Well he isn’t actually but it’s a similar sort of headline that was taken seriously and reported by CNN. It would seem a blog reported Mr Jobs (High godness of Apple) had a heart attack and CNN broadcast this causing a drop in Apple’s share price.

A little bit irresponsible of CNN not to get this confirmed after all don’t believe everything you read online. It would also seem there are investigations to see if this story was published with the intention of pushing down the share price.

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while but a certain screaming baby has been occupying a lot of my time.

 A few weeks ago it was Google’s 10th birthday and they’ve made available the oldest index they still have so take a trip back in time to January 2001. It’s really interesting to see the results for some search terms - iPod doesn’t relate to anything Apple at all!

1,326,920,000 pages? Not a lot on current standards is it?

So the new iPhone 3G is out and there seems to be talk about how much it costs to own. It’s about time too I never understood the first version being released without 3G access - it wasn’t exactly a new technology.

Lets face it the iPhone is mainly a fashion statement, a bit of a status symbol for people to show off. It’s the prettiest phone you can get (although it will be covered in scratches and fingerprints within seconds of leaving the box). You can get other phones that do the same functions but maybe not in such a well rounded package.

The iPhone is a designer item which people are willing to pay a premium for. Whether everyone will be put off this premium phone due to Apple pushing the limits as much as they can with changing interfaces with every new model:

Stef Lewandowski: “I got an iPhone 3G and now wish I hadn’t - it’s slow and glitchy, and I have to replace all of my charging devices including my bedside clock radio because they have subtly changed the interface it uses. “Free”? Sure.”

There are certainly features in the iPhone that are great and will push the entire mobile market forward to provide much more useful mobile devices (not just phones) which certainly isn’t a bad thing.

The mobile phone market is very cut throat and Apple again have carved their own high-end niche which is their to lose rather than others to gain. I’m interested to see a real iPhone contender stepping up and see where that makes new innovations to lead.

I wrote a few weeks ago about an “article” I saw on the BBC that I thought was biased with regard to free software. It was a tirade by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation essentially attacking proprietary software as the source of all evil.

Well it seems the FSF are at it again and this time I really think they’ve lost the plot.

Apple has popped up on their radar and it seems they are using underhand tactics to attack Apple through their “Genius bars”.

Now although I’m actually pleased in a way that I’m not the only one that doesn’t think Apple is soft and cuddly. I’ve expressed my views in the past that I believe the software and hardware shouldn’t be so locked in. But free software is a choice not a need! Where the hell is my free choice if they are actually going to use what are essentially denial of service attacks?

Hardly the type of action that is going to convince people their cause is one to follow. It’s only going to alienate the very people they want to get on board - the consumers. Be passionate about your cause but try and think through your actions.

What are these people thinking? Numpties.

Free software can be great (this blog uses WordPress) but it’s got to be better than the proprietary competitors if you want it to be used. It’s an open market. Why waste all this money on FSF when it could all be ploughed into developing the next generation of open source products?