The Apple TV is really a stripped down Mac Mini

January 16, 2007

When Apple first announced the iTV, back in September, we all assumed that it was just another CE device, much like ElGato’s eyeHome or more recent devices from Linksys. It turns out that this is not true and that the Apple TV is much closer to a traditional computer than previously thought. According to AppleInsider, […]

iPhone questions

January 11, 2007

The iPhone announcement may have put an end to years of speculations, however I feel that it still raises lots of questions. Many of these questions have already been discused, but surprisingly I haven’t seen any of the following questions asked on the web: 1. What does the iPhone mean for the future of the […]

Truth will make us free

January 10, 2007

One nice thing about traveling to a country every year or two is that you can better appreciate what is happening there (or not) and measure the pace of change. Now that I am back from my recent trip to Spain I can confidently state that from a politics standpoint nothing hasn’t changed much over […]

Blogging over the Atlantic

January 2, 2007

As I am flying over the Atlantic, on my way to Spain for some well deserved family vacations, slightly bored by the in-flight movie, Miami Vice, I can’t avoid redirecting my thoughts to the future of the Internet. The original idea behind the Internet was to build a tool that would help share knowledge by […]

The four hour long MacWorld keynote

December 26, 2006

Last year at MacWorld, Steve Jobs announced that 2006 would see many great new products. That was clearly an overstatement. Even though most Macintosh computers were redesigned as part of the Intel processor adoption plan, I think that it is fair to say that most Apple customers were clearly disappointed by the level of innovation […]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 22, 2006

Wow, this year has gone fast, it is once again Christmas time and, like every year, I simply cannot believe it. From a professional point of view, it has been a very interesting year. Even though I have turned 40 and become a second line manager, I have been able to spend some time to […]

Giving up

December 21, 2006

I have heard recently someone say that if you are seeking balance between your personal and professional life, it basically means that you have given up. The person who said that was one of those Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs who most seem to admire/envy. It is clear that those who agree with such an assertion have […]

Collaboration and recognition

December 20, 2006

The new Internet is all about collaboration. Wikis, team rooms and other technologies look to foster team collaboration as an effective way to quickly reach better results. As community efforts like wikipedia yield amazing results, the private sector is looking into using similar tools in the enterprise to make significant productivity gains. The question of […]

Harman Kardon Drive+Play

December 19, 2006

I was recently assigned a new company car by IBM, a 2007 Toyota Camry. I must say that, so far, I have been pleased with it. My only major complain has been related to the audio system, which cannot be replaced by a different one. The reason I wanted to change it was because of […]

Sun R&D working hard…for Apple!

December 18, 2006

With the recent revelation that Apple will add support for ZFS it has become totally clear that Apple does not suffer from the “not invented here” syndrome that has affected many other hardware and software manufacturers. This is the second open-source project created by Sun that has been quickly adopted by Apple, the other one […]

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