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Entries for January, 2009

Songsmith – Microsoft Wants To Turn The World Into A Musical

This reminds me a lot of “Once More With Feeling”….

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Steve Jobs Takes A Leave of Absence

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, is taking a medical leave of absence.

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Palm Pre Developer Info

Palm has posted developer information on it’s new Palm Pre.

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Will Palm Pre run old Palm apps?

Palm has thousands of existing applications, and I haven’t heard a word about whether those existing applications are going to work on the Pre. Anyone know? Update: Seems we have an answer, and that answer is no.

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Palm Pre and Touchstone

The Palm Pre will have a wireless charger called “The Touchstone”. Little round gizmo that you just place the Pre on to charge it up. Very cool.

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Palm Pre Announced.

Palm announced today that they’ve developed the “Palm pre”, a new device with 802.11 b/g, GPS, touch screen, stereo, bluetooth, 8GB of storage, 3 megapixel camera, 3.1 inch multi-touch screen, usb, and a slide-out keyboard. I’ll get a picture up when I get one. update: Sprint will be the exclusive partner at launch. update: A [...]

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Vizio Connected HDTV Sport 802.11N

Vizio announced “Connected TV” last night at CES, with partnerships with Blockbuster, Yahoo, Netflix, Pandora and more.

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Dr Dobb’s being absorbed into InformationWeek

I remember seeing Dr. Dobb’s when it was one of the few computer magazines (along with Kilobaud Microcomputing, Pet Gazette, and Nybble) available. The last issue I got reminded me it was a shade of it’s former self, and I guess someone agrees, because it will no longer be a standalone magazine. Originally called “Dr. [...]

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MacWorld 2009 Apple 2009 Keynote Video

Apple has posted the MacWorld 2009 Keynote

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MacWorld 2009 Announcements – iLife 09 – GarageBand 09

GarageBand will add video instructions of how to play instruments, (piano and guitar demoed). Nine lessons included. Artist lessons will be available, including John Fogerty, Cobie, Sting, Sarah McLachlan, and more. The lessons are $4.99 per lesson.

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