Apple puts iPhone Nano and Netbook rumors to rest

During Apple's earnings conference call yesterday, Apple COO Tim Cook fielded a wide variety of questions, but two answers in particular helped shed a bit of light on the likelihood that Apple would enter the netbook market or release a lower end iPhone.

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The First Windows Review Ever

The following is an article that appeared in the December 1983 issue of Byte magazine. When I first created this site there was very little information about early versions of Windows on the web and no references to this article. It was almost as if there was some conspiracy to hide the truth about the age of Windows.

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See the original image at engadget.com — Steve Jobs taking a leave of absence from Apple engadget.com — CNBC cites health reasons....

Steve Jobs taking a leave of absence from Apple

engadget.com — CNBC cites health reasons....

Jobs will step down as Apple CEO while he recuperates from a medical condition disclosed earlier this month; COO Tim Cook will stand in.

Hacker Charged With Selling Modems That Get Free Broadband

In the first case of its kind, a Pennsylvania man faces federal criminal charges for allegedly selling hacked cable modems capable of stealing free, anonymous internet service from broadband providers.

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History of the Internet - How The Interent Was Formed (VID)

History of the Internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet.
The history is told using the PICOL icons on picol.org , which are available for download soon. On blog.picol.org you can get news about this project.

http://vimeo.com/2696386?by=PICOL

Windows 7 Beta 1 shows off new task bar, more UI goodies

Windows 7 is a solid, fast-performing, stable operating system that appears to be just about fully baked and ready for prime time. It appears to be feature-complete, unlike Vista. Based on the stability and speed of this beta, don't be surprised if Microsoft Corp. releases Windows 7 before 2010 rolls around.

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Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in

No more trawling the web for the latest media codecs. Windows 7 comes ready to play all your favourite "downloaded" videos. It better late than never But Micro$haft should of had Divx and XviD Support starting from XP SP1.

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Spotify, An Alternative to Music Piracy

The music industry has taken some extreme measures to counter piracy, but it hasn’t found the silver bullet yet. The key is to come up with a service that will fulfill the needs of music lovers, and one that would even be embraced by the most hardcore pirate. With Spotify, this might just become possible.

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