Hw on Zio Ivan

Hide-a-Pod

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:48:51 +0000

[en:London] is one of the best place… if you want to steal an iPod: as average, every train in the tube has 10 iPods inside. And other 5 are inside any bus.

But, because of this, the number of pod-snatching is very very high, and you can see in every station (particularly in Camden Town ;)) ads suggesting to “take care of your belongings”, a lot of them dedicated to the [en:iPod|Pod] of [en:Steve_Jobs|Jobs].

But now, there is a solution: and it comes from the smallest (LOL) competitor of iPod: [en:Zune|The MS Zune]!!! It is called Hide-a-Pod!!!

Ring or Fart?

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:44:56 +0000

Title: TootTone Abstract: Turns the fart into mobilephone ringtones, very useful.

Thanks to Lelly for the suggestion. ROTFL!!! :D :D :D

World Time Clock

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:29:00 +0000

The description from MoMA Store:

This barrel-shaped desk clock has 12 sides, each with the name of two major cities. Altogether, the 24 cities represent the 24 Global Time Zones. To find the local time in another time zone, simply roll the clock so the city representing that time zone is on top. A great gift for business travelers and globetrotters.

Author of this interesting gadget is Charlotte van der Waals, [en:Dutch] Industrial Designer. And, she seems to be very “clock addicted”, looking at another gallery of products from her: in particular, it seems that she loves to make “world universal clocks”.

Symbian Contract's Package/Box

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:48:07 +0000

When I have seen it, the first thing I have thinked was:

WOW! My new [en:MacBook Pro]!!! 8O

Instead, it is the package of my new contract with Symbian as [en:Graduate] [en:Software Engineer]. On Zooomr a complete SmartSet (aka “Dynamic Gallery”)!

What’s next?

Virtualization? Why not?

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:44:52 +0000

… because the [en:Microsoft|M$’s] mormons think to squeeze money from consumers also from this. I’m reading on TUAW that:

… This means that if you want to run Vista on Parallels, and want to keep within the terms of the EULA, you’ll need to buy either the Business or Ultimate versions, whose [en:EULA]s allow for virtualized use…

M$ wants to control also the “environment” where Vista runs, not only what runs INSIDE Vista. Does it sound like… [en:Mafia]? Where is our freedom to install the buyed system ANYWHERE WE WANT TO?

Il VERO fattore WOW!!!

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:13:48 +0000

Pollycoke, che sta ormai acquistando una certa notorietà in tutta la comunità Italiana (ma non solo), ci parla di una proposta SCONVOLGENTE (in positivo) fatta dalla comunità degli sviluppatori del Kernel ai produttori di hardware:

[…] the Linux kernel community is offering all companies free Linux driver developmentAll that is needed is some kind of specification that describes how your device works, or the email address of an engineer that is willing to answer questions every once in a while. […] In return, you will receive a complete and working Linux driver that is added to the main Linux kernel source tree

Pick a Color, Please!

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:02:05 +0000

Yesterday Apple launched a new set of colors for the iPod Shuffle: Pink, Orange, Green (alien), Azure and, obviously, the classic Silver. In my opinion is the right move to “recharge” the interest for this device (if it would have need ever).

It would be a good idea for Saint Valentine (if you have a so heavy wallet ;) ).

Source, Melablog. A beauty photographic-set for an Orange one is on AppleInsider.

Density is Everything!

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:56:41 +0000

No, stavolta risparmio il mio inglese a chi davvero non riesce a digerirne la malforme qualità (ogni riferimento a persone, cose, animali e libellule è puramente VOLUTO!!! :P ).

Ma, torniamo alla notizia:

Secondo la famosa rivista scientifica Nature, il Caltech (California Institute of Technology) e l’UCLA (Università della California, Los Angeles) hanno creato quella che pensano essere la scheda di memoria più densa al mondo.

La memoria è da 160 kilobit e ha una densità di 100gigabit per centimetro quadrato. James Heath, professore di chimica del Caltech, che ha condotto la ricerca, ha detto che ci vorrà parecchio prima che la tecnologia finisca in un notebook. Heath pensa che Intel si interesserà a questo tipo di tecnologia intorno al [it:2020] (ndDetro: Peccato…) . I produttori si stanno chiedendo come estendere la miniaturizzazione dei circuiti oltre il [it:2013] visto che non sono riusciti veramente a trovare un modo di vincere la [it:Legge_di_Moore|Legge di Moore].

