Apple's Leopard Shows its Claws

Well it appears that Mr. Jobs is at it again. Apple has announced the release date for the newest iteration of the Mac OS-X...codenamed Leopard. It will start shipping on October 26, 2007, for a measly $130. Not too shabby for something that claims to have over 300+ new features. A listing of a number of the fancy new features can be found over at Apple.com

Although I am by no means going to go out and buy this bit o software, I still think the Mac is a decent (yet extremely overpriced) piece of hardware for those who dont really wish to think about their computers. People who have trouble with Viruses, spyware, etc, simply dont educate themselves on how to NOT fall into those traps. Its really simple! The Mac's dont have any magical capabilities to protect against those things, its simply that Windows has a significantly higher market share and thus hackers attack the more popular OS. Ah well, Micropoop needs some competition anyway.

Halo 3 makes 300 big ones

Well since its release on September 25, Microsoft has sucked approximately $300 MILLION from the "casper-esque" army of nerds around the United States. As reported by USA Today....

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Gamers around the globe dropped nearly $300 million on Halo 3 in the week since the first-person shooter for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console debuted, the company said Thursday.

Microsoft also said that in the week after the Sept. 25 launch, Xbox 360 console sales "nearly tripled" from the weekly average reported before the game hit store shelves, according to initial reports from retailers worldwide.

More than 2.7 million people have logged on to Microsoft's online service, Xbox Live, to collectively play 40 million hours of Halo 3 with other gamers, Microsoft said.

Halo 3, the much-anticipated last installment of a trilogy, was developed by Microsoft-owned Bungie Studios.

Microsoft said sales hit $170 million in the game's first 24 hours on sale in the U.S., surpassing Spider-Man 3, which grossed $151 million in its opening weekend. Halo 3 sells for at least $60 a copy, while the average price of a movie ticket in 2006 was $6.55, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.

Lovely isn't it? At least the rest of us received a few hours of entertainment from the folks who interviewed the boys waiting to purchase the game at 12:00 AM on its release date. Hilarious indeed

Back in Saddle Again...

Well its time I got back in the saddle again everyone! For the few who MAY have read this little piece of e-beauty I'll begin again posting up any interesting articles or news I come across during my daily internet travels regarding new, old, or just plain weird technology (and other stuff where I feel like it) in our world today. Hope you enjoy!