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Journal Journal: Paul Thurott about AppleTV and more hacks

Journal by Udo Schmitz on Tuesday March 27, 2007 @10:25AM

Paul Thurott dons his flameproof suit and has this to write about the AppleTV: "The Apple TV is a typical Apple product: It's big on hype but short on functionality. [...] For these reasons, Apple TV is recommended only for those people who have drunk the Apple Kool-Aid and decided they really like the taste and can afford the upscale lifestyle." Meanwhile

Comment In the UK BT is similarly obligated (Score 2, Informative) 100

by TomAnthony on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @02:21PM (#18169352) Attached to: EU Wants German Telekom Fiber Open to All

In the UK, BT (the formely state owned Telecom provider, now privatised) is obliged to provide competing operators with wholesale broadband access:

http://www.out-law.com/page-3519

I'm not sure how similarly this situation mimics that in the article, asides from with BT the EU wasn't involved in the decision.

Submission + - Windows Vista worse for user efficiency than XP

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erikvlie

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @08:07AM

erikvlie writes: "Pfeiffer Consulting released a report on User Interface Friction, comparing Windows Vista/Aero with Windows XP and Mac OS X. The report concludes Vista/Aero is worse in terms of desktop operations, menu latency and mouse precision than XP — which was and still is said to be a lot worse in those areas than Mac OS X. The report was independently financed. The IT-Enquirer editor has read the report and summarised the most important findings."

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