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?

Rumours are going around about a possible new Apple product. Essentially a Macbook with a touch screen. Of course there have been tablet PCs for some time however they’ve never really taken off and this takes things a little further.

Apple seems to have the magic touch for opening up markets to the masses - MP3 players were hardly ten a penny before the iPod.

Everything seems to be moving towards this new “touch” interface - Microsoft Surface is another possibility but I’ve never been convinced that this is a mature product. I’ve never felt Microsoft are pushing this as a replacement for the reliable old mouse - hedging their bets just a tad.

I’ll be interested to see what appears on the scene.