Making an external hard drive stand out when there are so many to choose from can be quite a challenge, but Western Digital (http://www.westerndigital.com) has always been an innovator in this realm. In addition, they have the experience given that they are a leading provider of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) drives as well as with their own products that bring a little more to the table than just plain old storage.
Read MoreThere are reports (http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/apple_reportedly_eyes_cloud_services_with_goal_of_eliminating_the_hard_driv/) that Apple wants to get into “cloud computing” and eliminate the hard drive when it comes to storing music and movies. Maybe I’m a dinosaur, but I’m not totally convinced that I want most of my data in the clouds.
Read MoreWatch for it … the discussion on what Apple is going to name it’s next generation of iPhone. Will it be the iPhone 4G? The 3.5? The some-other-name-that-doesn’t-include-G? It’s hard to say. G here could easily mean the generation of the iPhone, or it could mean the G for mobile technology (e.g., 4G comes after the 3G service that AT&T has).
What do you think it will be?
Read MoreThe LTE trials being run by Verizon Wireless are going well, and the company says it is still on schedule to make LTE available to 100 million Americans by the end 2010, reports “ZDNet” (http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=31508&tag=wrapper;col1).
The the real-world broadband speeds that engineers are seeing on the nascent 4G network are “way beyond what customers get on the current 3G networks (including Verizon’s),” the article adds.
Read MoreApple is emailing some iTunes Store account holders seeking feedback on how they use the Store, according to “iLounge” (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-seeking-itunes-store-feedback-from-users/).
The email, which carries the subject “Tell us how you like iTunes,” links to a survey about use of the iTunes Store. “iLounge” notes that, more specifically, the survey asks about video and movie purchase and rental, including why users purchase movies from the iTunes Store and what types of devices they typically watch them on.
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