The Register - PersonalBiting the hand that feeds ITMS ends Mac media player development- January 13, 2006 Company's 'commitment' to Mac users doesn't go that far Microsoft hasn't updated the Mac version of Windows Media Player since 28 November 2003, and it doesn't look like it's going to do so ever again - despite the software giant's plan, stated this week, to continue developing Office:Mac for the next five years or more.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/13/ms_ends_mac_wmp_developmen... Apple downplays iTunes 'spyware' fears- January 12, 2006 Track selection monitored but not stored, apparently Apple has denied that it retains any of the information that the latest update to its hugely popular jukebox software, iTunes, creates as it monitor users' listening selections.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/12/itunes_602_spyware_claim/ IBM, Sony, Toshiba start work on 32nm Cell- January 12, 2006 Enter second half of 10-year R&D partnership Cell processor partners IBM, Sony and Toshiba have agreed to take their technology R&D alliance into the 32nm era.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/12/ibm_sony_toshiba_32nm_cell... Aprs le keynote, le gulp- January 12, 2006 Was the MacBook launched too soon Analysis What an ungrateful bunch you are. This week Apple began its transition to Intel processors six months ahead of schedule, and all you can do is carp. Don't you know you're supposed to swoon over every shiny new piece of kithttp://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/12/apple_macbook_analysis/ Nikon to end film camera production- January 12, 2006 Digital SLRs are the place to be, apparently 35mm film has come to the end of the roll, Nikon has said. The camera maker this week revealed it is focusing its efforts solely on digital photography products.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/12/nikon_goes_all_digital/ MS: Blu-ray on Xbox 360 'possible'- January 12, 2006 If you can add one external drive (HD DVD), you can add another (BD) Microsoft has said it may ship a Blu-ray Disc drive for its Xbox 360 games console should consumers prefer that next-generation optical disc format over HD DVD.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/01/12/xbox_360_blu-ray/ Griffin touts 'most advanced' iPod dock yet- January 12, 2006 Turns portable player into home media centre Griffin Technology will soon ship a dock that converts any compatible iPod into a home media centre system.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/12/griffin_tunecenter_ipod_do... MS to ship Mac Office of five years 'minimum'- January 12, 2006 Official agreement reached with Apple Microsoft has committed itself to supporting Office on the Mac for at least the next five years, the head of the software giant's Macintosh Business Unit said this week.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/12/ms_office_mac_deal/ CES 2006: top ten gadgets- January 12, 2006 The hottest Vegas showstoppers since Liberace So the delegates have gone home, the halls are emptying and, yes, Gates (and Elvis) have left the building. The gadget fest that was the Consumer Electronics Show 2006 is now history. Yet before we bury it for good, here's our list of the ten best gadgets to emerge at the show (in no particular order)...http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/12/ces_2006_top_ten_gadgets/ Google and CBS release embarrassment of a video store- January 11, 2006 I know Apple, and you're no Apple Review "This is a truly historical meeting of the established and new media," said Les Moonves, the head of CBS, about his network's new video partnership with Google. Um, no, Les. So far, it's just a really crap web site.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/11/goog_vid_store/ |