Mmmm, facciamo 2 conti: Se per 100[it:gigabit] c’è bisogno di una scheda da 1[it:cm], vuol dire che in questa scheda ci stanno 100gigabit/8 [it:GigaByte] = 12,5GB. Per poter realizzare un disco, che so, dei classici 80GB per Notebook… basta una superficie di… 6,4cm!!! Fenomenale! 8O

iPhone: Apple reinvents Mobility

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:04:46 +0000

I think its so useless to spend any kind of word. Go to the (very busy) official iPhone presentation page… and wait for June (or October if you are in Europe… or 2008 for the rest of the world).

Gorgeous!!! O_o

Machintosh può farvi più Felici!

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:22:21 +0000

Recita così il finale di questo spot che MelaBlog ha pescato su www.spot80.it.

Personalmente, le immagini potevano anche essere “buone” ma il messaggio, così come viene passato, è davvero scadente e quasi banale. Ma forse il mio palato ormai è assuefatto quasi alla moderna pubblicità, dove i giochi dei “doppi sensi”, del “non detto”, del “sussurrato”, della “seduzione intellettiva”… la fanno da padrone.

Però, il messaggio è comunque VERO: il Mio iBook, il primo Mac, mi ha fatto DAVVERO PIU’ FELICE. ;)

[ebay+sell] MS Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 6000

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:44:09 +0000

Are you interested in it?

Video of the Day

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:49:42 +0000

> Title: SpaceNavigator Demo on Google Earth Abstract: Created by 3dConnexion (Logitech), SpaceNavigator, is a mouse that allow to navigate on 3d axis from the most common applications (like GEarth). The most important news? It cost ONLY 59,00$!!!

Video of the Day

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:06:49 +0000

> Title: Microsoft, Wake Up and Smell Defeat! Abstract: Craig bemoans the fate of the newly released "iPod killer".

Zune, launched on the market few days ago, is getting only bad reviews and comments, and it’s the target of every show-man in the USA. I’m not surprised about this: Zune have NO APPEAL!!! Look at EVERY iPod: the Apple’s product is so… sexy ;) About the Zune features? Oh sure, they are amazing: but do you really think this is a very good motivation to prefer it instead of iPod? With the new “iPod Touchscreen” under-development?

Video of the Day

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:20:19 +0000

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Title: Gran Turismo HD at TGS (Tokyo Game Show) ‘06 Comment 01: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW 8O Comment 02: Ferrari, FINALLY!!!

I’m also proud to highlight “the YouTube of Video Game”: GameKlip. In particular, the category dedicated to the Tokyo Game Show 2006.

Edited at 2006-09-25T09:06:53+00:00: The embeded player of GameKlip have a very big problem: it starts to play on page load… does not wait for the play button press. I moved it on

Mac e Cellulari

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:59:32 +0000

MacCity ha messo online una pagina interessantissima sugli script per usare i nostri cellulari come modem per MacOSX (Mac ne contiene già tanti di suo, ma non sempre si dispone del cellulare giusto (come a dire “c’vò ‘a ciort”).

Appena tengo 2 secondi, provo il mio 610i :D

iMac 24"

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:57:24 +0000

Madonna, un maxischermo con attaccato un DIO di computer!!! 8O

Specifiche Mac Pro

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:35:49 +0000

Mamma mia, signori miei: è davvero qualcosa di inguardabile questa macchina. Unita ad una architettura in tutto e per tutto “Profeeeeeesional”, c’é un case ed una serie di sensori indipendenti che rendono il Mac Pro non solo potente, ma anche una macchina:

* Silenziosa

* Bella

* Solida

Sul sito di Apple, le specifiche in inglese. Su MacCity.net le specifiche in italiano. Di seguito, uno schema fornito agli sviluppatori al WWDC appena conclusosi.

Parlare di "barzelletta" sarebbe riduttivo

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:57:36 +0000

Leggete un pò cosa é successo ad un utente “non utonto” che ha, come a casa mia, la sua Lan configurata di tutto punto, quando ha deciso di provare Alice Home TV.

