For latest article see Welcome, Zune. Seriously. We held off commentating about Microsoft’s updated details of Zune to give it some time to sink in. Generally the analyst comments on Zune – Microsoft’s version of Apple’s iPod – have been upbeat and favourable. Certainly the two areas that separate the current Zune prototypes from...
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Tensions were stirred up today around the world when news of Pope Benedict XVI’s ‘ill advised’ comments ‘quoting’ the long dead Byzantine Christian Emperor Manuel Paleologos II about the jihad – or ‘holy war’. Predictably the Muslim world took offence, and sadly more predictably this was followed by the burning of effigies of the...
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The council of mortgage released figures for July that show that first time buyers are so desperate and so stretched that they are now borrowing an average of 3.24 times their annual pre-tax income to by their first property. The average loan is now £110,000 ($206k) for these buyers. The extent of the debt...
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Our analysis of the Apple presentation from yesterday outlined the relatively low quality of the movie downloads.One of our readers has pointed out that while Steve Jobs only announced relatively low-resolution movie downloads for the current iTunes Store yesterday, these are a ramp up from the previous offering, and are likely to ramp up...
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Apple pundits and watchers had spent the best part of two weeks working themselves into fervour. The problem with events where everyone expects you to do something, is that – well – when you do, it feels like creeping downstairs on the night before Christmas and sneaking a peak at your presents.So did all...
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