A fascinating look back by Gizmodo.

With Zune users still banging their brown devices against the wall, Microsoft has yet to announce a fix. I am very curious to see how long it takes for a patch, but one thing is for sure: With a product family as berated and up-against-the-man as the Zune is, a sweeping failure of every single [...]

All over the world, the dozens of people who own 30GB Zunes are finding their beloved media players dead. And not just mostly dead. Really dead.
Zune.net Forums:
From what I can tell it looks like every Zune 30 on the planet has suddenly crashed. Is this a virus? A glitch? A time bomb? A disgruntled Microsoft [...]

Gizmodo:
Steve’s health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to remove the hype factor strategically vs letting the hype destroy apple when the inevitable news comes later this spring.
This strategic loss will be less of a bang with investors. This is why Macworld is a no-go anymore. No more Steve means no more hype. Saying they [...]

Espresso, Macrabbit’s new suite of web-building applications, has hit beta:
As you may know, we planned to have Espresso ready in November. Unfortunately our schedule slipped and while we have an active private beta program, everybody else was getting a little antsy. With this in mind, we have decided to open up the Espresso Beta to [...]

Google Support Document 107906:
Browsers are getting faster and better at running web applications like Google Mail that use browser technology to its limits. In order to get the best experience possible and make Google Mail run an average of twice as fast, we suggest that you upgrade your browser to one of the fastest Google [...]

Gizmodo’s Jason Chen on video tearing and distortion issues with Apple’s new Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adaptor:
Our own limited testing showed that this happens really quickly (in about a minute) when there’s a USB hub plugged either into the second MacBook Pro USB port, or into the pass-through port on the actual adapter itself. [...]

Macblogz:
The eternal battle between Apple’s priorities with form over function played a major role in this summer’s past Mobile Me meltdown. Apple puts so much emphasis on making sure every millimeter of the screen is pixel perfect, and that the User Interface is so shiny that you want to lick it. But when it comes [...]

The Onion, in 1999:
In an effort to prevent such incidents of “excessive iconoclasm” in the future, Apple has developed a manual outlining the company’s rules and regulations regarding individualism. Permitted will be such unorthodox activities as removing shoes when seated or within four feet of a desk; whistling when given prior written permission from a [...]

Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu:
“While CEO Steve Jobs deserves a lot of credit for the revival and success of Apple and, as one of the founding fathers of technology, helping revolutionize the world with the Apple I, Apple II, Lisa, Macintosh, NeXT, Pixar, Mac OS X, the Apple Store, iTunes, iPod, and iPhone, we believe [...]