Walking robot by Sony learns how to jog
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Humanoid robot learns how to run
Humanoid robot learns how to run
03/17/2005 04:20 AMNews.bbc.co.uk - Wed Mar 16, 09:28 am GMT
Sony's Humanoid Robot Learns How to Jog
Sony's Humanoid Robot Learns How to Jog
12/18/2003 11:52 AMAP via Daily Press Dec 18 2003 10:37AM ET
Sony's humanoid robot learns how to jog
Sony's humanoid robot learns how to jog
12/18/2003 09:20 AMBoston Globe Dec 18 2003 8:26AM ET
Japanese electronics maker Sony's
dancing humanoid robot learns how to jog
Japanese electronics maker Sony's
dancing humanoid robot learns how to jog
12/18/2003 01:07 PMSiliconValley.com Dec 18 2003 9:33AM ET
Walking Human-Shaped Robot Going on Sale
(AP)
Walking Human-Shaped Robot Going on Sale
(AP)
04/12/2005 07:33 AMAP - A small walking man-shaped robot for home security and
entertainment is going on sale in Japan for 588,000 yen ($5,450).
Walking human-shaped robot going on sale
Walking human-shaped robot going on sale
04/12/2005 11:49 PMBoston Globe Apr 13 2005 4:32AM GMT
Sony sends humanoid robot out for a run
Sony sends humanoid robot out for a run
12/18/2003 11:52 AMZDNet Dec 18 2003 10:32AM ET
Sony PSP Taxes, Robot Upskirts
Sony PSP Taxes, Robot Upskirts
03/22/2005 04:46 PM
Brother
blogger Brian at Kotaku decides to rain on California PSP purchasers'
parades as he exposes a previously obscure application of the
Electronic Waste Recycling Act, which according to initial assessments
will apply to sales of the PSP. That means everyone in
California has to pay an extra $6 (no big deal) when buying their PSP,
but retail outlets like EB Games and Gamestop may not be ready to
process the tax, which could lead to sales delays or fines (a slightly
bigger deal). All this PSP drama and I still don't have one.
And in only a marginally related bonus link, adult funtime swami
Fleshbot has discovered the true use of Sony Ericsson ROB-1
Bluetooth Camera Robot.
Cali Taxman Takes on PSP? [Kotaku]
Sony Ericsson’s Upskirt Cam [Fleshbot]
Sony Wants Robot Midgets to Chat You Up
Sony Wants Robot Midgets to Chat You Up
07/29/2004 08:36 AM
Moviegoing experience has told me that Sony's
recently established "Intelligence Dynamics Laboratory" isn't a good
idea. Sony has set a goal - the creation of a realistic conversation
partner robot in five years. Mr. Doui, father of the Aibo, has even
been brought in, along with 350 computers to "compute 1 trillion
calculations per second." Let's hope Sony teaches the robots English,
too, otherwise we'll all be hosed. Thankfully, Sony will be building
the new robots based on the 2 foot QRIO, so when they become
self-aware, they'll be a good 3-4 feet shorter than us Americans.
PUNT.
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Sony Claims Humanoid Robot First
Sony Claims Humanoid Robot First
12/18/2003 11:48 AMA press
release from Sony claims they have developed the world's first fully
autonomous humanoid robot with internal power and control that is
capable of running. The
robot is an upgraded version of the Sony QRIO, a robot we've
seen before. The robot uses a control theory called Zero Moment Point
(ZMP) and in addition to running is capable of other extreme motion
that
involves one or both feet leaving the ground such as jumping.
Additional
photos
of QRIO in action can be found on the Japanese PC Watch site.
There's also a Slashdot
discussion about QRIO.
Sony desarrolla el primer robot que
corre
Sony desarrolla el primer robot que
corre
12/20/2003 07:35 AMSony Claims First Running Humanoid Robot
Sony Claims First Running Humanoid Robot
12/18/2003 09:19 AMNews for nerds writes "Sony Corporation announced the new development
of Sony's humanoid robot, enabling integrated motion control for
walking, jumping and ...
