25 x 0.5-inches), some 1/3rd smaller than the classic Zune.The classic Zune will now be known as the Zune 30 -- it's not going anywhere. More on that in a sec. New flash Zunes Zu...

Niklas Zennstrom resigns as Skype's CEO
2007-10-01 22:41:00
Niklas Zennström, who we had the pleasure of sitting down with nearly three years ago for an interview, is officially stepping down as CEO of Skype.Reportedly, he will now become the non-executive chairman of the Skype Board of Directors, and while searching for a "permanent successor," eBay's Chief Strategy Officer (Michael van Swaaij) will take the reigns as acting CEO. Additionally, "Henry Gomez, Skype's President, who remained a Senior Vice President at eBay during his two-year tenure at Skype, will return to eBay as Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs." Lastly, eBay also made known that it has paid out €375 million (around $530 million) "to settle all of its future obligations under the earn-out agreement signed with certain Skype shareholders when eBay acquired Skype in 2005."(Via Engadget)Boldinvestors latest and greatest posts: including news items, editorial takes, investing opportunities ideas,and much more.

The Unsung Heroes Who Move Products Forward
2007-09-30 19:51:00
Illustration by James Yang, NY Times NYtimes has just published an excellent story about why certain products and companies "rocks" and preserved as great and cool, while others don't. (Hint the products them selves doesn't necessary have to do with it). The article talks about process innovations that are essentially the core of what makes these companies great and make their products successful. Process innovations are basically the way these companies innovate at the level of the process of developing products, think about Google's physical network of computer (estimated at about 450,000 computers, and largely believed as the most valuable computer network on the planet). “My job is to make our customers look like heroes,” says John Feland, human interface architect at Synaptics Inc. Then he sums up the special role played by fellow members of the process tribe: “We are like Q to James Bond.” Anyway its a great inspiring article. Check it out. Boldinvestors ...
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Celebrating 100th posts!
2007-09-29 16:51:00
Dear friends, I've just crossed the 100th posts mile stone, as I'm working to deliver better and better quality content, and focus on reader's requests.I am really proud of the how Boldinvestors has grown, in a little over 4 months, into a full featured technology and business blog.I'd like to take a moment and thank my loyal readers for sticking around, and I can assure you that the best is yet to come, as we develop further and turn the focus to more economic investments related content, with as always the latest buzz in the world of technology. I'd love to hear what would you think we should focus on, what would you like to see more of in Boldinvestors? Leave your thoughts below. Also I think this is the appropriate post to mention a really good and special website, for bloggers like us who want people to discover and read their blogs.That website is called: Blogcatalog. Blogcatalog is an amazing place for bloggers it allows you to interact and create together, and let the...
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Why Microsoft must abandon Vista to save itself
2007-09-28 20:21:00
Cnet has published a great article about Microsoft Vista with a bold statement: the folks at Redmond should dump Vista, and admit it has miserably failed (yeah like that's ever going to happen). I Couldn't agree more about Vista, though the writer is being a bit too harsh on it, the adoption of new OS takes time, you can't fully judge its performance just yet, for the long run Vista is unfortunately going to be what XP has been for the past few years, the dominate OS.As a Linux user I can't really comment about Vista, but from what I hear it really doesn't stake up against OSX, Linux, not to mention XP in terms of hardware demands, and compatibility.Here's a sneak peek of the article, check it out.The first indication that Microsoft should abandon Vista is its poor sales figures. According to a recent report titled "Windows Vista Still Underperforming in U.S. Retail" from NPD, Vista sales are significantly behind XP sales during its early days. Even worse for Redmond, some a...
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Enough is Enough!
2007-09-27 19:39:00
Hello folks, Today we're taking a moment off our usual tech business topics, and mark this day as Thousands of bloggers from around the world are joining together this Thursday, September 27th with a single message: Stop Abuse!I've chose to focus on the Abuse on the Environment that's been happening increasingly all around our globe for the past few decades.With the disturbing increase of Global Warming, which we witness its effects every day, all around us. The broad agreement among climate scientists that global temperatures will continue to increase has led nations, states, corporations and individuals to implement actions to try to curtail global warming or adjust to it. Many environmental groups encourage action against global warming, often by the consumer, but also by community and regional organizations. There has also been business action on climate change, including efforts at increased energy efficiency and (still limited) moves to alternat...

Blown away!
2007-09-27 15:50:00
Microsoft: 'Halo 3' nets biggest day in entertainment history. Halo 3, the much-anticipated Xbox 360 game that launched Tuesday, set the all-time record for most revenue earned in a single day by any entertainment property, Microsoft said Wednesday. The company said that Halo 3, the third and final episode in the hugely popular franchise, netted $170 million in sales in the U.S. in its first day. If true, that would top previous records set by the motion pictures Spider Man 3 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There's little doubt Microsoft has been pinning a great deal of hope on Halo 3 and was expecting it to be the must-have game for the Xbox 360, much as the original Halo was for the original Xbox when it came out in 2001. The theory is that many consumers will buy Xbox 360s to play the new game, though only time will tell if that is true. Microsoft did not release any new figures on immediate Xbox sales. Judging by initial reviews, the game is being ve...

Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon review
2007-09-27 12:09:00
Hello folks, I've just read an excellent review of the next version of Ubuntu better known as: Gutsy Gibbon . It looks terrific with many exciting and breakthrough new features while of course making it much more user friendlier, with plenty of features that leaves windows Vista ( and for sure XP) in the dust.Here are some highlight: Built in-Compiz Fusion desktop effectsBuilt in-Desktop search Free gnash flash playerGimp 2.4OpenOffice 2.3 The brand new Firefox 3 Gran ParadisoCheck it out.Boldinvestors latest and greatest posts: including news items, editorial takes, investing opportunities ideas,and much more.
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Is Apple working on a Newton successor?
2007-09-26 22:24:00
Rumors are surfing up that Apple (AAPL) is working hard on a revamp modern version of its classic hand held PDA, Apple, which helped spawn the PDA market with its Newt on MessagePad line in the early '90s, plans to give the concept another go with a modern day reincarnation of the old fan favorite based on the company's new mutli-touch technology, AppleInsider is reporting.The reports also claims that Apple never gave up hope for its PDA newton, and for the past 18 months or so, a small team has been developing a Multitouch PDA, building on Apple's latest Multitouch products (iPhone, iPod Touch).With the initial iPhone now out the door and two successive models well underway in Apple's labs, it's believed to be full steam ahead for the modern day Newton project. Like iPhone and the iPod touch, the new device runs an embedded version of Apple's Mac OS X Leopard operating system. Externally, the mutil-touch PDA has been described by sources as an ultra-thin "slate" akin to th...
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Amazon launches DRM-free "Amazon MP3" music downloads
2007-09-25 19:46:00
If you're into DRM-free music, you have a reason to get pretty excited today. As speculated, Amazon has launched the public beta of its new digital music portal called Amazon MP3, which will feature two million songs from 180,000 artists and 20,000 labels, all without the painful and annoying restrictions of DRM. The press release claims that the site, which will include EMI and Universal tracks (take that, Jobs), will make separate songs available for $.89 or $.99, and boasts that all of the "top 100" tracks will be priced at the former, lower amount. Albums will range in cost from $5.99 to $9.99, with the best selling albums coming in at $8.99. Of course, since there's no DRM, users are free to throw the 256Kbps MP3s on any player they like, as well as burn CDs, copy to MiniDisc, and dump to 8-track.(Via Engadget)Boldinvestors latest and greatest posts: including news items, editorial takes, investing opportunities ideas,and much more.
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