Monday, November 15, 2004

Apple may become 'Sony of the 21st century': "A New York Times article titled Gates vs. Jobs: The Rematch discusses Apple's market leading position in the music player and online music markets, saying that Apple 'may become the Sony of the 21st century,' if it continues to ride the wave of digital consumer electronics products: " (Via The Macintosh News Network.) 7:36:26 AM

Apple delivers 'unfocused' product with iPod Photo: "An LA Times article says that Apple's latest development iPod Photo seems unfocused: "What I need no..." (Via MacNN.) 7:35:40 AM

iTunes, iPod really about Quicktime: "The tactics Apple has pursued in music show that their strategy is to re-establish Quicktime, their very mature 11 year old media platform, in it's rightful place as the first platform for digital content creation, distribution and consumption. A bit of history. Apple was quick out of the gates with Quicktime in the first half of the 90's, and established many of the user interface and software conventions related to time-based media, including the ability to cut, paste and manipulate video on consumer hardware and in normal applications, such as word processors and presentations. ... Apple's market share in music looks like it's already reached critical mass. The dark force to be reckoned with here may be Quicktime. " (Via Yeald.) 7:26:22 AM

More Than a Bit of a Difference: 8-bit Versus 16-bit: "If you've been learning about digital imaging, whether by shooting with a digital camera or by scanning your film images, you've probably come across the concept of 8-bit and 16-bit images. Support for 16-bit editing seems to be all the rage these days, especially since the release of Photoshop CS. Even the new Photoshop Elements version 3 supports many 16-bit operations. Given that 16-bit images are by definition twice as big as 8-bit ones, you may be wondering why anyone would even want them...." (Via Earthbound Light Photography Tips.) 7:26:13 AM

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