As the market closed on Friday, something pretty remarkable (but believable) happened: Apple’s market value was more than Intel and Microsoft, combined. More »
We were so excited yesterday by the discovery that it’s Australian Bacon Week that we forgot to notice that it’s also National Consumer Fraud Week. The ACCC has released some stats to coincide with Fraud Week which shows that consumers are starting to wise up to the scammers. More »
Today the Pipe International PPC-1 was switched on, providing Australia with its first “carrier neutral” submarine cable. But while we wait for all the ISPs to start selling us huge data caps at bargain basement prices, let’s take a gander at some of the stats of the cable. More »
The Official Amazon Kindle Forum has a thread called the “Average Kindle Owner’s Age.” Someone counted up all 1,387 responses and found that 70% of respondents were over 40.
Cannondale bikes hired a design firm to render up some possible future features on their rides, one of which is a very interesting one called MetroPolite that has an iPod connector. An iPod seems like the last thing you want to be shoving into your ears when you’re riding in a Metro area, seeing as bikes lose to cars when the latter accidentally hit the former, but the connector isn’t just for that.
According to a recent poll by research firm Interpret, 60% of the U.S. is “aware” of Blu-ray. So does this actually mean anything? We’re not so sure. While brand recognition is important, it doesn’t appear that Interpret asked those polled to interpret what the hell Blu-ray really meant. Our guess is that if you asked the public some basic questions (Can Blu-ray players play normal DVDs? Will Blu-ray play on a standard def TV? What new features does Blu-ray bring?) that the 60% statistic would drop abruptly. Why doesn’t Sony just run a simple commercial Q&A? We don’t need hip marketing. We just need a clear explanation. [cepro]
Torrent sharing group The Pirate Bay has asserted itself as “World’s Largest Tracker,” now claiming over 10 million peers sharing 1 million files. Not only is 10 million more than the population of New York City, it’s just about equal to the user numbers of the most successful MMO on the planet, World of Warcraft, which not so long ago announced the same user milestone…and may have a thing or two to say about The Pirate Bay’s title.
