Could never figure out why people invest in virtual stuffs? Google stocks are going down. Plummet ahead!

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin The difference is, MS was NEVER innovative. Google is. So that would be a hard call. Google isn't as innovative as they think. Most is hyp…

Quote: Originally Posted by Super Mario Google isn't as innovative as they think. Most is hype. For example nearly everything they offer is about other peoples or company's inf…

Quote: Originally Posted by Rolling Bones Could never figure out why people invest in virtual stuffs? I have said this before, Google is not a 'virtual' company. It is a r…

That doesn't mean that their company's value won't deflate dramatically. If you go up and skim through the OP you will see how Google has been inflating its stock price, with noth…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS GMail is not an improvement on existing free webmail services like Hotmail or Yahoo Mail? Um, let's see... 3. At the time GMail came out, H…

Quote: Originally Posted by torsoboy Hotmail does not give you spam. You give that to yourself by giving out your email address to every site you see. I once set up a Hotma…

Quote: Originally Posted by PurpleGiant I have said this before, Google is not a 'virtual' company. It is a real company, with a sound business model in advertising. It isn't …

Chris, I agree, something just ain't right with Google...

hi , i ve a i pod photo 20G , and happy in using it, i used to import musics by using Apple loseless encoder, but it 's almost fully occupied the 20 G storage, can i change to a le…

In iTunes, Advanced->Convert Selection to (default import encoder setting). Yours will likely say Convert Selection to Apple Lossless, so you'll need to change you settings in i…

Well, if you can't beat them in style... try to hit Apple legally... what a game... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4198360.stm Apologies if this is old news...

Should be interesting to see what develops from this; guess it's a case of trying to hit your opponent from all possible angles at the same time.

This is another Patent on the Interface, not the player itself. For history buffs: From MP3.com: Quote: The Diamond Rio's false status as "the first MP3 player" is p…

Quote: Originally Posted by siflippant Well, if you can't beat them in style... try to hit Apple legally... what a game... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4198360.stm A…

So this patent was awarded more than four years ago and yet Creative has only just thought it would be a good idea to issue a press release about it now? Does anyone else smell t…

So now Apple is getting sued by Creative Technology (see http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/te...y/01apple.html) for using their zen patent in the iPod navigation system. And Micro…

Quote: Originally Posted by kk What is going on here? Apple's too slow to the punch?

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr Heliums So this patent was awarded more than four years ago and yet Creative has only just thought it would be a good idea to issue a press relea…

Howdy folks, I recently bought a 60 GB iPod. When I plug it into my mac I get a unkown error (-36) error message. Is there any way I can initialize my ipod and try again? Ma…

Sure is. Just download this little gem: http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/

Thanks bradoesch. Unfortunately after reinstalling the ipod updater, I still get the same error message. I think it's time to run to a apple store. Thanks again.

What do you mean by re-installing the updater? Make sure you restore your iPod. Once I had that exact error msg. I just restored, re-synced and everything is fine since then.

after downloading the updater run the program, when is asks, plug in the ipod, choose restore factory settingd from the choices it gives you. wait until the process is finished. i…

Does the iPod work as normal except for attempting to sync with iTunes?