Da piangere. Meno male che l’Open Source esiste…

Circa 2 mesi fa mi contatta un operatore Telecom e mi propone un upgrade della mia linea: dalla 4mb sarei passato ad adls2 a 20mb, conservando lo stesso contratto e fermo restando il prezzo: per 6 mesi, avrei usufruito gratuitamente anche della HomeTv di Alice, che porta la Tv “on demand” direttamente a casa, grazie al modem-router e ad un annesso decoder (sembra un messaggio promozionale :-D ). Accettata l’offerta, è passato 1 mese prima di riuscire a vedere un tecnico, e ben 4 telefonate che mi chiedevano se il tecnico si fosse fatto vivo. Ad un certo punto non nascondo che stavo per dire “ci rinuncio, tenetevi la vostra offerta e lasciatemi la mia stabile 4mb”. …

Picture of the Day

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:06:13 +0000

Source, Gadgetblog.

E poi dicono che i MacBook sono caldi...

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:14:51 +0000

Guardate qui!

Questa di sopra invece è la fine di un Dell ad una conferenza.

The Console Wars

Fri, 19 May 2006 23:14:36 +0000

Microsoft vs Nintendo vs Sony Xbox360 vs Wii vs PS3

MacBook predicted

Mon, 08 May 2006 22:02:46 +0000

From Think Secret:

May 5, 2006 - Following up on our report earlier this week concerning the MacBook’s May availability, sources have nailed down next Tuesday, May 9, as the introduction day for the Intel-based laptop. … Update - May 6, 2006

Additional sources have confirmed the MacBook’s announcement this Tuesday. Further, sources report that the MacBook will be thinner than current iBooks, will be available in both black and white configurations, and will likely cost slightly more than previous iBook models—not unlike the price increase Apple’s Mac mini saw with its transition to Intel processors.

RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE CONTEST

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:40:21 +0000

The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest brings the ideas of Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Rube Goldberg’s “Invention” cartoons to life. Named after, and inspired by the cartoonist Reuben Lucius Goldberg, this Olympics of Complexity is designed to pull students away from conventional problem-solving and push them into the endless chaos of imagination and intuitive thought. To be specific, groups are given an elementary challenge: something as simple as peeling an apple, sharpening a pencil, or putting toothpaste on a toothbrush. But instead of just “solving” the problem, students have to make the solution as complicated and as convoluted as possible. In fact, the more steps - there’s a minimum of twenty - the better the Rube Goldberg Machine. And what a machine! An assemblage of ordinary objects, mechanical gadgets, and the oddest odds and ends are linked together and somehow get to the desired goal.

An example?

For video,

Nestopia: renew NES

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:52:33 +0000

A portable NES/Famicom emulator written in C++

It’s available for Windows and MacOSX and here you can found a rich collection of roms.

Source, Melablog.

On The Old Computer Dot Com a wide collection of emulator and roms.

Q [kju:]

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:01:02 +0000

Run Windows, Linux and a lot more Systems on your Mac. Q is a feature packed cocoa port of QEMU: Switch fast between guest PCs. Save and restart guest PCs at any stage. Easily exchange Files between Host and Guest. Q makes use of OS X most advanced technologies like openGL and coreaudio to accelerate your experience with your guest PC.

This is “only” an easy-interface to QEMU, «a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation», but it works very very good (and smarty, imho).

I tempi cambiano...

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:40:23 +0000

… o almeno iniziano a farlo.

Io personalmente non avevo mai letto niente a proposito di test/challenge per il cracking di sistemi MacOSX (ce ne sono stati, ma sempre per dimostrare la robustezza di questi sistemi e di Linux rispetto a W32).

Ebbene, ne sono stati lanciati già 2 (ma sicuramente altri ce ne sono e non ci (mi) sono pervenuti):

RM MY MAC

Mac OS X Security Challenge

1 Linux x 6 Users

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:26:33 +0000

Introduction
A Multi-Seat Linux Box: This tutorial shows how to build a multi-head, multi-user Linux box using a recent distribution of Linux and standard USB keyboards and mice. Xorg calls this arrangement a "multi-seat" system. > Advantages of a Multi-Seat System: The advantages of multi-seat systems in schools, Internet cafes, and libraries include more than just saving money. They include much lower noise pollution, much less power consumption, and lowered space requirements. For many applications, power and noise budgets are as important as initial cost. http://www.detronizator.org/wp-admin/post.php Requirements: To build a multi-seat system you need a video adapter, keyboard, and mouse for each seat. For six seats, you'll also need a motherboard with an AGP slot and five available PCI slots. In our test system we used USB keyboards and mice exclusively, but you can use a PS/2 keyboard and mouse for one of the seats if you wish. > Xorg 6.9 or later is required, but this already ships with many of the major distributions. Our test system uses the free version of Mandriva 2006 and we did not rebuild the kernel or install any additional packages.

