With all the hype surrounding the recent release of MSN Search, are the search engine wars heating up? There’s an interesting article that states, “As the veteran Microsoft enters the already flooded search engine industry, and Google still being fresh and refreshing to most people, it begs the question: can the old supplant the new? Interesting article, also I wonder what Google’s next move will be…

I logged into my gmail today to find this peculiar form. It seems that gmail have advanced to their largest yet, offering 50 invites per gmail account? Well strangely enough, I logged into my other two accounts and found they had 10 invites, and 5! It seems that this is either an error, or they are simply updating accounts strangely. Want an invite, well i’ve got 50 so your welcome to them! Post a comment here if you want one.

Microsoft’s leafy corporate campus in Redmond, Washington, is beginning to look like the streets of New York, London and just about everywhere else: Wherever you go, white headphones dangle from peoples’ ears. To the growing frustration and annoyance of Microsoft’s management, Apple Computer’s iPod is wildly popular among Microsoft’s workers. To the growing frustration and annoyance of Microsoft’s management, Apple Computer’s iPod is wildly popular among Microsoft’s workers. It is unknown if Bill Gates is the happy owner of an iPod. “About 80...

Though Apple computer is known for some of the computing and technology industry’s most notable innovations, its not as if the company hasn’t also taken its lumps. Thomas Hormby submitted the following editorial contribution to osOpinion/osViews, which supplies us with his top ten list of Apple’s (and some of associated partners) most significant flops throughout the company’s history.   OSViews [ article cont ]

“BrandChannel readers have picked the top global brands for 2004. Apple is the leader, closely followed by Google. Arab-centric Al-Jazeera ranks fifth in global as well as Europe/Africa ratings. In regionwise ratings, Google tops North America, Ikea tops Europe/Africa, Sony tops Asia-pacific while Mexican cement brand Cemex tops Latin America An interesting fact is that Steve Jobs headed Apple is the top North American brand while his other venture Pixar comes fifth in the same zeitgeist.” Slashdot [ article ] Good for Al Jazeera especially!

  Apple has released a new PowerBook G4, with every new PowerBook G4 features faster PowerPC G4 processors with speeds topping the charts at 1.67GHz. Want power to burn? The new PowerBook models offer 8x SuperDrives. And each PowerBook comes standard with 512MB of memory and a 5400-rpm hard disk drive. Starting at just $1499. What can I say, that means a longer wait for the G5! I mean saying ‘new powerbooks’ really means nothing more then ‘apple upgraded their pb specs’ which doesn’t mean much but oh well..! You can find them on the Apple website

The founder and chairman of the MIT Media Lab wants to create a $100 portable computer for the developing world. Nicholas Negroponte, author of Being Digital and the Wiesner Professor of Media Technology at MIT, says he has obtained promises of support from a number of major companies, including Advanced Micro Devices, Google, Motorola, Samsung, and News Corp. The low-cost computer will have a 14-inch color screen, AMD chips, and will run Linux software, Mr. Negroponte said during an interview Friday with Red Herring at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. AMD is separately working on...

There are a lot of misconceptions about the Macintosh, but one misconception that has persisted is the myth that Macs are incapable of using multi-button mice. And those who know this myth is false still complain about Apple not shipping computers with two button mice. Gear Live cub reporter XIcarus wanted to share a bit of background on what many believe to be Apple’s stubborness to conform… Gear Live [