A lot of Apple news today:
- A showdown of the new Microsoft Zune versus the new iPod Nano and the Classic;
- iFixit finds an undisclosed Bluetooth chip in the iPod Touch;
- The freshly released iTunes 8 turns out to BSOD Windows Vista machines;
- A gallery of the new iPods
Footnote is the Facebook for the dead. RIM (Blackberry) announces it’ll partner with Live Search and the Ubuntu Team has started the development of their next incarnation of Ubuntu Linux, ‘Jaunty Jackalope’ (9.04).
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Showdown: New Zune VS. iPod
Just a day before Apple announced upgrades to its iPod family, Microsoft did the same for its Zune. With the nearly simultaneous upgrades, the media players are pretty closely matched: They cost about the same and carry almost the same features.
iPod Nano, Touch Disassembled. iPod Touch has a Bluetooth Chip
iFixit has found that the iPod Touch actually contains an unadvertised Broadcom BCM4325 Bluetooth chip. Apple has not made any mention of Bluetooth support in the new iPod Touch.
Add Compression to Your Web Server
Speed up the serving your webpages by adding on-the-fly compression. A tutorial.
TC50: Footnote, A Social Network To Help Us Remember The Dead
In what was easily the most morbid presentation of our TechCrunch50 conference,we were introduced to a new kind of social network: Footnote, a place for dead people.
iTunes 8 takes down Vista with ‘blue screen of death’
The newest version of Apple’s iTunes software crashes Windows Vista when an iPod or iPhone is connected to the PC, according to numerous users who complained about problems on Apple’s support forum.
RIM unveils spate of consumer application deals
A day after announcing a flip-phone version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl, Research In Motion unveiled a spate of consumer-related partnerships on Thursday, continuing its push to capture mainstream customers…
Windows 7: Beta 1 tracking for mid-December
Microsoft is on tap to talk publicly about and show off Windows 7 at two of its upcoming tech conferences this fall. But that does not mean the Windows team necessarily will be distributing bits at those shows.
7 days with Google Chrome
Harrison Hoffman spent 7 days with Google’s new Chrome browser. Does it make the grade? Read this blog post by Harrison Hoffman on The Web Services Report.
The 2008 iPods — A Photo Gallery
Here are some shots of the new 2008 iPods, courtesy of Apple.
Ubuntu gets hopping with ‘Jaunty Jackalope’
Due in April, Ubuntu 9.04 is expected to focus on faster boot time and on blurring the line between desktop applications and Web-based software. Read this blog post by Renai LeMay on News – Business Tech.
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