May 2007
54 posts
Toyota delays introduction of Li-ion batteries for...
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, ToyotaWhen talking about the (hopefully coming in 2010) Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz repeatedly said he was waiting on battery makers to provide GM with battery packs that were up to the challenge, seeing as the show car relies on technology that doesn’t exist. GM isn’t the only maker with battery issues — Toyota has pushed back the introduction...
iTunes Plus DRM-free music now official
We knew it was imminent after this morning’s iTunes software update. Now, after all our collective bitching and moaning, they’re here: DRM-free tracks on Apple’s iTunes Plus store. Sure, there are plenty of other on-line music stores offering similar 256kbps AAC quality music, DRM-free for less than a $1.29 iTunes Plus cost per track ($0.30 upgrade for each song already...
The Office: Creed Thoughts
Ok, here’s a fun little blog mention that we’d been meaning to post after last week’s season finale episode of The Office. If you watch the NBC show, you’ll be familiar with the dark-hearted fan-favorite character Creed Bratton. In the finale, it’s revealed that Ryan had helped Creed set up a “blog”.
Of course (spoilers!) the blog itself turned out to just be an address at the top of a Word...
Cingular BlackBerry 8800 has Google Maps and GPS
Posted by Steve Lee, Product Manager, Google Maps for mobile Some of us have a great sense of direction, and others find themselves, well, a little lost at times. For those in the latter camp, you can thank Cingular for launching the BlackBerry® 8800, the latest open GPS-enabled device from a major U.S. carrier. That means that when you use Google Maps for mobile, your location automatically...
Goodbye Cingular, Hello AT&T
The Cingular brand name is officially dead, gone, swimming with the fishes. By the end of this week all 1,800 Cingular corporate stores will have been rebranded to AT&T. Cingular has meant a lot of things to a lot of people. Hot phones, horrible service, botched launches, Video Share, and much much more. AT&T is re-adopting their corporate name right in time for the upcoming Apple iPhone...
Bloomberg: All NYC taxis to be hybrid by 2012
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Etc., Green click above image to view a sample of NYC’s fleet of hybrid taxis Mayor Mike Bloomberg has announced a plan to require that all New York taxis be hybrids by 2012. This bid to greatly reduce the environmental impact of the 13,000 strong yellow cab fleet, is part of the city’s larger plaNYC long-term sustainability program, which also...
Steve: 4th Briefing: “The Importance of Considering the feelings of others” (via Twitter / Steve)
Steve: In briefings all day. Death by Power Point. (via Twitter / Steve)
“www dot creedthoughts dot gov dot www backslash creedthoughts…check it...”
– Creed Bratton
Battlestar Galactica To Continue After All
turboflux writes “According to executive producer David Eick, Battlestar Galactica is still an open-ended adventure and it will not be ending after the 4th season as previously reported. Evidently Edward James Olmos jumped the gun on confirming the show would be ending while attending the Saturn Awards this month. Eick goes on to say that the fourth season would actually be 22 episodes (2...
Steve: Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard Demo is available for download. (via Twitter / Steve)
Jobs chided, answers questions at shareholder...
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Yeah, we tend to think things like shareholder meetings are as boring as the next guy (well, the next guy who’s not a stock broker, anyway), but Steve really took and dished out some heat at yesterday’s get together. On Leopard’s delay: “Leopard will be worth the wait. I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If so, then...
Apple hints at video rentals through iTunes...
Apple Inc. did not make any material announcements during its shareholders meeting on Thursday, but did hint that it will offer video rentals through iTunes at some point in the future. “Timing of this is difficult to determine, but we would expect [iTunes video rentals] sometime in 2008,” said analyst Gene Munster, who attended the meeting. (via News dugg by sizemoresr)
Revision3 Grows Up: The Totally Rad Show
A Wired blog about how rad The Totally Rad Show really is. (via News dugg by sizemoresr)
Bugzilla 3.0 released
After 9 years since Bugzilla 2.0 release the Bugzilla team released the next major revision of the most popular bugtracking system ever! Bugzilla 3.0 brings tons of new stuff, including custom fields/resolutions, improved UTF8 support, UI improvements, mod_perl support, XML-RPC interface, and others. sweet! (via News dugg by sizemoresr)
VMWare Rolls Out Vista Virtualization
MsManhattan writes “VMWare Inc. today is slated to introduce a new version of its workstation virtualization software that supports Windows Vista. The upgrade, VMWare Workstation 6, enables users to run Vista as a host or a guest operating system. Additionally, it allows users to store a virtual machine setup on a portable device — like as a USB drive — and transfer the set-up to another...
Happy 50th Birthday Helvetica
The Helvetica font is celebrating its 50th birthday. You’ve probably seen it a thousand times today. Why? (via News dugg by sizemoresr)
Ten OS X Command Line Utilities you might not know...
