Digital Trends

Engage the Apple Reality Distortion Field! That’s right! Time for another Apple event, and this one sees us getting a peek at the upcoming Leopard, or OS X 10.5, or OS X.5, plus the Mac Pro, and updated Cinema Display line. What’s good, what’s bad, and why was I not all that impressed? Fanboys should avert their ears except when I talk about pricing. Remember. Apple never does anything wrong.

 

Sony shows off the MyLo communication device. Very interesting – like a PSP minus the games, but plus Opera browser, Skype, and IM.

 

Business

 

CNN has decided reporting on the news in a timely fashion is hard. So hard that they want you to report for them. So send your best doctored photos to their I-Report team. Sorry, Reuters. You’ll have to do a better job than that schlocky clone tool junk you’ve been publishing.

 

E3 is dying. Swag lovers around the world cry themselves to sleep. But, cheer up! You can get a raise and a super special bonus at work for always looking like you’re working, even when you’re surfing. Check out WorkFriendly!

 

Audio/Visual

 

Circuit City will blatantly violate the DCMA for you. Rocking. The EU is investigating the licensing terms of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs. Go Europe! LG is killing off their hybrid dreams. Boo!

 

Sony has introed a few MP3 players… oh, Sonic Stage still, eh? Creative has announced the Neeon 2, a slim MP3 player meant to compete with the iPod nano at all levels, while trouncing it on features. Stomp on it Creative!

 

Hardware

 

Alienware and VoodooPC update their systems to include Core 2 Duo chips. Man, I didn’t see that one coming.

 

Wanna add a Cell processor to your graphics station? How about a bazillion graphics cards? You can do both soon, and all for the price of a small industrialized nation.

 

Peripherals

 

Sony annoucnes the CyberShot T10 - pretty sweet, plus you can add the GPS-CS1 to keep trakc where those drunken pictures of yoruself naked were taken! Nice.

 

Apple

 

Yes, yes, just a couple little bits here. Hey! Did your MacBook Pro to splodey? Well, if not, check to see if the battery recall affects you (or more appropriately your MacBoook Pro).

 

Hello. I’m a Mac. And I’m a PC. Macs are so great because they are… I just pwned! ZOMG! H@xx0rZ pwn Macbooks in 60 seconds! I just LOLed in my ROFFLES!!!11!!!oneone

 

Gaming

 

The Xbox 360 Project Gotham Racing SKU is up at some stores. Should you jump on the deal? Listen first to hear why you might want to wait.

 

Random

 

Like OMG. I was talking to Jill and she was all like, “OMG! I was with Bobby at The Mall and he was all like getting phone calls constantly. He’s really popular and dreamy!” – Be like Bobby.

 

Duran Duran. I still remember the episode of Silver Spoons where they got tickets and some sort of weirdness occurred with two girls. I don’t know. It scarred me for life. Now you can be virtually scarred, too. Log on to Second Life later this month for a free virtual live concert by double D.