Posts by mr fish

Apple's Tablet won't save Big Dumb Media

Not universally so..

"Their capability to provide us with something we didn't know, or couldn't find out, or give us new ways of thinking about something, is just not there any more."

Not sure, but off the top of my head, columns like "Bad Science" and the uncovering of the Parliamentary expenses scandal definitely told me things that weren't just "lying around the internets".

I don't care about journalism's survival - but I do worry about the lack of scrutiny of the machinery of democracy without it,

The Economics of Virtualisation

Because...

> Has anybody any other insights into why they use VM's?

Because it means buying more expensive servers, of course.

Given that a pretty decent server can be had for sub £1000, this means IT deps are no longer in charge of big, expensive boxes.

Want a machine capable of multi-Gbs of RAM and disk, and many CPUs? That'll be right at the top end of the market then - so IT departments are happy they're 'important' once more.

This leads such hilarity as the VM for the 1-month of training in an org being charged to the project at an amount twice the cost of the *entire* live server !

HTC Touch Diamond

Windows Mobile though

== EPIC FAIL.

Apple to charge $20 for iPod Touch update

ORLY?

@Demon:

"Because the SEC said if they gave it away they would be in violation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act rules. Apple ended up paying a fine because the SEC didn't think the $9.95 was fair market value for the update."

You can, of course, back that up with a web link to the news story that must have happened? Or shall we assume that you're just FOS. Or maybe S-O hearings must be held in secret. That must be it, along with other magic rules that say an iPod Touch isn't a new product, but an iPhone is (even though SJ launched it with the line "the best IPod we've ever made").

So also I can expect to be charged for the 10.5.2 update, which will be required to turn on time capsule (as Time Machine won't work wirelessly currently)? Or is there some other magic rule that means we'll be alright for that? And since when did the SEC start evaluating 'fair market value' for goods and services?

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/wireless/accountants-say-apples-199-80211n-tax-is-bogus-230538.php

The ironic thing is, that if I were SJ, and I *knew* I was going to have to charge $20 for a few measly updates to the ipod touch - I wouldn't have bothered. The bad feeling over charging more than outweighs the 'new' features. People buying it knew there was a functionality gap to the iPhone, and accepted it.

@Demon: Huh?

So pray tell, how come the Apple TV "Take 2" firmware is a *FREE* download for *all existing customers* ?

Sarbanes-Oxley my arse!