The Mac OS X command line interface is home to thousands of programs that the average user doesn’t know exists. While using the command line in Mac OS X is not necessary for the every day operation of a Macintosh, if harnessed correctly, it can save you a lot of time. I hope you enjoy these ten OS X command line utilities . . (via News dugg by sizemoresr)
A whole new experience for Google Analytics
Posted by Jeff Veen, UI Design Manager A year and a half ago, we released Google Analytics as a free service to help people measure the success of their Web sites. In that time, the response has been fantastic - hundreds of thousands of sites across the Web have access to this powerful analysis previously only available to the enterprise. Now, we’re taking the next step: making that analysis...
Google launches Google Reader for the Wii last...
Google quietly launched Google Reader specifically designed for the Wii last night. The new interface even makes use of the buttons found on your Wiimote. On my initial digging I cannot find a similar interface designed specifically for the PS3 browser. Suh-weet….err…Suh-wiit. (via News dugg by sizemoresr)
Steve: Is it just me or does Kaiser Chiefs sound a lot like Drive Shaft (from ‘Lost’)? Especially the song ‘Ruby.’ (via Twitter / Steve)
Steve: I just realized the Google reader has saved me from compulsively checking my live bookmarks in Firefox, and replaced my busy iGoogle page. (via Twitter / Steve)
3 New Mac Ads Released
New Mac ads have been released including “Choose A Vista”, “Genius”, and “Party Is Over” (via News dugg by sizemoresr)
Turning Pro
sizemoresr posted a photo: I just turned pro in wii sports bowling. Now all I have left is golf and boxing, and i’m really close in boxing. (via photoblog - sizemoresr’s Tagged Photos)
Announcing Slideshow 2007 (Web User Edition)
We’ve launched an improved version of the Slideshow. Here’s the feature comparison:
Old Version — sucks
New Version — rules!
You wanted bigger photos! You wanted to see titles + descriptions! You wanted to see your photos on a black background!
Well, check this out. (via Stephen’s shared items in Google Reader)
RIM BlackBerry Curve (aka BlackBerry 8300) Review... →
Though it doesn’t bring Wi-Fi or 3G support, the BlackBerry Curve offers a best-of-breed design and a well-rounded set of features to make it an attractive device for consumers and mobile professionals alike.
Jaguar
sizemoresr posted a photo: Taken at a recent trip to the Jacksonville Zoo. (via photoblog - sizemoresr’s Tagged Photos)
Creed Bratton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Holy crap. Creed (from _The Office_) really was in The Grass Roots. For real. (via del.icio.us/merlinmann/tumble)
Apple iPhone to launch June 15th?
While everyone knows that the Apple iPhone is coming out in June, there has been a significant amount of speculation as to its precise date of release. Apple has been elusive as usual on the matter, stating only that the phone is “scheduled to ship in late June.” The Boy Genius Report received an interesting piece of information at our world headquarters today, and it may shed some...
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Steve: On a 10k walk for Cystic Fibrosis. (via Twitter / Steve)
AutoRate iTunes Tracks
“This application automatically sets the rating for all tracks in your iTunes library according to how often each track is played, and how often each track is skipped. ” (via News dugg by sizemoresr)
How-to: Use your TiVo Series3 eSATA port to add an...
Filed under: Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Storage
Ever wish you could use that friggin eSATA port TiVo taunts you with on the back of your Series3? If so your moment has finally arrived — and not a moment too soon for many a DVR-loving TV fans whose drives are filled to the brim with HD programming. Best of all: you don’t even have to crack open your box or nothin’. Ready...
Yahoo! Photos to Shut Down
prostoalex writes “Yahoo has finally made a decision regarding Yahoo! Photos vs. Flickr battle, and will be shutting down Yahoo! Photos by the fall of this year. Even though Yahoo! Photos currently maintains a higher share of Internet visits, Flickr growth convinced the company to maintain a single photo site from now on. Says USA Today: ‘Stewart Butterfield, who co-founded Flickr in...
BlackBerry Curve Gallery
Did you know that our #1 request in regards to the BlackBerry Curve has been comparison photos with the BlackBerry Pearl? If you didn’t know, the BlackBerry Curve was officially announced today, thus ending our NDA. Without further delay, take a look at some of the shots to let you really get a feel for how perfect this device is. I don’t care if you love SureType, this one might...
RIM Officially Announces BlackBerry Curve
I guess we were off a little. As we hinted earlier in the week, the BlackBerry Curve has now been officially announced by RIM, apparently heading to AT&T initially in the United States. The website is now live aswell at, http://www.blackberrycurve.com
The press release comes with details on the device, including new additions of a 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom, a...
Steve Jobs talks "A Greener Apple", LED backlit...
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
In his second public letter in recent times, Steve Jobs has responded to high profile accusations from environmental organizations that Apple is not taking the matter of the environment seriously enough, with a point by point article that highlights Apple’s record and puts forward improvements for the future. Going down the list of toxic chemicals usually found...