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Apple, AT&T Respond to FCC Google Voice Inquiry

Apple responded to the FCC’s inquiry about the rejection of the Google Voice app, and posted the response on their website.  Most surprising to me: the “continued study” of the app (Apple says it has not rejected it) had nothing to do with AT&T. Apple is acting alone and has not consulted with AT&T about [...]

Apple Preps Big-Ass Server Farm to Cater to my Personal Fantasy

Cult of Mac has an interview with Rich Miller of Data Center Knowledge, a site devoted to the data center industry.  Rich speculates that Apple’s reportedly 500‚000 square-foot facility (which would make it one of the largest in the world) suggests a “cloud computing” scale. Silly rabbit.  Obviously SJ reads TMA and is looking to [...]

Your XBox 360 will Fail Over Half the Time

According to a Game Informer survey, over 50% of XBox 360 owners have had catastrophic failure of their consoles. Fifty.  Imagine you were about to buy a TV from a manufacturer who you found had half their TVs go bad while under warranty. Yet according to the same survey, people play their 360s slightly longer [...]

Microsoft Win 7 Upgrade Chart: King Me?

On Tuesday‚ Uncle Walt revealed Microsoft’s straightforward upgrade chart for current Windows users. /cracks up OK‚ I tried.  How bad is it?  Even Ed “Go” Bott (“Windows is like the K-Mart OS X”) thinks that the only logical explanation is that someone secretly working for Apple in M$’s ranks is releasing this stuff. And “Custom [...]