Here for the full article.

Microsoft redesign the iPod Package

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:34:16 +0000

Pure MS Style! :lol:

At Naples we use a meaning-full expression: CAFONE!

WWJD 3

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:35:45 +0000

What Would Jobs Do?

A beautifull gallery on Engadget.

Some of these are pretty COOL! The first entry, for example.

NATO-ASI: Magnetic Nanostructure School

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:06:35 +0000

School Announcement
This school brings together scientists and engineers interested in recent developments of magnetism. Emphasis is placed on micro-electromechanical systems and spintronic applications. >
Objectives
The objective of the school is to propose a synergic junction between the characteristic expertise of the engineering and the knowledge of the basic science. The main effect should be a cross-cultural fertilization favoring an interdisciplinary enrichment for the attendants and their research perspectives. The program of the school will cover a wide area in the domain of the science and technology of magnetic nanostructures and microsystems. The lectures are organized in four main topics: Spintronics; Magmas (magnetic MEMS and NEMS for micromachines, microrobotics and microsystem technology); Magnetic recording; Magnetic Nanoscience.

The school was ideated from the Magnetism Research Group - University of Messina (Italy) and will start in Villa San Giovanni - Scilla, Calabria, Italy 2 - 15 July 2006.

Mac Book Pro: naked!

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:52:06 +0000

Everyone dreams it (ME! ;-( ). Someone loves it (… ME! ;) ). Anyone colors it (very very nice in black). Only ONE undresses it!!!

p.s. What courage?! 8O

Gentoo: the Mactel-Linux Project

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:33:22 +0000

I was one of the first Gentoo-on-iBook-7450 installer: I have an idea of the obstacles that Apple make (voluntarily?) to stop the “waste” of our hardware.

The installation of Gentoo on Mactel is only a “time issue”: EFI was, for me, the biggest problem (elilo rulez!). But I don’t know the internal hardware of that new machine.

Anyway, Good Work guys.

Source, Melablog.

MacBook Pro: more powerful then itself

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:03:51 +0000

Singular but nice move from Apple: every booked (and now in distribution) MacBook Pro will be delivered with a SpeedBump Gift!

Core Duo 1,83GHz will be delivered with a Core Duo 2Ghz, the 1,67GHz with a 1,83GHz.

And, as it’s not enough, a new Core Duo 2,16GHz is be avalaible as an order-option!!!

Source, Melablog.

Linus, Linux, i DRM ed il Trusted Computing

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:28:36 +0000

Un interessantissima disquisizione di Alessandro Bottoni reperibile su bicocca.net.

… Ancora una volta, Linux ed il mondo Open Source, saggiamente, non fanno la guerra al Trusted Computing ma il mondo Trusted Computing sta sviluppando armi potentissime con cui fare la guerra a Linux ed al “mondo libero” (Open Source)…

Lo stesso autore scrive su laspinanelfianco.wordpress.com e, in particolare, segnalo 2 categorie di questo blog:

* [DRM](http://laspinanelfianco.wordpress.com/tag/drm/)

* [Trusted-Computing](http://laspinanelfianco.wordpress.com/tag/trusted-computing/)

Ed infine, il link ai miei post precedenti su DRM e TC.

MacMini-based Server

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 01:36:47 +0000

A state-of-art Server made up with beauty (and small) MacMini as “mind”.

Take a look at this interesting howto (start from Melablog). He makes up Software Firewall, Mail Server, DNS Server, IP-over-Firewall connection for DB Server… all based on Air Port extreme!!! How? Modding the Air Port Antenna, obviously! ;)

Multi-Touch interaction Experiment

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 01:10:06 +0000

A movie about the technologie which Apple has reacently pattented. It is not a movie made by Apple but by some researchers: On Google Video.

Some toughts here.

Finger-Zoom: a Apple new patent to increase HCI drammatically

Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:37:33 +0000

Mac Rumors talks about Apple Tablet Patents:

A search at the US Patent and Trademark Office reveals a number of new Apple patent applications that relate to the long-rumored Apple Tablet based computer.

