Month: September 2008

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Apple’s Juvenile Behavior and Microsoft’s Admissions

What if you have a lot of things to say about certain ad campaign, but don’t really want to talk about it?

Is Microsoft’s ad campaign any effective? If you’re Paul Thurrott, then you’d jump up and down to celebrate. The point is that Microsoft wants people to talk about it. Sure that Microsoft is copying John Hodgman’s character from Apple’s “Get A Mac” ads. Effectively Microsoft admits that Apple’s juvenile “accusation” is true.

Does anyone still remember the what Apple said back in 2006?

Seriously, someone or some giant software company fell into a trap.

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The “It’s About Time” Moment: Led Zeppelin to Tour in 2009

UPDATE (2008.09.29):
Robert Plant states that the news of Led Zeppelin reunion are greatly exaggerated. (Also reported by Blabbermouth.net).

Well, that sucks!

The Sun reported that Led Zeppelin are green-lighting a reunion tour in 2009. Robert Plant has agreed join Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones to once again grace the stages somewhere in the world with the closest thing to their fallen comrade. It is none other than Jason Bonham, the son of John Bonham.

The question is: When can I get the tickets?

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Things You Don’t Want To Buy Used from Amazon.com

Amazon.com is one of the most popular and complicated websites in the world. It is also one of if not the biggest online retailer. Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and went online in 1995. It started as an online book-store and now sells varieties of products such as music (CD’s), movies (DVD’s), clothing, electronics, health products and even groceries.

Amazon.com is a great place to buy used products like books, CD’s, DVD’s and electronics. Unfortunately there are certain products you don’t want to buy “used” from the online retailer.

  1. Milk
  2. Chewing Gum
  3. Toothbrushes
  4. Underwear
  5. Toilet Paper
  6. Tampons
  7. Condoms

In actuality, none of the products above are sold used, it is merely some “glitch” in the programming. It is still amusing to think that there are “used” ones available for sale.

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Editorial: 3G Wireless in MacBook Pro, You Must Be Crazy!

Computerworld’s Seth Weintraub wrote about what to expect with the upcoming MacBook Pro. While it is somewhat entertaining to read for a minute or so, he is expecting Apple to include some kind of 3G Wireless technology built in the MacBook Pro. Weintraub elaborates that Apple now has the experience thanks to the iPhone 3G, and Dell has done it.

Now, let’s see. Apple has been getting a lot of criticsm for choosing AT&T as their “partner” for the iPhone. Now, if the MacBook Pro should be equipped with some kind of 3G Wireless technology, that means the service would be tied to certain carrier. HSDPA or EVDO? AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, or T-Mobile?

Why would you want your portable computer tied to a service provider? Make it an add-on, so people would have the options for the carrier. Doesn’t matter which partner Apple chose for 3G Wireless support, people will complain about it. Even if Apple would support all the major 3G Network protocols, they would have to be tied to a service provider.  Not to mentions there would be the seemingly idiotic person would find a lawyer to sue Apple for saturating the 3G network.

Please stop asking for built-in 3G network in your computer, the business model still disadvantages end users.

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Troubleshooting: Remote App and iTunes 8

Just  a little tip if you’re having problems with the Remote Apps on the iPhone or iPod touch.

Symptom:
Remote App can not play a song or media. Error message: “An unknown error occured. Please check your library and try again.”

Solution:
Delete Remote-iTunes share pairing. Disable iTunes sharing, then re-enable it. Re-pair the Remote-iTunes share.

That should do the trick.

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