Jay Talbot’s Ramblings

OK, no big shock. Everyone knew what Apple had up it’s sleeve with movies being sold through iTunes. It also wasn’t a huge shock that they’d be priced at $9.99USD for “library” movies and $14.99USD for new releases. All this has been in the rumor mills for a while now.

Now, let’s get to the upgraded iPods.

First we have the new iPod nanos. These things are pretty slick with new anodized aluminumn cases, and a brighter screen. They also come in several flavors. The “cheap” on is $149USD, 2GB of storage, and comes in silver. The next one up sells for $199USD, has 4GB of storage, and comes in silver, green, blue, and pink.The $249 iPod nano comes in black, with 8GB of storage. They look cool, and as always, I’m sure they sound awesome.

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I’ve had my iPod for a while now, and it’s a nice toy. I’m using it a lot, especially in my truck, with the iPod adapter to my HD Radio. It’s really a sweet deal. I’ll be poor for a while now, but happy none the less. I’m even thinking about replacing some of my less quality mp3’s with new copies from iTunes. I figure I can burn an audio CD’s with iTunes, then rip them to iso files for safe keeping. After all, CD-R’s are only usable for about 2 years with normal use, 5 years if you don’t touch them in a climate controlled environment.

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Can you believe that? After days of speculation, it finally comes out: AMD is buying ATI.

To me, this is a very good thing all the way around. It means that AMD will be put on a more even playing field with Intel. Why? Well, for years Intel has been making their own motherboard chipset to go along with their processers, now it’s AMD’s turn.

Let me explain. ATI creates more than just excellent video chipsets, they also create chipset for motherboards; think ATI Crossfire. This will allow for better compatability between ATI chipset motherboards and AMD processers. I think this is the real reason AMD and ATI are getting into bed together, and it makes a ton of sense.

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Ok, I found a new VIoP service called ZingoTel. They have a pretty long list of available service areas, even through they may take a few days to process. The service will cost me 14.95 per month, and I’m getting all the bells and whistles I got with Lingo (not gonna send them any business). What follows is why I switched.

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The Register has a story about Net Neutrality. Actually, it’s a piece that pokes fun at a stupid little cartoon made specifically to confuse people on what Net Neutrality really means.

Note: I’m not directly linking to the cartoon because I don’t want to send them direct traffic. A link is included in the referenced story.

Net Neutrality is a philosophy that revolves around an open and free Internet. It is basically an unspoken rule saying that all providers will allow all Internet traffic to flow through their system unhindered. Ma Bell would like to change this. Not only do they want to charge their customers for the bandwidth they use, but they would also love to charge content providers (Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Joe’s blog and video) for the same bandwidth. This is what I call “double dipping.”

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