One of the most relevant:

Gestures for touch sensitive input devices - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device.

Geekbench Comparison: G4 vs G5 vs AMD64 vs P4 vs Xeon

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:01:16 +0000

On Geekpatrol.ca there is a comparison between…

Mac Mini 1.42 GHz

512 KB L2 cache

167 MHz system bus

1 GB DDR 333 SDRAM

iMac G5 2.1 GHz

512 KB L2 cache

700 MHz system bus

1.5 GB DDR2 533 SDRAM.

iMac Core Duo 1.83 GHz

2 MB L2 cache shared between cores

667 MHz system bus

1 GB DDR2 667 SDRAM.

iMac Core Duo 2.0 GHz

2 MB L2 cache shared between cores

667 MHz system bus

512 MB RAM DDR2 667 SDRAM

Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25 GHz

256 KB L2 cache per cpu

2 MB backside L3 cache per cpu

167 MHz system bus

1.75 GB DDR 333 SDRAM

Power Mac G5 1.6 GHz

512 KB L2 cache

800 MHz system bus

768 MB DDR 333 SDRAM

Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8 GHz

512 KB L2 cache per processor

900 MHz system bus

1 GB DDR 400 SDRAM.

Power Mac G5 Dual Core 2.0 GHz

1 MB L2 cache per core

1000 MHz system bus

2.5 GB DDR2 533 SDRAM

Power Mac G5 ‘Quad’ 2.5 GHz

1 MB L2 cache per core

1.25 GHz system bus

1.5 GB DDR2 533 SDRAM

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.2 GHz)

512 KB L2 cache

800 MHz system bus

1 GB of DDR 400 SDRAM.

Intel Pentium 4c 2.4 GHz HT

512 KB L2 cache

800 MHz system bus

1 GB DDR 400 SDRAM

Intel Xeon Dual 3.2 GHz HT

1MB L2 cache per CPU

800 MHz system bus

1 GB DDR2 400 SDRAM

… using Geeckbench Preview: a ~~opensource~~ benchmark running on MacOSX and Windows by now.

Simple but seminal: Cornell researchers build a robot that can reproduce

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:19:24 +0000

Admittedly the machine is just a proof of concept – it performs no useful function except to self-replicate – but the basic principle could be extended to create robots that could replicate or at least repair themselves while working in space or in hazardous environments, according to Hod Lipson, Cornell assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and computing and information science, in whose lab the robots were built and tested.

Trusted Computing: un interessante documentario video in italiano

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:46:02 +0000

Altre informazioni interessantissime le trovate qui.

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

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:19:15 +0000

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.

Why the Apple 1 price was $666.66?

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:32:27 +0000

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 for 5 times

Apple, think simple (and different)! :D

Source, Melablog.

MacBook Pro at february 15 2006

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:16:46 +0000

It’s coming soon.

Remember: I was born on february 6 1982. ;)

Anyone wants to make me happy? :D

Sources, Melablog and Gizmondo.

The House that Apple build

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:30:50 +0000

Source, Melablog.

Tesina sulle VLAN - 01

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:39:20 +0000

Per l’esame di “Sistemi per l’elaborazione dell’informazione: Reti” (anche detto molto semplicemente “Reti”) mi é stata assegnata la stesura di una tesina da x pagine, con 10 < x < 20 pagine.

L’argomento? VLAN. Ho inziato da 2 giorni circa la stesura: quell che é certo, é che sarà difficile tenersi sotto le 20 pagine.

Sono partito, ovviamente, da Wikipedia (inglese, dove c’é veramente tanta roba): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlan.

Seguendo i vari link riportati nel testo, ho trovato tante informazioni che non conoscevo sulle VLAN, ad esempio che esiste uno standard apposito chiamato IEEE 802.1Q, a sua volta nato a partire dai protocolli di Cisco ISL e VTP.

Look inside your Mac

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:44:45 +0000

There are crazy-mac-user that open our iMac (a Core Due iMac) to see inside of it

There are other less-crazy-mac-user that do xray-scanning to a PowerBook

There are other normal-mac-user that use it and love it. :D

Source, Melablog.it.

First Blade Server on Cell

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:04:42 +0000

And, obviously, it use Linux.

Mercury Computer makes a Dual Cell-based Blade Server for scientific-military-research purpose.

