Apple COO Smacks Down Netbooks, Sidekick LX Hands-On

April 23, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE A candidate announces a run on Twitter, a President becomes a USB dongle, Apple says mean things about netbooks, and a developer creates one sick iPhone game. It’s been a weird week for tech, but heck, at least we got to play with that cool new Sidekick. Apple's Tim Cook: We're Not Interested in the Netbook Space Video: Sidekick LX (2009) Barack Obama: President, USB Key Baby Killing Game Available for iPhone San Fran Mayor Newsom Announces Governor Run on Twitter Advertisement Apple's Tim Cook: We're Not Interested in the Netbook Space During last night’s earnings call, Apple’s acting CEO Tim Cook let it be known that he was largely unimpressed by what has been happening in the netbook space, thus putting to rest rumors of a low-priced Apple netbook—or maybe not… Video: Sidekick LX (2009) We got a sneak peak of the new Sidekick LX at party held by T-Mobile on Tuesday night. Check out our exclusive hands-on video with the device. Barack Obama: President, USB Key Barack Obama is a lot of things to a lot of people—but a 2GB USB drive. Yep, it turns out our commander in chief is that, too. Baby Killing Game Available for iPhone We’ve seen a lot of strange programs pass through the iTunes App Store, but this one takes the cake. A small publisher called Sikalosoft released an app called Baby Shaker. It involves shaking a crying baby to death. Not surprisingly, some people weren’t too pleased. San Fran Mayor Newsom Announces Governor Run on Twitter San Francisco’s mayor harnessed the power of microblogging on Tuesday to announce his candidacy for California’s governorship. Finally, a politician who knows the power of pithiness. SUBSCRIBE TO PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL TODAY! Subscribe to PC Magazine Digital today for as little as $.62 a copy and enjoy the convenience and immediate delivery of digital.       PC Magazine is America’s #1 technology magazine, delivering authoritative, lab-based comparative reviews of technology products and services. FEATURED OFFERS Free utility finds the fragmentation that’s crippling your network! New Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks 2.0 takes the guesswork out of tracking networked system performance. This revolutionary utility scans networked systems’ performance from one single access point. It equips administrators with an arsenal of performance data, so they can zero in on systems’ fragmentation and slows. Don’t let low-functioning systems go unnoticed. Get Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks 2.0 free now! Counter Threats in Database Security in this Free White Paper 70 percent of all database breaches arise internally with no Internet connection required. Read more about the growing significance of database security in this free white paper. Download today! eNewsletter Information You are subscribed to Gearlog Update with the email address austinames2008.pcmag@blogger.com. Click here to unsubscribe from this newsletter. To subscribe to other e-mail newsletters from Ziff Davis, change your delivery format from HTML to text, or change your e-mail address, click here. Copyright © 2009 Ziff Davis Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016

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