I don’t know where this video came from but it is certainly not fake. It is proof that even in the 60′s there were people who had the vision of what is today’s Internet.

Check out the video.

So after all the hype of a new iTouch and we get a speaker, a bevelled back and a $70 price cut?!

Well actually that is not all, take of the hood of the new iTouch and you will see that there is more to the touch than meets the eye. You will find hardware that includes a bluetooth chip, which means with a software update it will have the potential be able to sync without being connected to your computer through the iPod cable and maybe even your phone. Although currently it is probably for the Nike iPod chip.

But here is the real juice. Microphone hardware support. What does that mean? The ability to make calls for free through VoIP. All you will need is a WiFi connection and Skype is your best friend. Free calls through Skype on your iTouch, hey I may even buy another one!

UPDATE: Now you can download FRING and have Skype on your iTouch! That means $3 a month for free calls nationwide (if you get a microphone for it}! With the new iTouch there has been proof that it can be compatible with a microphone! The following video demonstrates this. I have even heard rumors that you can buy a microphone for the iTouch now… Networks beware!

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So the new Apple MacBook as arrived, poor college students must feel ripped off, however I am sure the free iTouch has softened the blow. I won’t lie, I am loving the new trackpad! Check it out here.

I will tell you, however, that I was expecting a quad core announcement especially as Dell have planned to introduce them as early as next year.

Express your opinion in my poll, don’t be shy tell the world what you really think!

Apple’s September 9th “let’s Rock” event was nothing more than disappointing. Sure a new iPod nano that has a few more bells and whistles is great, however not quite the icing on the cake. Many were expecting some quad core MacBooks seeing as the competition namely, Dell has introduced the first quad core laptop in the U.S. Apple has always portrayed itself as the great innovator of technology however in the laptop regard Dell seems to have beaten them to it this time.

But as I have been musing over the reasons for Apple’s decision to only announce the introduction of iTunes 8.0 and a new iPod nano, I am willing to give them a break and this is why.

Whilst I was visiting my universities bookstore, getting mightily “ripped-off” for books, I couldn’t help but feel sad inside at all the students buying 2 yr old laptops for todays prices and believe me there were many! So many infact I started to wonder why Apple would do such a thing to helpless, poor, vulnerable students who want to be different like everyone else!

Well after some thought I began to think that if Apple did decide to announce new laptops straight after most of the students in the nation had just shelled out at least a $1000 for an “old” MacBook, well that just might not go down so well. More-so I started to reason that these very students who had just bought these MacBooks are in-fact the determining factor of Apple’s success for the future and a shake-up in the key consumers view of the companies integrity could seriously damage both its brand image and financial future. I am sure Apple are very aware of this and although it is innevitable that a MacBook update is in the works, they may hold out just a little longer so that the students do not feel that it was books alone that ripped them off!

It may not seem a big deal to the average consumer, but AT&T has teamed up with Yahoo to be the main search engine for it’s line of mobile devices. And although Yahoo is far from Googles rank in relation to amount of searches performed per month (8.5bn compared to Googles 37.1bn). This is very good news for the California based company as AT&T’s mobile device consumers will now be searching using Yahoo causing a greater need for search engine optimization for this particular search provider.

Although AT&T has been the top dog for a while it has been predicted that Verizon will take the number 1 spot in a few short months to come when it acquires Alltel.

Although this may seem irrelevant today the future of mobile devices deems this news as noteworthy due to the increased success and demand of mobile devices such as the iPhone.

No doubt many web developers are cringing at the thought of a new web browser. Lets be honest optimizing a webpage for at least four web browsers is already a major pain in the rear. However Google has just released information that they are going to be joining the “browser wars” with Chrome.

This will be available as early as tomorrow as reports suggest. What does this mean for us? Well although this could potentially be a nightmare for web developers, for the end user it is great news. Basically you can expect a faster, more secure internet experience.

Here is google’s blog post in full regarding the browser.

A fresh take on the browser

9/01/2008 02:10:00 PM

At Google, we have a saying: “launch early and iterate.” While this approach is usually limited to our engineers, it apparently applies to our mailroom as well! As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit “send” a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. We will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome tomorrow in more than 100 countries.

So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the Web.

All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends–all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the Web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for Web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.

On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn’t the browser that matters. It’s only a tool to run the important stuff–the pages, sites and applications that make up the Web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.

Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today’s complex Web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated “sandbox,” we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of Web applications that aren’t even possible in today’s browsers.

This is just the beginning–Google Chrome is far from done. We’re releasing this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We’re hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and will continue to make it even faster and more robust.

We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we’re committed to continuing on their path. We’ve used components from Apple’s WebKit and Mozilla’s Firefox, among others–and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the Web forward.

The Web gets better with more options and innovation. Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the Web even better.

So check in again tomorrow to try Google Chrome for yourself. We’ll post an update here as soon as it’s ready.

Apparently Google wrote about the reason for this blatent attack on Microsoft in the form of a comic book that you can view here. Enjoy!

You will most likely be able to download it at http://www.google.com/chrome

It has been rumoured for a while now that Apple has been working on concepts for a new Apple tablet. With the iPhone and iTouch being such a big hit with its clever touchscreen, Apple are now looking to push touchscreen to the next level.

Click here for a sneek peek at the patent application drawings

However are you ready for a mutli-touch computing experience? That is the golden question, anyone spending millions in R&D undoubtly saying “yes!” however here is a couple of reasons to think otherwise.

- Fingers on the screen = lots of smudges

- A keyboard on the screen = less screen real estate

These reasons alone pose serious issues with the plausibility of this concept. However, it has been done with the small iTouch and so why not something larger?