Specifications:

Dual Cell BE Processors PPE core: IBM® 64-bit PowerArchitecture™ L1 cache size: 32 KB instruction; 32 KB data L2 cache size: 512 KB SPUs: 8 Local memory size: 256 KB Registers: 128 x 128 bits wide EIB: 192 GB/s aggregate bandwidth Processor internal clock speed: 3 GHz Processor-to-memory bandwidth: 24.0 GB/s Processor-to-processor coherent interface: 20 GB/s in each direction

elilo: boot on EFI machine

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:49:43 +0000

Linux, as we can expect from the linux-comunity, are ready for the EFI system that will substitute the old BIOS system on our (x86) machine.

EFI is the boot-system used on the new MacIntel machine, presented from Apple at Jan 10. What it means? It means that we can install and run on EFI-enabled machine every Operating System, also which that does not “understand” EFI (WinXP is the biggest example).

Here the home page of elilo, the EFI linux boot loader.

Altri piani per questo MacWorld?

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:50:40 +0000

Io credo proprio di NO!

Su MelaBlog, ci sarebbe una “presunta” (dato che, ovviamente, la fonte non è citabile) intervista ad un manager di Apple:

“Stasera ero al bar, quando ho incontrato un vecchio amico, che ha una posizione molto alta in Apple. Odio citare fonti anonime, ma fidatevi, lui conosce come stanno le cose. Mi ha detto che il KeyNote di Jobs non è andato come previsto. Parte della discussione è stata eliminata. Mancavano dei prodotti chiave. Secondo le mie fonti erano pronte “delle cose molto cool”, che Jobs non ha presentato per mancanza di forniture. “Non potevano avere un numero sufficiente di Core Duo”, mi hanno detto. Mi ha anche detto che, se fosse stato in me, non avrebbe ordinato i nuovi MacBook Pro. Gli ho chiesto se ci saranno versioni MacBook dei vecchi Powerbook da 17 e 12 pollici: “Oh, sarà qualcosa di meglio. Molto meglio”.

New Mac don't have Intel Inside logo

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:40:00 +0000

… but on the package will be the lovelly logo of Intel Core Duo.

And, Apple will not join, by now, the Intel Viiv project. But, why? :?:

Letter to Apple Support

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:15:08 +0000

From: xyz@abc.123 Subject: Powerbook support Date: January 10, 2006 4:55:31 PM ET To: Apple Tech Support

Hello, I purchased a new Powerbook three weeks ago. It was working fine until a few hours ago when you announced the new Intel-powered MacBook Pro at MacWorld and I started to cry. “Four to fives times faster,” I sobbed, “a built-in iSight, and a brighter, wider screen."…

This Apple User purchased a new Powerbook but, because of the lauch of MacBook Pro, now he say at Apple Care “can you send me a new MacBook Pro as a replacement, please?”

It's too late...

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:00:59 +0000

… every people (hi hope ;) ) in the world know about the MacWorld of yesterday.

Then, I write just a little list of recommended links:

Find out what do you want! :D

Ah, last observation: I like too much the logo of the Intel Code Duo!

Un c@ppuccino per un Pc

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:27:40 +0000

Promozione governativa da tenere d’occhio: tra poco tempo ci sarà il via ufficiale.

www.innovazione.gov.it.

- EDIT - Nei commenti trovate una serie di ossevazioni utili per meglio capire cosa c’é dietro questa offerta che all’apparenza sembrava interessante (grazie Sunshine).

Dove non arriva Telecom, arriva il wireless

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:16:57 +0000

Un bel progetto di una società per fornire connettività anche a chi non si trova nei “comuni fortunati”.

EmilianoBruni.it.

Presentati Intel Viiv e Centrino Duo

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:13:28 +0000

… I nuovi annunci si inseriscono in una strategia Intel maggiormente focalizzata “sulla creazione di piattaforme di elaborazione innovative che apriranno una nuova era nel modo di lavorare, giocare e vivere” come affermato da Dario Bucci, Amministratore Delegato di Intel Corporation Italia che aggiunge “le piattaforme tecnologiche Intel Viiv Intel mobile Centrino Duo rappresentano un nuovo “balzo in avanti” nel modo in cui da oggi le persone possono lavorare e divertirsi, e il nostro impegno su più settori contribuisce a garantire la disponibilità di contenuti, software e dispositivi che consentono di sfruttare al meglio i vantaggi di una nuova generazione di impieghi ed esperienze”…

Intel rolls out Viiv technology, dual-core laptop processors

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:41:50 +0000

Intel at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Thursday unveiled two platforms and several content alliances that provide the foundation for new experiences from digital entertainment and wireless laptops – and include the new high-performance, low-power Intel Core Duo processor…

Intel Viiv technology-based entertainment PCs will help make it easier for families to download, store, view, manage and share all kinds of digital entertainment and information on a choice of TV, PC, laptop and hand-held viewing screens, the company said.

