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Sep 14, 09 - 10:20 am Comment from: blah blah blah...

Bye Bye Flip!!

Sep 14, 09 - 10:20 am Comment from: January 24, 1984

The beginning of a new civility?

Sep 14, 09 - 10:30 am Comment from: 84 Mac Guy

Remember the days, not too many years ago, when the word Apple never graced the pages of PC Mag or PC World. How times have changed for the better.

PC Magazine is fine. When you click on links for PC World articles, though you are enriching Apple-hating or Apple-baiting writers.

Sep 14, 09 - 10:38 am Comment from: DogGone

I don't understand why they did not include a photo feature. The quality may be average but it would make sense to have it.

Sep 14, 09 - 10:43 am Comment from: YoYo

iPod Nano makes me finally put down my 8mm Sony prosumer camcorder from 1986, Nano has better picture and sound quality, and is 1/3 of the size of the NP22 battery.

No video or photographic spontaneity for those of us considering the new iPod Touches. Uncle Steve tells us we are supposed to sit down, shut up, and love our games.

Camera image sensors are thicker than video sensors and wouldn't fit.

Sep 14, 09 - 11:18 am Comment from: Demon

Now if PC Mag and PC World and the rest of them would just worrying about pissing off Microsoft (their largest advertiser) too much they might actually become unbiased and put out more knowledgeable and more complete information on Apple Products. But, as they are beholden to Microsoft and most of their writers are paid Microsoft shills. I understand that the tech writers for the PC Rags have to earn a living and it's not like the PC Rags are paying them big buck or anything. With Microsoft waving cash in their faces to write good reviews about it's product and services even when they well suck donkey pud,. the cash is the almighty changer. Doesn't matter now bad a Microsoft product is their are loads of Tech writers that take the Microsoft cash and then churn out glowing reviews on why it's the best thing on the planet and better then sliced bread. The tech Mags are then dupped into publishing the Microsoft sponsored dribble from their writers as actual real news or review stories. You can always tell who and which stories are Microsoft sponsored because Microsoft will make the call via emails to the writers then at the writers next feature or review deadline the Microsoft dribble story will be sent to the publisher who then normally runs that story or review. Sometimes Microsoft will pay for a negative story or review about a competitor and then these are pumped out (for Apple this usually translates to the security by obscurity being trotted out and paraded around).
While I will not shame the offenders, you can tell who they are just by reading their work and doing some comparisons. I'd also call for disclosure by the writers but they will refuse but they don't want their publishers' to find out that they were paid twice for the story/review. Or course the Microsoft gravy train does not end with the writers, oh no, many of the tech editors are also taking Microsoft's money. So, I would not expect any disclaimers "say this article sponsored by Microsoft.

Why not shame the offenders? They have no shame in shading the truth for their readers. It's time to compose a list of shameful sites:

PC World
The Register
Information Week
TG Daily

Please supplement!

Sep 14, 09 - 11:59 am Comment from: DreamTheEndless

@Paul Johnson

All of ZD: TG, CNet, ......

Sep 14, 09 - 12:14 pm Comment from: silverhawk

Paul
You can put MacWorld UK on that list. It's run by PC World types.

Sep 14, 09 - 12:44 pm Comment from: Cubert

More spontaneous video captures?

Here come the upskirt shots.

Paris Hilton get in your sports car and get ready!

The reason that there isn't a still camera is that a small matter of physics gets in the way. To make a still camera, with the expected higher pixel count, you need a larger imager. This also means that you need a deeper camera. The nano doesn't have the depth to allow a deeper camera.

However, you can always shoot a half second movie and extract a frame later. It's only 640x480, but it's a still.

I bought a new nano on Friday afternoon, and Saturday took it to the mall for some tests.

The best success I had was at one of those modern clothing stores where the fitting rooms are unisex and the separators stop about two feet from the ground.

I took off my pants and put them on the floor near the next divider. Then I turned on the nano camera and positioned it to make it look like is was just barely sticking out of my pants pocket. Then I just waited.

A few minutes later some average chick came in and changed clothes a few times. Then after she left I checked the video. Bingo! I could see everything!

Then I repositioned it like before and waited some more. A dude came in (yawn), and then a real hottie. I got great video of her with no bra and thong panties.

As far as I'm concerned, the nano has already paid for itself.

Officers, arrest that Jimmy!

Sep 14, 09 - 05:31 pm Comment from: Sir Gill Bates

@ Paul Johnson,

I wholeheartedly agree about PC World and TG Daily.

Another one is Maximum PC magazine. They are constantly making snide, smart-assed remarks about Apple and Macs.

At least PC Mag is coming around. But I really miss MacAddict magazine.