Pixar purchased by Disney

Disney was in trouble but… this acquisition is the begin of a rebirth of Disney as a “quality symbol” in the Industry of Digital Animation. Jobs, because the acquisition was done with a quotation-paiment (entirelly!!!), becames an “heavy member” of the Disney. I hope to see some beautiful films birth arise from this blending… and a great Apple Software utilization :D (anyone say Final Cut Pro?). Source, Melablog.

January 26, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 68 words

Opera Mini is available worldwide

After various months of testing, Opera Mini is available worldwide. I try it whit the simulator on the official website. Enjoy it. Here the wizard that helps you to select the right version for your mobile phone. Source, Downloadblog.

January 26, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 39 words

Google news became stable

I love Google news: I think it’s a very intelligent and powerfull system to aggregate news. I use it every day to see informations about politics and tech. I hope that GNews continues on that way: multi-sourced news helps me to understand and hear every side of anything. Thanks Big G.

January 26, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 51 words

iTunes U

Nessun commento. Sarebbe superfluo e scontato. Solo il link. … e una preghiera.

January 26, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 13 words

iTab: iBook based but... not from Apple O_o

Seems to be a very strange title but… it’s true. The official web site. But it’s only an iBook with the monitor on the wrong side and a pen-as-a-mouse-pointer. No Inkwell, sorry. Source, Melablog.

January 26, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 34 words

Why the Apple 1 price was $666.66?

Woz, the Apple’s co-founder divulges the reasoning behind the infamous computer price. Cnet video of Woz explaining… Ok ok, it’s simple: … because it’s the same button 6 for 5 times Apple, think simple (and different)! :D Source, Melablog.

January 24, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 39 words

MacBook Pro at february 15 2006

It’s coming soon. Remember: I was born on february 6 1982. ;) Anyone wants to make me happy? :D Sources, Melablog and Gizmondo.

January 24, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 23 words

Design Draw with Patterns/Movements/Finger

It’s because the University Research in Italy does not have the same “importance/value” than in other Country. This is a MIT production: Mpeg file link. EDIT - Thanks to Nemo for the “Errata Corrige” of the title :oops: .

January 23, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 39 words

L'avvocato digitale

Giurdanella.it ci segnala qualcosa di realmente molto importante: Si è conclusa con successo presso la Corte Arbitrale Europea e UnionCamere dell’Emilia Romagna la sperimentazione del sistema e-Dispute finanziato dalla Commissione Europea nell’ambito del programma comunitario eTEN. L’obbiettivo era quello di creare un sistema automatico on-line che consentisse la celere risoluzione delle controversie grazie all’intervento di un “robot-agent”. Nel sistema e-Dispute,sviluppato dalla Tiga Technologies, le parti propongono la loro disputa on-line ad un robot-agent che, dopo avere fissato un incontro tra tutte le parti via chat o videoconferenza, e “digerito” tutte le informazioni fornitegli, propone alle parti una soluzione che tenga conto di tutti gli interessi in gioco. Il sistema, che offre un sistema rapido, economico ed, essendo l’arbitro un robot, anche imparziale per la soluzione delle controversie, necessita ora di un finanziamento di 1.5 / 2 milioni di euro per la creazione di una società che si occupi della sua promozione e commercializzazione. ...

January 23, 2006 Â· 2 min Â· 263 words

Quicktime2RSS: sleep much more

Apple to offer speedy lecture podcasts … The education arm of the Apple computer company in Europe is developing a pilot of a new system of recording and rebroadcasting lectures within an hour of the professor packing away their notes. The forthcoming QuickTime 2 Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology, a development program to be launched in Europe in the spring, will allow the lecturer to record their own “performance” - their slides, notes and details of student assignments as they deliver them live to the students in the lecture hall. Once the lecture is over, the technology behind the system can turn the content into suitable files and automatically upload them to Apple’s iTunes network or connect it to RSS feeds that students, and others, can subscribe to. … ...

January 21, 2006 Â· 1 min Â· 133 words