2013 - The End of Cassette Recorders?

Sony still makes cassette recorders? Who knew!
Sean Buckley ... Putting the cassette to bed: Sony to discontinue handheld tape recorders in 2013

The Walkman's retirement wasn't quite the death of the cassette tape, but the format's final days aren't far off: Sony's calling it quits on the tape recorder. Final shipments for the company's TCM-400, TCM-410 and TCM-450 cassette recorders are due early next year, marking the end of the product line.

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OSX Running on a Macintosh Portable

Patrick Blampied has a Macintosh portable running OSX:

I took plenty of photos along the way which I’m going to turn into a post a week for the next few weeks. I’ll be covering the main hardware, mounting the screen, optical mouse conversion and the remapping/rewiring of the keyboard – which ended up being fairly involved.

15 Current Technologies A Child Born Today Will Never Use

Good list! I think some of them are already out if not on their way out - can't remember the last time I used a landline phone or a fax machine. 15 Current Technologies A Child Born Today Will Never Use:

1. Wired Home Internet

2. Dedicated Cameras and Camcorders

3. Landline Phones

4. Slow-Booting Computers

5. Windowed Operating Systems

6. Hard Drives

7. Movie Theaters

8. The Mouse

9. 3D Glasses

10. Remote Controls

11. Desktops

12. Phone Numbers

13. Prime-time Television

14. Fax Machines

15. Optical Discs

MS Surface, Disruption, and Legacy

Chris Armstrong on Microsoft's Shift

the Intel powered versions of the Surface show us that Microsoft is terrified to move into the future too quickly. I can't see any reason to buy an expensive, overpowered and overheating version of the Surface.

I think he's hit the nail on the head here. Microsoft has always been protective of their cash cows - Windows and Office. They can't make a committed jump to Office in the cloud (Office 365), because they are terrified of cannibalizing one of their core businesses - all the while Google Docs continues to improve and gain ground. In this case, they are unable to see a future without Windows and the legacy apps Surface Pro will support. There's a reason why they're called "legacy" apps!

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