Rémy Numa

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Quick, where's Detective Spooner?

Just as I was watching ‘I, Robot’ this appears on Engadget. I might not be sleeping all that well tonight.

This makes me want to move to New York. Hey Gizmodo, how about shipping some of those gift bags down to Australia for our iPad launch?

This makes me want to move to New York. Hey Gizmodo, how about shipping some of those gift bags down to Australia for our iPad launch?

Guy accused of using intercom to ask 'all black people' to leave Wal-Mart arrested.

Now how about that for a headline.

I can't believe it's not an iPod!

Posted by Engadget, this very similar PMP comes in at less than $40, which is a good deal if you’re in the market for, well, as one DealExtreme reviewer puts it: “the device [that] contains a virus when you connect it to your computer.”

The Wall Street Journal provides more 'tablet' details

The most accurate and believable tablet information I’ve seen so far.

You know, I’m actually pretty impressed. As one Engadget commenter pointed out, look out for 2:15 in the video, where “I spy iSync, Bonjour, Interface Builder, a Gameboy Advance, Spore, GarageBand, Photo Booth, and MSN Messenger.” Never mind Android, It’s Meizu calling now…

Google delivers, and I love them for it

"Don't be evil"

The Official Google Blog today outlines it’s plans to review Google’s presence in China, amid growing concerns over censorship and human rights.

While perhaps a little late, I am very impressed with Google’s stance here - and I really wish Apple would follow suit, especially after their latest run-in with the Chinese government over a few Dalai Lama apps. I still think it’s very unlikely that China will cave in to Google and offer uncensored Internet access in the country, but if Google doesn’t put up with that and shuts up shop, it will send a strong message to the government that no-one likes their filter - and I imagine it could (with time) cause a small negative effect on their economy.

If you really do take strong action in the next few weeks, I offer my congratulations to you - you’re making the world a better place.

Why completely "open development" isn't necessarily a good thing

Gizmodo’s take on the story: “The lesson: you should be terrified at all times, of all things, even if Google says you shouldn’t be.”

Perhaps it’s time for Droid’s marketing guys to rethink their campaign. “Droid does open development” certainly doesn’t sound so great anymore.

Cooper, who co-founded The Green Room with me (and who is almost wholly responsible for the lovely new site), created this rather wonderful visual rumour round-up of the I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-real Apple tablet device, expected to be unveiled later this month. It’s just like my iPhone round-up from last June, except with a much classier look. I agree with almost everything he’s predicted in order of likeliness here. In terms of The Green Room site, you’ll notice this is the near-final version of the redesign. We’re publishing and sharing this around now as a pseudo-soft-launch, if you will, so that we can tinker with it ahead of the final launch which is still planned for January 31st. Of course, another reason why it’s been published now is because if we waited until the final launch, the world might already have an announced tablet, thus making the round-up useless. The domain is clunky and long, so feel free to use this short link in the mean time (link to the tablet post) or just sit tight until the end of the month. Your feedback on the site is welcome - right now the best way to contact us properly is through @tgrblog on Twitter. In the next few days, we’ll set up an email account that works with our domain. —— *The one thing I would personally disagree with is his choice of “very unlikely” for “runs iPhone OS”. I would put it at a much higher chance. I’m not saying it will run a carbon clone of the iPhone OS current state, but it certainly won’t be running Mac OS X. Not that I know anything about it, nor does anyone else outside a very small team at Apple (except perhaps The Wall Street Journal).

Cooper, who co-founded The Green Room with me (and who is almost wholly responsible for the lovely new site), created this rather wonderful visual rumour round-up of the I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-real Apple tablet device, expected to be unveiled later this month. It’s just like my iPhone round-up from last June, except with a much classier look. I agree with almost everything he’s predicted in order of likeliness here.

In terms of The Green Room site, you’ll notice this is the near-final version of the redesign. We’re publishing and sharing this around now as a pseudo-soft-launch, if you will, so that we can tinker with it ahead of the final launch which is still planned for January 31st. Of course, another reason why it’s been published now is because if we waited until the final launch, the world might already have an announced tablet, thus making the round-up useless. The domain is clunky and long, so feel free to use this short link in the mean time (link to the tablet post) or just sit tight until the end of the month.

Your feedback on the site is welcome - right now the best way to contact us properly is through @tgrblog on Twitter. In the next few days, we’ll set up an email account that works with our domain.

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*The one thing I would personally disagree with is his choice of “very unlikely” for “runs iPhone OS”. I would put it at a much higher chance. I’m not saying it will run a carbon clone of the iPhone OS current state, but it certainly won’t be running Mac OS X. Not that I know anything about it, nor does anyone else outside a very small team at Apple (except perhaps The Wall Street Journal).