New Apple laptop to feature Intel Robson cache technology?

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:17:16 +0000

Although Intel only demonstrated its Robson (here a test) cache technology in the fourth quarter of last year, DigiTimes is citing sources who claim that Apple Computer will launch a laptop in the middle of January that utilizes the NAND flash based cache memory technology.

Robson cache technology, which Intel demonstrated during the Intel Developer Forum Taipei this past October, relies on NAND flash instead of a traditional hard disk drive (HDD) for starting up a computer or launching frequently used applications. Some of the benefits of the technology are speedier computer boot time and improve battery life.

Un libro in italiano sul Networking

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:51:22 +0000

Un libro scritto da Vincenzo Ciaglia, capo e fondatore del progetto Netwosix.

Il libro lo trovate quì, ed é veramente ben scritto (ne ho letto solo un piccolo pezzo per ora): la cosa interessante é la trattazione abbastanza approfondita che Vincenzo ha fatto di vari protocolli, un paio del livello 2 (tipo l’ARP) e parecchi del livello 3, andando dal Routing (EGP (interessantissimo!) ed IGP) ai DNS all’ICMP.

Complimentoni a Vincenzo per il tempo ben speso ed un enorme grazie a nome di tutti gli appassionati (e studiosi) dell’argomento.

Apple Bluetooth device: firmware update available

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:33:46 +0000

1.2 Version available on Apple MacOSX site.

Notice: needs reboot, AC-Power and average 15 minutes, after the reboot, to complete the update.

HAN - Human Area Network :D

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:09:50 +0000

RedTacton is developing a new technology to use the Human Body as a conductor to make Digital Device’s Networks.

There are some application-field for that technology, like:

When a consumer stands in front of an advertising panel, advertising and information matching his or her attributes is automatically displayed.

By touching or standing in front of items they are interested in, consumers can get more in-depth information.

PPC G5 Quad cooling system

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:07:02 +0000

Here is a slideshow of his internals.

Ive has become CBE

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:01:23 +0000

Commander of the British Empire.

Queen Elizabeth II has inserted Johnathan Ive in the New Year Honours list of Great Britain.

… He is widely seen as one of the key figures in Apple’s resurrection.

Mr Ive started working for Apple in 1992 but exerted a big influence on its products only in 1997 when Steve Jobs returned to the company he co-founded. Mr Ive’s first design for Apple, the iMac, was hugely influential and has been followed by a series of other widely admired gadgets.

Gennuary 24 2006: new ATI X1900

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:19:22 +0000

I have no money (probably, as you know) and on my old and noisy linux-box have a simple GeForce-2 MX inside.

But I hope a day to have enough money for a MONSTER like this:

On MacCity, an article about the next x1900.

AMD without chips

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:07:45 +0000

This was the most accredited motivation that causes Apple to choose Intel against AMD.

I prefer AMD but… seems to be that Intel are much more “efficient”. And “in Jobs we trust”, right :D? See here.

Intel, new core and new slogan: it's OFFICIAL!

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:54:59 +0000

Hypothetical new logos: here.

Hypothetical new slogan: Intel, leap ahead.

Eric Kim, Marketing CEO of Intel, say:

Simple expression that highlights who we are and where we go.

In this article (in italian) on MacCity there are some other informations about this “revolution”: the Pentium name will die. Names like “Core Solo” or “Core Duo” will be the news.

Read the article above for more details.

IMHO, Apple will not use the Intel logo on the future MacTel machines… I hope :|.

[OT] Simpaticissime vignette Mac vs. PCWin

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:43:23 +0000

Che capatone che sono queste vignette: sono simpaticissime.

Un simpatico iMac (2 versioni fa ormai, ;-( come passa il tempo, eh?) ed un PC con installato WinXP.