Sony Unveils World's First 'Running'
Humanoid Robot
Sony Unveils World's First 'Running'
Humanoid Robot
12/18/2003 06:08 PMBoston Globe Dec 18 2003 4:48PM ET
New chip learns on the job
New chip learns on the job
04/26/2004 01:05 PMZDNet Apr 26 2004 5:13PM GMT
Edinburgh Learns to Worry about Wi-Fi
Edinburgh Learns to Worry about Wi-Fi
02/11/2004 10:56 AMAnother entry in an endless series of "Wi-Fi security risk" articles,
this time from Edinburgh, Scotland: This article is only slightly
sensational, which might result from the reporter having heard these
claims for the first time about the risks of a wireless network. But
they're not too far off the mark. The biggest problem in articles that
cite the number of "open" access points, as a reader recently pointed
out to me, is that unless you connect to the point and probe, you
can't tell whether the gateway is inside or outside a firewall or has
other restrictions....
OpenOffice.org learns Welsh
OpenOffice.org learns Welsh
07/22/2004 11:40 AMMewngofnodi!
Transforming the Way the World Learns
Transforming the Way the World Learns
07/02/2004 05:20 AMKarishma Kiri was born in India, but her family moved to the United
States before she was 6 years old, part of the "brain drain" that
began when the emerging knowledge-based global economy started to
create exciting new opportunities for scientists, engineers and other
professionals from developing countries.
Hitachi learns to spell NAS
Hitachi learns to spell NAS
04/04/2005 08:26 AMComputer Business Review Apr 4 2005 12:33PM GMT
Loic learns from mistakes...
Loic learns from mistakes...
07/27/2004 02:27 AM
Loic blogs about his experience with his customers and the French
blogging community. This reminds me of when I
got my bumps from the Japanese diary community about two years ago
for trying to push blogging in Japan. We now have a very good
relationship with the Japanese Net community, but it took a lot of
work on the part of my team and the delivery on a lot of promises.
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Teen Learns Mom Accused of His Abduction
(AP)
Teen Learns Mom Accused of His Abduction
(AP)
02/18/2004 12:03 PMAP - Authorities arrested the mother of a 17-year-old boy after her
son saw his picture on a missing children's Web site and discovered
that she was accused of abducting him from his father 14 years ago.
Higher ed learns notebook PC lessons
Higher ed learns notebook PC lessons
04/13/2005 04:35 AMMore colleges and universities are requiring students to have notebook
computers. And the notebook growth is sparking far-ranging changes in
the way these institutions do computing.
Gmail Learns to Raise Its Hand
Gmail Learns to Raise Its Hand
08/22/2004 03:30 PMDirect and Related Links for 'Gmail
Learns to Raise Its Hand'
Gmail delivered to desktops You’ve got Gmail. Subscribers of
Google’s free e-mail service who long for those words can now
receive them faster, without logging onto the Gmail site.
Google’s new Gmail Notifier, a downloadable application
introduced Friday in beta, or test version, lets users receive desktop
alerts when they have new unread messages. The software, for Microsoft
Windows 2000 and above only, shows an icon in the PC system tray and
alerts users…
NYC Learns lessons from Boston
Convention
NYC Learns lessons from Boston
Convention
07/30/2004 03:54 PMThe Media Business Learns A New Song
The Media Business Learns A New Song
04/13/2004 11:26 AMApple faces the tricky proposition of persuading people to buy songs
from its catalogue of 500,000 tracks where there are 900m tracks
available illegally on file-sharing sites. By Tim Burt, Financial
Times (via MyAppleMenu)
An Educator Learns the Hard Way
(washingtonpost.com)
An Educator Learns the Hard Way
(washingtonpost.com)
06/20/2004 10:12 PMwashingtonpost.com - Second of three articles
Stanford Learns a Software Lesson
Stanford Learns a Software Lesson
06/12/2004 05:03 PMMicrosoft learns to speak Vietnamese
Microsoft learns to speak Vietnamese
04/01/2005 09:39 AMCNET Asia Apr 1 2005 1:32PM GMT
Column: Apple learns from its past
Column: Apple learns from its past
04/22/2004 11:53 AMForget the success of iTunes or even the iPod. The lesson to take from
Apple is all about an organization and leader that can learn from its
past, says Rene Carayol in a "Boardroom Dispatches" column at
Silicon.com...
