Apple vs. Google




Apple vs. Google gets personal: 'Steve Jobs simply hates Eric Schmidt' (video)
By Thomas Ricker Mar 16th 2010

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/apple-vs-google-gets-personal-steve-jobs-simply-hates-eric-sc/

Tim Bray, the architect behind XML, who wrote a blog post yesterday announcing his new role as evangelist to software developers for Google's Android platform. He had this to say about competing with Apple: "The iPhone vision of the mobile Internet's future omits controversy, sex, and freedom, but includes strict limits on who can know what and who can say what. It's a sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord's pleasure and fear his anger. I hate it." He then adds, "Apple apparently thinks you can have the benefits of the Internet while at the same time controlling what programs can be run and what parts of the stack can be accessed and what developers can say to each other. I think they're wrong and see this job as a chance to help prove it." [More] - Image: Ghetty

Starion VS BOSS V8 - Crazy engine swaps all the rage in Moree


Ever wanted a Jap-Rod? Sick of the endless debates about which RB/2JZ/V-Tech/13B & BS engine is best? How about an '82 Starion with a Ford GT V8?


The 'BOSS' started life as an American Triton 5.4 SOHC V8, Ford Australia added twin-cam, 4v/cyl heads and trick manifolds with high-revving(ish) internals, and there you have it - a 290kw car with rear wheel drive and no weight. Not to mention quirky looks, rarity, and the opportunity to tell people at parties that the 'Starion' was so named because Chairman Yummymoto couldn't say 'Stallion'.

Thanks Aaron at Diesel Gas Technology & Exhaust (Moree, NSW) for this one.

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