Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar, underwent successful surgery to treat an early stage pancreatic cancer over the weekend. He is expected back to work in September (I guess he's waiting until the G5 iMacs come out). According to articles in the Wall Street Journal (Apple CEO Undergoes …

For the last night of the Democratic National Convention of 2004, I spent about an hour and a half (sorry, folks, I can't sit here and watch that many speakers say the same thing, with varying accents, all night). I did get to John Kerry's speech, which is also available …

I'm pretty happy with a combination of IView MediaPro and iPhoto, but if you are looking to organize a large pile of photos or looking for a different set of tools that may be a bit more power-user friendly without being as pricey as MediaPro, here's a review of a …

An article from the Christian Science Monitor talks about a company in California (among others) that is working on a proposal to allow individuals to sell excess generated power back to the grid from their cars. Called V2G (Vehicle to Grid), the mechanism is similar to what people who have …

For $100, starting in September, you can buy an Alpine KCA-420i and plug in your dock-equipped iPod to get sound from your AiNet-equipped Alpine stereo.

The DNC has nicely posted a QuickTime (and WMP) version of the speech by Barack Obama which has been heralded by many as the best speech at the DNC this year (or at least on Tuesday night).

An article from the Washington Post today tells us that Bob Edwards, nearly-25-year host of NPR's Morning Edition, will be back on the air this October. But, not with NPR. NPR itself is carrying an article about his departure and subsequent arrival at XM Radio for a new show slated …

Last night I tuned in for more of the DNC, watching a number of the lead-in speeches to Mr. Edwards, and then the night's big event, the Senator's speech. It's pretty clear from his delivery that he feels very comfortable talking to large groups (and it doesn't get a lot …

Wired has an article about the JibJab version of Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land which stars George W Bush and John Kerry exchanging political barbs. If you haven't seen the short (on the JibJab site), you might want to take a peek before they get shut down by …

eWeek claims (in this article) that it is code-named Antares. IBM will likely call it the 970MP, but in the end, it's like two, two, two chips in one. Taking a page from the book of the bigger brothers to the 970, the Power4, IBM appears to be planning on …

A New York Times article discusses a move by Chicago to shut down 60 underperforming schools and replace them with 100 new schools, more than half of which would be run privately and outside of the current teacher's union contract. The move, called Renaissance 2010 is intended to replace larger …

Carol and I watched about two hours of the Democratic National Convention on Monday night (sorry, I'm not quite enough of a political junky to watch the entire thing). Unfortunately, I didn't take notes, but the speeches of Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are very fresh in my mind still …

The XPrize folks have announced that two teams (Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne and the Canadian da Vinci Project) have officially announced that they will compete this fall to launch competitors for the prize. SpaceShipOne will have its first official flight on or about September 29th, which gives it until October 13th …

In another of what has been a steady stream of product delays by Microsoft, CNet is reporting that the 64-bit version of Windows XP will be delayed until the first half of next year, along with 64-bit versions of Windows 2003 server and the 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows …

NASA announced that they have redesigned the bipod fitting between the external tank and the main body of the shuttle. In response to concerns over falling debris from the previous design (which involved foam insulation around the bracket in order to keep the bracket from icing), the designers have now …

Apple, creator of the iPod and iTunes has announced with Motorola that they will be supporting iTunes on Motorola's next generation of phones. With this, users will be able to play iTunes tunes (including those purchased from the iTunes Music Store) on their handsets.

Drive manufacturer Seagate announced that they will be offering a 5 year warranty for their disk drives sold through retail and distribution channels (not through OEM's, though, those are still the responsibility of the OEM to handle). Let the warranty escalation begin!

According to a report from PCWorld (among others), Real Networks (makers of RealPlayer) has stated that they will support downloading songs from their Rhapsody service to the iPod starting with the 10.5 beta version of their software. The trick basically is to modify their files to be in the …

Peter Gabriel, musician and co-founder of OD2 (recently acquired by Loudeye) is interviewed by CNN on the topic of digital music. He's happy with the movement towards disintermediation and is willing to give Apple a pat on the back for pushing the industry forward.

Thanks to Amanda for forwarding along this article from the National Review which sheds some more light on the situation on NW 327. It appears the band was accompanying Nour Mehan[n]a, a Syrian artist. The remainder of the article goes on to state that he thinks the original …