Man Learns He's Dead, Thanks to Blind
Ex-Wife (Reuters)
Man Learns He's Dead, Thanks to Blind
Ex-Wife (Reuters)
07/15/2004 10:14 AMReuters - A Russian taxi driver got a rude shock
when he discovered his blind ex-wife, who thought he had died
in an explosion, had him buried in a Moscow cemetery, a
newspaper reported on Thursday.
Microsoft Learns the Importance of
Knowing Geography
Microsoft Learns the Importance of
Knowing Geography
08/19/2004 06:40 PMU.S. companies don't always do so well when it comes to knowing their
geography. When Delta Airlines bought Pam Am's famous international
route network in the 1990s, they had to hand out atlases so the
employees and company executives would know where the airline was
flying. Now comes a story in the Guardian about the
c
ostly blunders Microsoft has made through geographic ignorance.
Their gaffs cover not only geography but also political and cultural
sensitivity issues. While some of the errors probably couldn't be
avoided, what is surprising is that others could have and should have
been caught, but Microsoft took a lackadaisical approach. Working
worlds away in Redmond, the issues probably seemed trifling compared
with the importance of getting the software out the door on time.
Microsoft acknowledges that those errors cost real money and more
importantly tarnished the company's reputation. Given the arrogant
way they acted in the past about such things, it's almost nice to see
them publicly admitting to messing up, and agreeing that they need to
be more culturally sensitive (even if, yes, it should help them avoid
multi-million dollar blunders involving having their own software
banned or their own employees tossed in jail).
A Running Robot Or A Rolling Robot?
A Running Robot Or A Rolling Robot?
12/18/2003 12:58 PMIt took years for researchers to figure out how to make a robot be
able to stand and walk on two legs. In fact, it's so complicated,
that some researchers are giving up on that idea and
using
Segway balancing technology on their robots instead of legs.
However, the folks at Sony seem to have taken the concept of the
upright walking robot one step further: they've figured out
how to make a
robot run. That's right, it actually leaves the ground at
points while jogging along. It apparently needs a bit of a walking
start to get up to speed, and even at running speed, it's more of a
slow jog - where it's feet barely leave the ground. Still, it's a
start, and with some more work, they believe they can really make the
robot run.
"nbc5i.com - Family - Homeless Dog
Learns To Open Car Doors"
"nbc5i.com - Family - Homeless Dog
Learns To Open Car Doors"
12/04/2003 03:49 AMRed Hat and Novell salivate as Navy
learns to count servers
Red Hat and Novell salivate as Navy
learns to count servers
06/17/2005 04:41 PM499,997, 499,998, 499,999 . . .
LA teen surfing Internet learns he was
allegedly abducted by mother
LA teen surfing Internet learns he was
allegedly abducted by mother
02/18/2004 03:47 AMAP via New Jersey Online Feb 18 2004 7:40AM GMT
Mad Cow Walking
Mad Cow Walking
01/25/2004 01:54 AM What if the Mad Cow
wasn't a 'downer'? Walking to the sky.
Walking to the sky.
09/13/2004 03:44 AM
Let Your IT Do the Walking
Let Your IT Do the Walking
03/26/2005 02:36 AMConstructech Magazine Mar 26 2005 6:44AM GMT
walking in la
walking in la
05/30/2004 08:25 PMAnne and I walked 13 miles today, along The Strand from Dockweiler to
Hermosa and back.
It was a perfect day to walk. Blue skies, a light breeze, tons of
friendly people out walking their dogs, and a beach absolutely
packed with people playing volleyball. There was this festive
atmosphere everywhere, and I felt like my soul got a little recharge
while my body got a light workout.
