October 2010 Archives

October 21, 2010

R.I.P. Optical Drive

Today Apple announced the end of the optical drive from all its laptops

As I profetized on 18 september 2010 here at zaerl.com.

Q: do we need a DVD drive?
A: no

October 19, 2010

Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results

Record Mac, iPhone and iPad Sales Highest Revenue and Earnings Ever

Let's see the results:

  • 3.89M Macs (+27%)
  • 14.1M iPhones (+91%)
  • 9.05M iPods (-11%)
  • 4.19M iPads
At this point it seems to me that only bloggers seeking attention are concerned about the antenna.

October 14, 2010

Android Fragmentation

TweetDeck Beta User Base

The black part around pi/2 is the dark side of the force?

Extreme fragmentation is extreme.

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

The lion is a very big cat and probably the last of its species:

  • OS X 10 Cheetah
  • OS X 10.1 Puma
  • OS X 10.2 Jaguar
  • OS X 10.3 Panther
  • OS X 10.4 Tiger
  • OS X 10.5 Leopard
  • OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • OS X 10.7 Lion

October 12, 2010

New Windows Phone Ad

New Windows Phone Ad

It is just me or this is the stupidest advert of the last 10 years?

Issue 9

Google closes Issue 9

The naming similarity is unfortunate. And "go", in my mind, is a 2.500 years old game.

October 8, 2010

A possible acquisition of Adobe by Microsoft

What Did Microsoft and Adobe Chiefs Talk About?

Flash + Silverlight == ?

Silverflash? Flashlight? No. Just another nail in the coffin.