CES 2008 - Optimus Maximus keyboard

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Problem: Design a keyboard with screens embedded in each button.

Enterprise-Software: IBM and SAP

IBM and SAP, longtime technology partners, will bring out their first joint software product in the 4th-quarter of this year, the companies have-said.


The product, codenamed 'Atlantic', will allow users to access SAP's Business Suite applications for workflows, reporting and analytics through IBM's Lotus software.

IBM and Germany's SAP, founded by former IBM employees, have collaborated for 35 years. IBM is the world's largest integrator of SAP's software.

Via Reuters

Apple's make-over

A good few-hours have passed since Steve-Jobs took to the stage. Okay, so the MacBook Air laptop is a ridiculous feat of engineering.

From "a hobby" project of Steve's to the absolute centre-piece of Apple's plans to take over your living room: film rentals straight to your TV.

It's an impressively diverse range of digital content, and the interface is slick, easy to follow and incredibly user-friendly – one of the main reasons Apple has so successfully dominated the digital music-download market.

What's really changed is that the Apple TV is now a stand-alone set-top box.

Via Telegraph

Image Day - MacBook Air

People look over the MacBook Air at the 2008-Macworld in the Moscone-Center.

January 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

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iHype!

Apple's annual MacWorld event has become a cult event for fans.

The fact that announcements are shrouded in secrecy, coupled with Steve Jobs ability to entertain an audience, add to the buzz. Apple promised there was "something ", and it turned out to be a ultra-thin laptop.

Via BBC/AP

Roundup - 2007: Hardware

At Apple's annual Macworld event last January, CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone. Holding it onstage, Jobs tapped on its surface to type, flicked his finger to scroll through songs, and pinched his fingers to make pictures smaller.

> The crowd went wild.