Archive for March, 2007

Apple TV and Toshiba HDMI Green Screen of Death

(NOTE: Be sure to Digg and Furl this article via the links at the bottom, so that as many people as possible can be informed about this possible bug, before spending $299 for an Apple TV)

Ok, maybe death is a bit to strong of a word. But annoyance just doesn’t seem to cut it. […]

The answer to the burning Apple TV question “Why?”

Neal over at GeekBrief TV has found a great video from David Pogue, famed NY Times technology writer, as to why the Apple TV is so cool. For anyone that doesn’t quite “get it” yet … have a look at his video. At the very least, the geek in all of us can appreciate his […]

Apple TV hands-on review (with UHQ pics)

This morning, at about 10am, I was surprised by a sudden ring of the doorbell. Much to my delight, the FedEx man had come one day (and a half hour) earlier than I’d expected, and had my brand new AppleTV box in his hand. We chatted for a bit as I signed for the box, as he was curious as to what it was — “This is the 12th one of these from Apple I’ve already delivered this morning” he said … which by my unscientific logic already tells me that AppleTV is going to be a hit.

Why large enterprises aren’t joining the Web2.0 love-fest

Richard MacManus over at Read/Write Web talks about why large enterprises aren’t jumping on board with Web2.0 applications just yet. Richard’s article specifically discusses a Forrester Research article entitled “‘CIOs Want Suites For Web 2.0″ and discusses Forrester’s findings rather well. According to Richard’s post …

“Apparently CIOs have a strong desire to purchase web 2.0 products ‘as a suite, as well as an equally strong desire to purchase these technologies from large, incumbent software vendors.’”

Working for a large enterprise myself, I have to say - this really doesn’t come as much of a surprise to me.