Un esempio?:

Quù la fonte: MONIPODIO.NET.

iPod: ancor più, il tuo miglior compagno di viaggi

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:22:26 +0000

ItalyGuides ci segnala la nascita di una interessantissima iniziativa: grazie ad iPodGuides é possibile scaricare sul proprio iPod (ma anche su cellulari capaci di leggere mp3) la guida audio per i maggiori centri di attrazione turistico-artistica italiani.

Finalmente, non sarete più costretti a stare appresso a noiose ed arbitrariamente tediose bandierine gialle che vi guidano durante la visita delle meraviglie architettoniche del bel paese: ora potrete premere PAUSA in qualsiasi momento!

Apple Newton: Apple did PDA

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:03:52 +0000

I don’t know this: Apple, in past, did PDA. Apple Newton.

Here a wikipedia article.

And here an article (in italian) of Melablog about a museum dedicated to this fashinating PDA.

Probably, the next processors for iBook...

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:20:43 +0000

… Il dual core dovrebbe chiamarsi “Centrino Duo” (confermando parzialmente una precedente ipotesi) e sarà disponibile in una versione a basso consumo (velocità disponibili 1,5 GHz, 1,66 GHz e 1,83 GHz) ed in una ad alte performance (1,66 GHz, 1,83 GHz, 2 GHz e 2,16 GHz). Le versioni “performance” potrebbero essere annunciate più tardi.

Sempre Think Secret azzarda uno Yonah 1,5 GHz per i nuovi iBook, mentre per i Powerbook dovremo aspettare più tempo, cioè quando saranno presentate le versioni “performance” del processore. …

PowerPC and Sparc: highlanders?

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:18:17 +0000

Ok, also Apple does believes in PowerPC no more. It seems that the future will be Intel-Based (ooooh my good!?!? what a joke? O_o), but the world is wide and the Tecnologies are much too much.

IBM and Sun, in similary way, are opening our tecnology (PowerPC and lastest Ultra Sparc, respectivelly) to the comunity (in particular, to Universitary comunity) to create (they hope) a large comunity of developer that are interest in study and development of this, in any case, big and powerfull platform (IMHO).

ASUS copy Apple Style

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:50:54 +0000

Hey, this is not a personalized version of Apple iBook! No, it’s:

ASUS W6 Premium Edition Notebook Series “Reflects” Impeccable Taste in Digital Fashion. Gloss Coated LCD Cover, Pearl White Housing with Gold Details Offer Superior Mobility with Style…

Taste in Digital Fashion???? O_o IT’s the iBook PHOTOCOPY!!! It’s a “without-shame” copy of the ORIGINAL, BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING Apple Style!

Asus, are you joke?

Some important curricula/about-web-site

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:13:12 +0000

Ok ok ok. You already know very well that URLs but… I don’t. Want’s to kill me? :(

The page of Jobs looks like a “by-hand-personally-work”: if you take a look of the movies, you can understand with what software he make them.

On the Raskin page (you know he’s dead? I already know :P) there is a link to the much too much interesting Project Archy: this project seems to be the realization of the things in his book The Humane Interface (Addison-Wesley 2000). I promise I’ll take a look at this and will spend my two cents on it.

XBOX 360 does not run XBOX games!!! O_o

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:24:12 +0000

I really don’t know that before (article in italian), but it’s REALLY ABSURD!!! I (ipotetically, I HATE MS(not the cigarettes ;))) had spent much money for some games and now, if I want to buy a new Xbox 360, MS does not make the console “immediatly retrocompatible” but… I need to spend other money for a “plug-in” (I don’t know what exactly but… it’s irrelevant).

Why people buy these products? Why does not buy the Sony Console that is retrocompatible “by project”!?!?!?!

How to clean-up your last Apple Mouse

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:10:14 +0000

Mighty Mouse, beautiful, whiteful, cleanful… but your hands are not “fever-clean”. And because we LOVE the white of the Apple-Style, here is an article (in italian) about this: MelaBlog.

Here, you can find the article released from Apple: How to clean your Mighty Mouse.

Forse un iBook WideScreen e l'addio dei pBook 12"

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:31:50 +0000

Da: MelaBlog. Onestamente, io che posseggo un iBook, spero soprattutto in monitor a 14" widescreen che, in particolare, usi una di quelle strane, nuove tecnologie chiamate “X-Brite” o qualcosa del genere, che fa sembrare il monitor lucido come uno specchio e che dona alle immagini una grande luminosità e nitidezza.