New and Noteworthy: Stolen Macs end up on eBay; 68K creator speaks on processor future; iPod: The next Windows desktop; more
New and Noteworthy: Stolen Macs end up on eBay; 68K creator speaks on processor future; iPod: The next Windows desktop; more
Stolen Macs end up on eBay Two eBay buyers had to surrender their new Macs bought on the eBay Internet auction site. The equipment was part of the loot taken in a pre-dawn, window-smashing burglary at the Apple computer store in Germantown about seven weeks ago. "I had it for a couple of weeks; then an officer calls me and tells me I have to give it back," said Smith, 25, a senior at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. More.
68K creator speaks on processor future From the New York Times: "We're coming upon a sea change in the world of semiconductors," said Nick Tredennick, a technical adviser to QuickSilver who was the designer of the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, which powered the Apple Macintosh in the 1980's and early 90's, and is now the editor of the Gilder Technology Report newsletter. "There are compelling advantages to reconfigurable chips in terms of performance and power consumption." More.
iPod: The next Windows desktop A Business 2.0 article lobbys for sold advertising rights on Apple's iPod "Since record companies are desperate for new means of distribution, shouldn't they be looking for access to the iPod rather than just iTunes? It's a classic bundling arrangement. Consider how software makers have pursued big deals to get on the Windows desktop because they know that preinstalled material gets the user's attention." More.
Qualcomm, Broadcom combine for Bluetooth in CDMA phones Qualcomm and Broadcom are planning to jointly develop and promote Bluetooth capabilities for CDMA mobile phones. The initial aim of the partnership is to combine Qualcomm's baseband modem with RF technology from Broadcom. Financial details of the "strategic partnership" were not disclosed. More.Resources