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more about #cloud more comments → thatsmrpotatohead2U: Gosh, all you guys bashing iTunes....is it possible that there is a class of semi-audiophile gadget lovers who aren't programming geeks out there - ie... more » kingcrim84: Is there a viable option to sell digital music in an actual store location rather than just iTunes? One of the beauties of music stores is being able... more » netposer001: How about Apple letting me sync my iPod Touch via WiFi to my home PC with iTunes? Connecting via USB cable is silly. more » Ninety-9: Selling music at a nearly 100% profit while at the same time insuring that your customers are locked to using your software and your hardware is risky... more » SwatLax: What I'm most interested to see is whether Apple copies the Lala model of offering songs for a cheaper price (~$.10) that are online only (requiring a... more » trumpetgod: Apple is pushing the cloud computing model, but the problem is that we don't yet have the infrastructure that would make streaming viable. Near-seaml... more » Mikestan: What ever happened to iTunes preview? Remember itunes on the web? [gizmodo.com] more » TonyWonder: If its anything like the HypeMachine (hypem.com) no plug intended, it will be successful... but considering most of the songs on that blog aggregator ... more » Voyou_Charmant: By "more powerful" do you mean "an even slower piece of shit that I am forced to use?" Because that is the only thing I think of when I hear about up... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Will be nice to follow how much the optimizations in 2010 will make it harder, better, faster, stronger... more » natural selection: I am really starting to worry about Google. Maybe it's paranoia from using my Volcano, but Google is competing with all areas of the tech industry. ... more » Alfisted: Of course it's slower. It takes time to secretly cache every keystroke. more » pz: An unreleased, unoptimized build of an OS doesn't match up against existing releases. Thanks for at least pointing it out, but this isn't newsworthy. more » Coolmodo: What is there not to get about cloud computing? Whether you like it or need it is of course, another topic. Personally I don't see a need for cloud c... more » Platypus Man: I don't use a netbook, but if I did, I feel like I would rather just use a small and netbook-designed Linux distro that still worked like a traditiona... more » -
#rumor
How Lala and the Web Will Make iTunes Even More Powerful
We've been wondering what a Lalaized iTunes would look like, and we weren't too far off: The WSJ says iTunes is evolving into a web-centric model, making the biggest music store in the world that much more powerful.
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#chromeos
Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu and Moblin, Comes Up Slow
Chrome OS dev code only just went public, but Phoronix has already thrown it on a Samsung NC10 netbook to test its performance and battery-life against Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, Moblin 2.1, Fedora 12, and openSUSE 11.2. Interesting results ahead. More » -
#questionoftheday
Do You "Get" The Chrome OS?
Today we got our first glimpse at Google's Chrome OS and learned what it's all about. So let's start a discussion about some of the big issues. More » -
#remainders
Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
Google Cuts Price of Online Storage by 800%...Apple Updates Genius Bar Reservation System...Gold-Dipped PS3 Slim: The Hot Holiday Gift (in Donald Trump's House)...Sanyo's "Stick Booster" Looks and Sounds Far Dirtier Than It Is... More » -
#steveballmer
Steve Ballmer Up Close, Sipping Coffee, Talkin' Bout Phones and Stuff
There's something disarming, humanizing even, about sitting Steve Ballmer in front of a webcam, sipping a giant iced coffee from Starbucks (which explains so much), talking about how Apple can only dominate "niche" categories, like media players, not something bigger. More » -
#concepts
The Cloud Project Would Theoretically Make Ice Cream Fall Like Snow
The Cloud Project is a tricky little concept that would spray flavored condensation and liquid nitrogen into clouds, "seeding" them, and forcing flavored snow to fall from the heavens. It's pretty much straight of of a children's book. More » -
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#thepiratebay
The New Pirate Bay: Fees Subsidized By Your Computing Power
The Pirate Bay may not actually be dead, but major changes are on their way. Details on the new management's legit business model have surfaced, and it will involve subsidizing your monthly fees in exchange for computing power. More » -
#xbox
Warning: Xbox Live and Zune Services Down Midnight PST, Tonight
At 12:01AM PST tonight (in a few hours) Xbox Live and Zune services will be down for scheduled maintenance. The outage could last up to "24 hours". [Ars and AVForum] -
#imagecache
Push This Button, Kill Xbox Live
The Sunday Times Magazine took a look at data centers, detailing the gear behind the "cloud." Here's the emergency shut-down button at Microsoft's 500,000-square-foot center in Washington. You would infuriate a boatload of people if you pushed it. [NYTimes] -
#windowsmobile
Microsoft My Phone Beta Open to the Public
My Phone, Microsoft's new over-the-air backup system for Windows Mobile phones, is available for free in a public beta. Jason called it "fairly good" and even "fancy", so it's definitely worth a try. [WM Dev] -
#sony
Sony Registers 'PS Cloud' Trademark, Points To Internet-Based Products
Sony Japan just filed a trademark for "PS Cloud", which, along with some other US PTO filings, point to internet-based "entertainment services" like accessing games online. More » -
#myphone
Windows Mobile My Phone Impressions - It's a Fancy Backup Service
Windows Mobile fans hoping that Microsoft's My Phone over-the-air syncing service was going to be Mobile Me for WinMo can put those thoughts away. It's basically just a fancy backup service. But it works! More » -
#google
Google GDrive Online Storage Getting Closer
GDrive is Google's long-rumored online hard drive in the sky which might offer unlimited space for all of your files. Descriptions of GDrive have appeared in newly updated code on the Google Pack site. More » -
#software
Rumor: Apple iWork Going to the Cloud?
9 to 5's latest Apple rumor is that the iWork suite, Apple's Office competitor, is going to the cloud. More » -
#cloudcomputing
Good OS Launches A Cloud-centric Version of Their Linux OS called...Cloud
Good OS, who provided the $200 Wal-mart PCs with gOS, will release a cloud-based version of the OS, the pragmatically named Cloud. Cloud runs a hybrid browser/linux kernel, offering quick startups and minimal lag. More »

