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Laptop Buying Guide 2012: How To Find The Right Laptop For You This week’s iPhone apps are all about growing up, taking control, and inheriting new responsibilities. Get a job! Kiss important peoples’ butts! Organise your shopping! Record important things! And for some reason, SLEESTAKS.
“I’m a guy who doesn’t see anything good having come from the Internet. Period.” That bit of insight is from Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton, who clearly has not seen the Bacon Explosion. [WWD via beebeejee]
We already showed you a hijacking from the pirate’s perspective, and now it’s time to turn the tables and see what it’s like to be on a Navy force taking control of a pirate mothership.
I’m planning on seeing the Trek movie this weekend, so it’s been on the brain today. Reviews have been positive, but I have to ask: do you like the new film better than old ones?
Now if only Street View could blur the food inside enough to make it look appetising, it’ll really be useful. [The Register]
Sure, the iPhone Application Store is big business for developers and consumers. For Apple? Not so much. Like always, it’s all about selling hardware in Cupertino.
Barbara Courtney—the psychic known as the Seer of Silicon Valley—says Steve’ll return next month. So what? Well, this psychic is the only one on record that predicted his return in 1997.
Wes Moss. Certified financial planner. WSJ reader. Local host radio. Porcelain dog collector. Ultradouche. Jason nailed him. Now Penny Arcade has a take on the Zune Pass itself with the argument of the Zune ad.
Panasonic, the last sacred bastion of plasma TVs, is down $US4 billion for the year. Analysts thought it might lose a billion dollars. Other Japanese companies who’ve lost a bundle this year: Hitachi dropped $US8 billion into a black hole, NEC bled out $US3 billion, making Sony’s $US1 billion negative look positively awesome. [CNN]
Despite years of unfulfilled hype about the M8 iPhone clone, it appears that Meizu’s CEO Jack Wong is talking about a new installment that may or may not include 3G, GPS and a 5-megapixel camera.
