Friday 21 March 2003

Apple will go Intel within 18 months Lockergnome blogs this Maccentral story about John Dvorak. Apparently, Dvorak believes that Apple will switch to Intel chipsets within the next year or so. Mr Dvorak is a well respected - in some parts - technology journalist but his record on Apple is dismal. Via MacCentral: "The story starts with January's Intel sales conference. The surprise keynote speaker was Steve Jobs. And then, in the front row of Steve Jobs's keynote address at the last Macworld Expo were top Intel executives. Shortly thereafter, Pixar announced that it would become an Intel shop. That was all step one. Step two is coming." [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes] 11:56:12 AM    comment []  Google It!

Freedom of speech? Karlin Lillington blogs this story from Associated Press on a Supreme Court Justice who banned the media from a ceremony where he was receiving an award for protecting freemdom of speech. CLEVELAND - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia banned broadcast media from his speech yesterday at the City Club, where he received the organization's Citadel of Free Speech Award. Television reporters were allowed to see him accept the award before his remarks, but the justice did not take any questions from reporters. The City Club usually tapes speakers for later broadcast on public television, but Scalia insisted on banning television and radio coverage of his speech, the club said. ''I might wish it were otherwise, but that was one of the criteria that he had for acceptance,'' said James Foster, the club's executive director. (AP) [t e c h n o c u l t u r e] 11:50:37 AM    comment []  Google It!

Monaghan mistaken for Iraq - US to invade - Film at eleven This story in The Register points out the folly of war. I think. [The Register] 11:30:49 AM    comment []  Google It!

EC calls on member states to free up WLAN spectrum The Register carries this report from Electric News that the EU wants governments to lighten up on regulation government public wireless access to the Internet. One interesting fact thrown up is that although Europe has 12 percent of the world's wireles hotspots it is the most expensive region for access. According to the report, the average cost of a monthly subscription is $62 compared to $39 in the US and $16 in Asia. 11:28:14 AM    comment []  Google It!

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