Steve Jobs on CNBC
Jobs make it clear that iPhone is not a new cell phone, it’s a new iPod, and AppleTV is a new mac. Mark one up for American innovation. Would that the rest of the S&P 500 take that charge.
Archive for January 10, 2007
Wine 0.9.29 released today
Release 0.9.29 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
What’s new in this release:
- More work on the new Direct3D state management.
- Debugger support for Mac OS.
- Many OLE fixes and improvements.
- Audio input support on Mac OS.
- Lots of bug fixes.
iPhone Signals Death of Ringtone Services
Today Apple announced the iPhone and with it, the eventual death of paid ringtone and wallpaper services. Now people will be able to use any song in their iTunes library as a ringtone and any photo they can find as a wallpaper. With a cheaper iPhone Nano model likely in the next few years the ringtone industry’s days are numbered.
Wii in 480P FREAKS OUT on certain HDTVs
A handful of HDTVs, including the new Sony XBR2-3 Bravia line, are for some reason unable to handle the Wii’s progressive scan signal via component which results in the screen distorting or even blacking out completely. Nintendo has yet to acknowledge the problem, but hopefully spreading the word will get their attention.
Office 2008 for Mac: Microsoft Reveals Details
“Office 2008 adds plenty of new features, but the one sure to grab Mac users
Ocarina of Time and Mario Kart 64 coming to the Virtual Console
In Quarter 1 Nintendo expects 20 Nintendo titles, 7 Turbografx games and 9 classic Sega Mega Drive titles. Mario Kart 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Street Fighter II: World Warrior, Super Probotector and the hugely popular Super Mario World.
Hands-On: Guitar Hero II For 360, New Tracks Revealed
I heard a familiar riff coming from the next room. Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” shook me almost awake (no coffee at this point) as I realized the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II was being played less than ten feet from me.
PS3 demand slows, retailer says “no one wants them.”
One retailer spoke to me on condition of anonymity, and broke down his version of the situation. “It’s not that we’ve gotten more PS3s than Wiis, it’s just that no one wants them. We’ve seen a few returned. We have four in the store right now,” he said.
Live from Macworld 2007: Steve Jobs keynote - Engadget live blogging
Well yeah, Macworld SF 2007 hasn’t started yet! But this is the place to bookmark (and eventually slam on F5 for two hours straight). See you tomorrow!
Visa to launch global cellphone payment system
Visa is launching a global payment system that would let people pay for goods through their cellphones.
Apple Launches iTV
BREAKING: Steve Jobs has just launched Apple’s new iTV at the MacWorld Keynote in SF. Features usb2, ethernet, wi netowrking, HDMI and more.
Widescreen video iPod with touch controls announced!
Steve Jobs announces widescreen iPod.