A First-Time Nonfiction Author Learns
That Getting Published Is Not
Necessarily the Hard Part
A First-Time Nonfiction Author Learns
That Getting Published Is Not
Necessarily the Hard Part
09/10/2004 02:36 PMThe Education of Stacy
Sullivan
cjr.org/issues/2004/5/ideas-books-beckerman.asp
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"Magical Trevor"
"Magical Trevor"
07/21/2004 09:32 PMTrevor F Smith: Exterior
Trevor F Smith: Exterior
02/11/2004 11:05 PMTrevor F Smith’s collection of collaborative ETech notes ..
cataloging various shared
notes
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Trevor Corson: Livin' la Vida Lobster
Trevor Corson: Livin' la Vida Lobster
07/12/2004 07:26 AMmore .. more
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Veteran inventor Trevor Baylis braves
the stock market
Veteran inventor Trevor Baylis braves
the stock market
08/13/2004 12:21 PMBBC Aug 13 2004 5:15PM GMT
Off to San Francisco
Off to San Francisco
04/09/2005 09:28 AM
Thanks to everyone who showed up in Mar del Plata to participate in
the ICANN meeting. I thought that the discussion was healthy and
productive and although we moved forward on a number of things, we are
left with a lot of work to do based on the feedback we received on the
strategic plan, the board governance guidelines, .pro, .net, IDNs,
transparency, process and a number of other topics. Special thanks to
staff for running such a great meeting in the absence of our CEO Paul
Twomey. I think you did an excellent job.
Thanks to everyone who showed up for dinner last night and special thanks to Mariano for organizing everything. It
was great to meet the Argentine bloggers. I'm sorry I was late. Our
bus from Mar del Plata broke down and we had have them send a new
one.
Thanks to Mookie letting me stay at his place in Buenos Aires.
I'm off to San Francisco today to do my usual rounds and to go a
Institute for the Future retreat.
Since my flight doesn't leave until this evening, I hope I can do a
bit of moblogging in Buenos Aires.
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San Francisco day four and a bit...
San Francisco day four and a bit...
08/16/2004 02:02 PMSo the day before yesterday didn't go quite as I'd planned. I
didn't go and see Dinah or her kittens, but I did get to give Flakes
to Heather and then go with her to
Taco Bell where we consumed about $16 worth of faux Mexican cuisine
between us. Then there was the car wash, and the drive back into the
city to go say hi to Derek, two
chihuahuas and a cat named Spoo before wandering off to kid robot (dumb toys purchased:
2) and then Giant
Robot in Haight Ashbury. Then there was a nice "Blue Meanie"
smoothie in a wifi-enabled café which was pretty bloody pleasant, all
things considered. The next planned excusion was the epic walk over to
the Tonga rooms, which would actually have been pretty bloody epic if
I hadn't walked in completely the opposite direction for the first
twenty minutes or so. So I got a cab with a driver who listened to
light country and suffered manfully the hell of Tim McGraw's My Next Thirty Years (and I quote):
My next thirty years I’m gonna settle all the scores
Cry a little less, laugh a little more
Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear
Figure out just what I’m doing here
In my next thirty years
Oh my next thirty years, I’m gonna watch my weight
Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late
Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
Maybe I’ll remember my next thirty years
You see what I'm talking about? Anyway - so I got to the Fairmont a
bit early and so decided to loiter around a bit in the foyer and read
my new book while all the
smartly dressed people looked at me strangely and tried to remember my
face just in case they'd need to identify me in a Guantanamo tribunal
later in the year. And then the event began and I got to talk to a
couple of dozen neat cool web people that I just don't get to see
enough. I danced (badly) with Mena and Dinah and Heather and chatted a lot to David about what it was like
to be an Englishman living in the States at the moment which was
extremely interesting. I felt a bit sorry for my poor ex-flatmate
Mella who had just got off the plane in San Francisco and come
straight to the bar because she didn't know anyone, but I think she
enjoyed herself. And of course the bar's fake thunder, lightning, rain
and floating boat/island/band were as awesome as ever...
