According to a story on The Register, the US is the source for more than 35% of all spam, world-wide, with South Korea second at 25%, and China third at just under 10% (all this according to Sophos). Here’s the interesting quote in the article: Sophos researchers say that an unprotected Windows XP computer (without […]
Backdrifter.com notes that Robert Scoble, a prominent Microsoft blogger whose official title at the company is “Technical Evangelist,” is using a PowerBook. Playing with a Macintosh on the Red Couch As penance for my pro-Microsoft sins I’m using a 17″ Macintosh Powerbook on my Red Couch. My brother-in-law is visiting and brought it along. I […]
Sven Kissner wrote an article about his experiences with his new PowerBook, Mac OS X and Linux. First impressions I’m playing with my PowerBook for about two days now and even though not being too tolerant when it comes to operating systems, I have to admit that OS X itself is pretty appealing. It has […]
While we’re looking at cool interfaces and video hardware this week, we can’t miss Pioneer‘s DVJ-X1 digital video turntable. The DVJ-X1 has been out for about a year, but in case you missed it, this amazing virtual turntable spins high-quality video and audio simultaneously. DJ Eldorado got his hands on it at the Winter Music […]
M-Audio has announced the new iControl hardware for GarageBand. No audio, but one heck of a control surface for manipulating your GarageBand songs with physical controls: jog wheel, transport, individual track controls and volume knobs, master volume fader, and individual track parameters for GarageBand effects and settings. Plug it in via USB (class-compliant so no […]