This week: Windows 7 launched, and most of the stories were about how it compared to Apple? O.o Also, Net Neutrality, and bad news for Hulugans.
TC #53: Hard Disk Performance Anxiety
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- BREAKING NEWS: Your pet has a bigger carbon footprint than your car?
- Retraction: Tests confirm Apple's 27" iMac only supports DisplayPort input
- Erik - This is yours, don't know what the problem is:
- John McCain Wants to Block FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
- Grrrr.... Are they TRYING to make me hate the GOP?
- McCain's 'Real Stimulus' to go head-to-head against FCC's 'net neutrality'
- AT&T Encourages Employees to Cry About Net Neutrality to FCC
- Social Media costs 2.25 Billion
- http://bit.ly/32VPWL
- Meanwhile:
- Traffic costs $87B (TTI: Traffic costs $87B in fuel, lost productivity - News - METRO ...)
- Insomnia costs $6.5B (Insomnia Costs Billions in Lost Productivity - US News and World ...)
- And while I couldn't find the links, remember that there was outcry about how much productivity was lost because of email and computers on every desk
- Every employee on a social network is a potential free ad. Rather than shut them down, companies should be figuring out how to leverage their employee base to create a strong social media footprint.
- The fact of the matter is that people will "waste" time at work, the goal is to find things that aren't actually a waste, like email, computers, and social networking
News
- Windows 7... Even though we've all been using it for a year, it's out!
- ((Anyone have any good links on this? or any idea what to say about it other than "It's out"))
- MS Dumps Family Guy Promo
- Steve Ballmer's Windows 7 pitch features MacBook Pro in the background
- Apple's Boot Camp users must wait for Windows 7 support - Ars Technica
- Three new "Get a Mac" ads premiere, aimed at Win 7
- MS Store
- Online TV Stuff
- Apple selling new iMacs below cost?
- Did an NYT editor let the Apple 'Slate' slip?
- Apple kills ZFS =(
- App Store Developer Benefits From An Android Ad
- Lightroom3 Beta Released
Learning Center – Lightroom 3 Beta | Learn Adobe Photoshop CS4, Lightroom and Digital Photography | NAPP- Cool new features:
- Better Import/Export
- Vignettes (More realistic)
- Slideshows with music (about time)
- Watermarking control
- Cool new features:
- David Pogue Sings Steve Jobs Tribute: “Don’t Cry For Me, Cupertino” [VIDEO]
- The big story: MANY more ads coming to your online video streams of TV shows
- Other Stuff
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