Yesterday started a little more sedately with an enormous cooked
breakfast over at the Pork
Store with Leslie, Lance (also here) and Mella. Mella and I then
wandered up into town, up Valencia and past a few second hand stores
up to the Civic Center and then up Market for a bit of an explore.
(This feels a bit like a 'what I did on my holiday' tract, so
apologies for that.) And then after a few confusing disorganisational
miscarriages, we ended up with a friend of Mella's called Emily
driving through Chinatown, then walking up to Coit Tower and then down
to Pier 39 for Oysters and general seafood. Then Mella wandered off to
meet Emily's parents, while I returned back to Leslie's (past the San
Francisco Bear Fair), met up with Ben Cerveny and Webb, drove around the
city in a convertible car before wandering up to Molly's place and
drinking a few glasses of wine and basically passing out. Nice
evening!
And what's next over the next couple of days?
- Visit Six Apart
- Meet up with Kevin Marks
for lunch
- See Ben Cerveny and Jim Speth and talk about geeky shit
- Try and do some gay stuff of some kind
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Flowers for San Francisco
Flowers for San Francisco
05/31/2004 02:05 PMThere are quite a few people dropping by
ongoing today on account of the
article in the Chronicle about advertising. Among
other things, it says I run lots of flower pictures, only I haven’t
for a while, so here are some...
Art bashing in San Francisco
Art bashing in San Francisco
06/01/2004 12:22 PMThird of San Francisco Without Power
Third of San Francisco Without Power
12/21/2003 07:25 AMReuters via Wired News Dec 21 2003 6:38AM ET
Return to San Francisco (already)...
Return to San Francisco (already)...
09/13/2004 08:25 PMSo I might - note might - be in San Francisco again in about
three week's time for a few nights, well actually only really two or
three nights: 6th October, (maybe 8th October) and 9th October. I'd be
going to an event in Sonoma on the 7th and 8th, so it would really be
a flying visit. Does anyone have a convenient pile of floor or sofa
that they might be prepared to lend me?
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"San Francisco Examiner"
"San Francisco Examiner"
06/30/2004 04:45 AMJon Udell, San Francisco
Jon Udell, San Francisco
11/10/2003 11:18 PMIf you've never seen the video, or haven't watched it in a long time,
do a Google on "knowledge navigator quicktime" to find a copy. ...
ProNet: Out and About in San Francisco
ProNet: Out and About in San Francisco
06/17/2005 02:05 PMThough it's short notice, we'll have a number of Six Apart staff
members participating in some events in San Francisco tonight where
bloggers are gathering. We'd love to meet you there. First, with the
release of the Tags plugin for...
San Francisco, baby...
San Francisco, baby...
08/13/2004 01:59 AMPing. Now in San Francisco after cool drive with fun people in
which I mostly slept and pointed at wind farms and acres of densely
packed cows. Had subsequent great fun at the SixApart Mixer thing
where I met loads of people - some for the first time, others not.
Looked slightly nervous around some people who do really good work.
Touched a couple of them without them noticing (or at least without
them calling the police). Got a free USB dongle thing and saw the 3.1
release of MT which doesn't seem overly dramatic at first but kind of
sits in the back of your head and wiggles its tush in the direction of
interesting things. Cab back to Leslie's place - talking about The
O.C. and TV shows in general when I get to pull out my trump card -
super-secret super-cool thing that made Leslie go oooooh. Don't think
I'm going to make it to LobbyCon now though. Shame!
I'm quite enjoying not taking this weblog as seriously as normal
for a few days. It feels pretty liberating, although possibly not very
productive or good in the longer term. God knows what it's going to be
like going back to London. I can already feel it on the horizon and
must confess am vaguely dreading it.
CC Party Jan. 6 San Francisco
CC Party Jan. 6 San Francisco
12/29/2004 03:38 PM
San Francisco update...
San Francisco update...
