Macworld and CES 2009

Macworld Keynote by Philip Schiller
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Moscone Center - West Hall
San Francisco, CA
(Macworld: 5 to 9 Jan)

CES Keynote by Steve Ballmer
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
6:30 p.m.
The Venetian, Palazzo Ballroom
Los Angeles, CA
(CES: 8 to 11 Jan)

Macbook Air

Last week, Steve Jobs gave his keynote at Macworld in San Francisco, and unveiled the Macbook Air. (Download Steve Jobs' Keynote). Although the Macbook Air comes with 1.6 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, an iSight Camera, an innovative multi-touch touchpad and a back lid keyboard, it is missing some other stuff. Of course, one only realises this after breaking out of Steve's Reality Distortion Field. Where is the firewire port and the Ethernet port?

Last week was also significant as I was nowhere near a computer during Steve Job's keynote. However, technological innovations have made it possible to get live updates half way round the globe. I used twitter to provide me live updates via my mobile phone (I don't have a 3G/wifi-enabled mobile phone). SMS (short messages) were popping in at about one every 5 seconds at its peak (imagine the excitement!). Sadly, the messages stopped coming just before Steve Jobs announced the Macbook Air. (I later learned that twitter crashed, probably due to heavy traffic from Macworld.) I waited about an hour before I received the delayed updates.


Anyway, I have finally uploaded the KDE 4 Wallpaper pack to omnidrive.

CES, Macworld

Its another new year once again and its time for CES and Macworld.
- CES (Consumer Electronics Show): Jan 8-11, Las Vegas
- Macworld: Jan 8-12, San Francisco's Moscone Centre

Where to get updates: TechCrunch, Scobleizer, Gizmodo, Engadget (The guys over at Gizmodo have managed to sneak inside)

What to watch out for:

• Cool new stuff/technology @ CES
  
• Steve Job's keynote (iPhone?) [Keynote on 9th Jan, 9 AM GMT -8:00; get ready for the RDF]
  

Cool Apple Ad

Check out the newest cool Apple ad on the switch to Intel.

"The Intel chip: for years, its been trapped inside PCs, inside dull little boxes, dutifully performing dull little tasks, when it could have been doing so much more. Starting today, the Intel chip wlll be set free and get to live life inside a Mac. Imagine the possibilities."

So what about AMD? Trapped inside the PC as well?

Since Steve Jobs's keynote speech is over... you might want to know what happens behind the magic curtain -- the inside secret on how Steve Jobs prepares for his speeches.


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