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Yes, you read that right. Half a million. A friggin’ 500,000 songs on your iPod or 3,500 movies. Add to that a battery which can support continuous charge for a week at a single go, and have we just discovered Kryptonite? Not we, guys at IBM did. Sources from Fox News say:-
So-called “racetrack” memory uses the “spin” of an electron to store data and can operate far more quickly than regular hard drives.
Like flash memory — the most advanced type of memory for small devices such as mobile phones — it has no moving parts, meaning that the problems associated with mechanical reliability are dramatically reduced.
But unlike flash, these memories can write data with almost no “wear-out” mechanism, which means a longer life of the data as well as the medium. For the complete story read the report here. [Continue Reading]
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American Idol Season 7 is on and the Final 12 have been just announced. However, that is not what I’m gonna discuss here. American Idol has been associated with iTunes or vice-versa since this season. And this has actually spawned a business of its own. Take a look at this example. The contestants perform a song of their choice based on a particular theme. It was the 80′s theme during the Top 16 week, and Jason Castro performed Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”. Simon Cowell announced that Jeff Buckley’s version of the same song is his favorite. Now here’s the business. Not only did Jason Castro’s performance hit the high note on the iTunes download charts, but it also brought Jeff Buckley’s single to the limelight. It features now at no.2 of iTunes download charts, and no.1 is another Idol performance, David Archuleta’s rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine”. Music from Idol is available for download on iTunes for 0.99$ and Videos for 1.99$. Apple should actually be very happy with the association with Fox Network’s Star Reality TV show which has not only brought more music to the catalog, but also brought old tracks back to life. And who’s the winner here- Apple for sure!!!
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This post has nothing to do with accusing Steve Jobs of not entertaining us enough this year at the Macworld Keynote. I guess, Gates stole the show with his short feature with Matthew McConaughey and Jon Stewart this January. But well, the question is, all that hype of “There’s something in the air” has probably gone down the drain by now, even as Day 2 of Macworld 2008 is yet to begin. The Macbook Air at the first look, looks like an engineering marvel pushed to the limits, but have a closer glance and you realise, it is pretty much an useless decorative piece adding to your unused pile of fort gadget, collected soley for one reason-you love Steve Jobs no matter what.Let’s try to justify this by point by point.
At a price of $1,799 , it’s a shit load expensive and the features that it offers is not at all justified for the price you pay. After all, what rules at the end of the day is the user experience, not the slim design. [Continue Reading]
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