08/17/2004 03:19 PMSo what did I do yesterday... Er... Basically went for lunch with
Kevin and Jesse where we talked about Apple and set-top boxes and food
and stuff, wandered into Technorati and said hi to people
(wave to Tantek), micro-bumped
into Joi, then got the CalTrain up to
see Six Apart (purely for fun),
got a train back with Anil
and finally wandered off to The Cafe
for my required dose of gaydom, which was a bit weird as it was
hip-hop night and I felt like everyone's fat beardy grandfather. So I
got a bit drunk and danced clumsily and collapsed back at Leslie's
unconscious at about one. Funny day.
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San Francisco Keeps Gay Weddings Going
(AP)
San Francisco Keeps Gay Weddings Going
(AP)
02/16/2004 09:13 PMAP - As hundreds of gay and lesbian couples lined up at City Hall for
the historic chance to wed with the city's blessing, opponents filed
legal papers Monday arguing that only judges can declare California's
prohibition on same-sex marriages to be unconstitutional.
Robots Are Us! benefit in San Francisco
Robots Are Us! benefit in San Francisco
04/21/2004 03:23 AMJed sez, "The
Speculative Literature
Foundation is holding an event in San Francisco this coming
Friday, April 23, as a fundraiser for the new
SLF Fountain Award for sf short stories of exceptional literary
quality. The event will feature Pat Murphy, Rudy Rucker, Terry Bisson,
Ken Wharton, Charlie Anders, and Omnicircus ("an experimental,
surreal-psychedelic musical-cabaret group"); 7:00 p.m., $10-$20
sliding scale at the door. It'll be at 550 Natoma, a few blocks from
the Civic Center BART station, near 7th and Mission."
LinkSame-Sex Couples Marry in San Francisco
(AP)
Same-Sex Couples Marry in San Francisco
(AP)
02/14/2004 10:21 PMAP - Gay and lesbian couples from across the country answered this
city's Valentine's Day invitation to wed in an unprecedented spree of
same-sex marriages that has challenged California law and sent
conservative groups scrambling for court intervention.
Photos from Seybold San Francisco
Photos from Seybold San Francisco
08/20/2004 04:48 PMThe folks at Inside Mac Radio have posted a photo gallery from this
week's Seybold Seminars in San Francisco...
The Wild Parrots of San Francisco
The Wild Parrots of San Francisco
02/15/2004 07:32 AMWild parrots in
San Francisco.
Wild parrots in San Francisco
My first year in San Francisco, I'm living in Russian Hill.
One day I hear squawking up above like I've never heard, and I love
birds, don't know why, but I look up.
I see a flock of big green parrots, almost feels miraculous.
Since then, I learn that SF has two flocks of such parrots, and for
years, Marc Bittner has been studying and feeding them. I feel this is
really cool.
Today, I just finished his book the Wild
Parrots of Telegraph Hill and it was really good. It also
discusses a
related documentary by Judy Irving, same subject, and I
gotta see it sometime. [craigblog]
When I lived on the Embarcadero - flocks of squaking parrots would
coming flying across the sky. It's wild. A truly San
Francisco experience.
San Francisco gay wedding boom
San Francisco gay wedding boom
02/14/2004 01:09 AMGay couples race to get married in San Francisco after the mayor lifts
a state ban on same-sex unions.
Just A Geek signing in San Francisco
Just A Geek signing in San Francisco
01/05/2005 02:15 PMGood news, everyone!
When the
press release went out about MacWorld, a lot of WWdN readers asked if there would be a reading or signing
for people who were unable to afford admission to the conference.
Well, it turns out that we have a mole at Bor
ders in Union Square. She made an introduction for me, and I am
super excited to announce that I've been invited to their store for a
reading and signing when I'm in town!
It looks like the Borders website hasn't been updated yet, but I'm
scheduled for Friday January 14th at 7pm.
Oh! I just got a Really Big Idea™, that could be a whole
bunch of Supercool: I have a short list of stories from Just A Geek
that I choose from when I perform at bookstores. Based on comments and
e-mail, I know there are a lot of WWdN readers in NorCal. How about,
instead of me choosing what to read, I let you guys pick what you'd
like to hear? If you're planning to come out on the 14th, say so in
the comments, and leave a brief description, or chapter number, or
page number, or whatever, and the majority will rule.
