Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

CES, Mac Expo and NAMM. A tech and gear geek’s favorite month of the year!

Guess what? I’m not going to any of them (got some big deadlines coming up), but I am following all the action, ya know, remotely.

So here’s what I’ve found so far:

• MacWorld: The expectations game – MacWorld talks about how the expectations for Steve Jobs’ keynote have gotten so high that they is no way it won’t be a major disappointment. Which is possibly a problem for Apple stockholders.
• Belkin introduces and iPod based recording studio – Well, the iPod is a hard drive, so why not build a 4-track mixer with hard disk recorder around it. Kind of unnecesary, but cool. They don’t say if it is battery powered, in fact they only mention USB power (which is REALLY unnecesary).
• Intel unveils new quad-core processors at CES
• Toast 8 – new version has TivoToGo, BluRay recording and (finally!) spanning burns across multiple discs and cataloging.
• Ultra-Mobile PCs from Oqo and Sony. and a prototype from Fujitsu
• JVC HD Everio – Full HD at a prosumer price. Less than 2K for 1920x1080i recording to a 60 GB harddrive!