Apple releases new products 08.07.07

Here it is plain and simple:

New iMac:

20-inch Intel 2.0GHZ Dual Core/ 1GB RAM/ATI Radeon HD 2400 -XT 128MB/ 250GiG HD
20-inch Intel 2.4GHZ Dual Core/ 1GB RAM/ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 216MB/ 320GiG HD
24-inch Intel 2.4GHZ Dual Core/ 1GB RAM/ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 216MB/ 320GiG HD
24-inch Intel 2.8GHZ Dual Core/ 2GB RAM/ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 216MB/ 500GiG HD




New Mac Mini:

Intel 1.83GHZ Dual Core/1GB RAM/ 80GiG HD
Intel 2.0 GHZ Dual Core/1GB RAM/ 120GIG HD










New Mac Keybord

Ultra-thin anodized aluminum enclosure with low-profile keys







iWork and iLife '08

TV Service For Xbox 360

Microsoft is going to introduce an IPTV service for Xbox 360 March 5th-7th at The Connected Home Expo in London. The IPTV can act like a Tivo and record TV shows while you are pwning on xbox live. Users will also be able to chat to friends via live while watching their favorite shows. [More...]

Oil Vs. Ethanol

With record high prices at the pump, more and more people are starting to look at alternate fuel sources. Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol, it is a flammable, colorless chemical compound is being looked at as a realistic alternative. Ethanol is produced by fermenting and distilling starch crops that have been converted into simple sugars. Feedstocks for this fuel include corn, barley, and wheat. Can you imagine being able to grow your own fuel? This is what scares major oil companies into trying to pass legislature to slow down the process of making ethanol cars and fuel readily available. Some people say the Ethanol is a net loser and will make little profit thus making it pointless to produce, yet new technological breakthroughs have made the production of Cellulosic Ethanol (produced from a great diversity of biomass including waste from urban, agricultural, and forestry sources) easier, cheaper and profitable. Right now on the east coast of the U.S., gas stations are making E85 available at the pump. E85 is a fuel blend of 85 percent ethanol and just 15 percent gasoline. This is a small step forward yet still leaves us dependent on oil, which is a source of energy that you can't just grow more of when it runs out.

More Links:
http://www.ethanol.org : American Coalition for Ethanol. ACE is the grassroots voice of the ethanol industry
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/ : The Alternative Fuels Data Center is a vast collection of information on alternative fuels and the vehicles that use them
http://www.e85fuel.com/index.php : National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
http://www.gm.com/company/onlygm/ : GM's Trendy Ad campaign for E85, They like to call it "going yellow".

Apple - Boot Camp

Apple released today Boot Camp (beta) which allows users to boot mircosoft's windows xp or Mac's OS X on any intel based Mac computer. This is very cool allowing Mac computers to run any operating system. Apple again staying one step in front of microsoft.

Google's New Interface

Go to Google.com or click here and paste this into the address bar:

javascript:alert(document.cookie="PREF=ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=
1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu;path=/;domain=.google.com")

(make sure you make this one line! w/no spaces!)

Then press enter, ignore the error message box that will pop up. Next search for something and see google's new interface.
Here is more on the new look.

More HD-DVD and Blueray Chaos

This is a pretty good article (by:businessweek.com) that sets the stage for the mass confusion that will hit the entertainment industry in a few months when the new "Nex-Gen DVDs" are released.

Here are some past posts on HD-DVD and Blueray tech:
02/28/06 - Sony's Betamax Redux: Betaray
01/11/06 - Blu-Ray Vs. HD-DVD

More iPod Video Rumors *Update3*

Rumors are that the iPod Video is real, new pictures have leaked and the buzz is that apple will unveil the new "iPod Video" on April 1st which is Apple's 30th anniversary. Yet i would not cross your fingers. More info @ ipodwizard.net

*NEW*Here are some more pictures and two videos of the iPod "AV" (site is in french).

*UPDATE-3* Pictures on how they faked this whole thing, yet keep in mind the old video that showed how they faked the pictures was also fake. (make sure you read the post below in the link)

Sony's Betamax Redux: Betaray

Sony has announced that on March 23 they are going to roll out the entertainment industry's next medium, Blueray. (Here is more info on Blueray and HD-DVD). Sony will release Blueray players with 8 blueray titles: "50 First Dates," "The Fifth Element," "Hitch" and "House of Flying Daggers." The real question is why? The fifth element was filmed (not in high definition "HD") in 1997, is the quality of the original source worth bringing to blueray's HD standards?. And how bad to you want to watch 50 first dates in HD? Most think that there needs to be a new medium other then dvd that can hold HD quality data to be played on the growing market of HD LCD and HD Plasma monitors. Making the consumer pick between Blueray and HD-DVD complicates the market, no one wants to go out and spend $350 on a sony Blueray player only to find out that the Lord of the Rings Trilogy is only going to be released on HD-DVD. Lets hope sony does not create another Betamax.

Apple Update *02.23.06*

• Apple computers iTunes online store has hit the one billion tracks sold mark, average track cost = 99 cents x one billion + iPod sales, do the math Apple is in the money.

• Pictures have leaked of the new true iPod video or the Apple tablet PC, sources are still not sure, yet they are sure the pictures are real. (take a look at it for yourself.) *new info on the iPod, look at this posts comments*
  

• Apple is holding a "new product event" February 28th, this is where this new product the "True iPod Video" or "Tablet PC" will be unveiled.

The "True" iPod Video

Rumors have been floating around that apple is going to release a new iPod. This iPod is supposably going to be made of one 3.5 inch screen and look something like this. No more click wheel, and hopefully no more scratches... These rumors have been floating around due to a flurry of patient filling by apple in the last couple of weeks.

More info:
In depth info on the "True video iPod" @ thinksecret.com
Info on apple's "new smart touch screen" @ ipodwizard.net
Tablet Mac info @ engadget.com
True iPod video info @ engadet.com

MythBusters - The Lost Experiments

Here are a bunch of clips that were not on the show that the MythBusters posted on their discovery.com site.... Interesting stuff from cleaning with cola to otter ping pong. Check it out here.

Blu-Ray Vs. HD-DVD

The days of Dvd numbered? Two new formats are set to be released later this year; Blu-Ray (50 GB disk, w/High Def content) and HD-DVD ( 45 GB disk, w/High Def content). Some might say its a bit early to replace dvds yet others say this push is needed to help the high definition market.

Xbox 360 . . .

cha its out ... nuff said (...More)