San Francisco may not regulate bl0ggers
after all
San Francisco may not regulate bl0ggers
after all
04/06/2005 11:08 PMBlog: It looks like San Francisco political bloggers may be able to
rest easy. Maybe.
The Board of Supervisors has been...
Thoughts on MacWorld San Francisco
Thoughts on MacWorld San Francisco
01/07/2004 04:41 PMI must admit I wasn't expecting anything earth-shattering from
Steve Jobs yesterday and for the most part I wasn't disappointed.
While unveiling some pretty cool toys, both hardware and software, he
failed to deliver anything that on it's surface will immediately sway
a consumer to purchase a Mac over a PC.
I say 'on it's surface' because Garage Band may
become another one of those things that people fall in love with. The
fact that he added it to the $49 iLife package is amazing. Face it,
human beings love to create things and that includes music. Today's
musical offerings are pretty bland so creating your own might be a
good alternative. Garage Band now puts professional level music
composition in the hands of the average consumer. A demo I saw last
night showed a $99 keyboard hooked up to it and it sounded exactly
like a grand piano. Not that cheesy midi sound you'd expect. Pretty
impressive.
Other announcements included improvements to iPhoto, iMovie and
iDVD as well as new iPod Minis. The knock against the new smaller
iPods will be that for the capacity they aren't much cheaper than a
slightly larger iPod. Keep in mind you are not paying for capacity,
but rather the physical size of the unit. It's the size of a business
card. It's the same reason Sony is able sell those tiny Vaios. People
want smaller rather than bigger. It's not the $100 iPod everybody was
hoping for, but they do come in five fashionable colors. Give him
credit, Steve Jobs knows how to sell to your vanity.
The one thing that caught my eye yesterday was not mentioned at
MacWorld. iTunes Music Store added lists of Billboards Top 100 songs
for every year going back to 1946. While the lists are not complete
they are fairly comprehensive. I must admit the fuel behind my Napster
addiction a couple of years ago was how easy it was to find music I
remembered from high school and college. I was never terribly
interested in finding new albums on Napster or Kazaa because the vast
majority of new music is rather unappealing. This is the kind of small
enhancement that I think will keep Apple and iTMS ahead of Walmart and
Napster in the online music biz.
All in all, not a bad day for Apple. Since these announcements
focused primarily on software I'd expect some new hardware sometime
this summer. Possibly G5 Powerbooks or 3Ghz Power Macs. It's the 20th
anniversary of the Macintosh this year so I have no doubt that Jobs
has something good in the pipeline.
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Macworld San Francisco 2004
Macworld San Francisco 2004
01/07/2004 02:05 PMApple CEO Steve Jobs delivered a keynote presentation Tuesday, Jan 6,
at 9 AM PT, introducing the latest hardware and software products from
Apple, including the iPod mini, iLife ’04 with GarageBand and Xserve
G5. See a roundup of news and photos from the show, updated throughout
the week. [Jan 6]
MacWorld San Francisco Coverage
MacWorld San Francisco Coverage
01/05/2004 10:27 PMdotmac.info will be bringing you live, up-to-the-minute reports of the
MacWorld Keynote by Steve Jobs tomorrow. The event is scheduled to
begin at 9am PT in the Moscone Convention Center, and we'll have full
coverage of the presentation on our
special event page.
Segway Banned In San Francisco
Segway Banned In San Francisco
01/20/2003 07:39 PMA quick search [google.com] on Google News reveals a Register article
[theregister.co.uk] stating that the city council of San Francisco
voted last month to ...
Google Making 3-D Map of San Francisco?
Google Making 3-D Map of San Francisco?
06/17/2005 07:21 PMMan, if it were anywhere near April 1st I would be seriously wondering
about this story. BetaNews is reporting on a story at
SiliconValleyWatcher that Google is attempting to map...
Walking robot by Sony learns how to jog
