Cyanogen here to stay albeit a tad more homely

While the last couple days have been full of Android home brew drama centering around Cyanogen and the smackdown Google’s law department were set to hurl at him, it appears as if we can all breathe a sigh of relief. While the worst case scenario had Cyanogen completely shut down, we can all be thankful that he and Google came to a rather peaceful though ultimately ridiculous solution — from here on out, Cyanogen mods will be bare bones. Users of said ROM’s will be able to talk, text, etc. on your Android/Cyanogen device, but to get the true bread and butter apps such as Gmail, any type of syncing, and so on will require a previous backup with a device that featured authentic Google Experience apps. Super. So, besides bad press what did Google accomplish here kiddies? Absolutely nothing. Oh wait…bad press. That’s it. In all reality, while Google has a right to protect their services and apps, the way they went about it was slightly less than nice. Don’t you think? Let’s try not to let it happen again okay?

**Update: It isn’t quite that bad. Follow up here
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webOS 1.2 update live. iTunes syncing no where to be found.

Hot hot hot! Palm has official released the webOS 1.2 update this late afternoon to the hoard of inpatient Pre owners. Unfortunately, feature hounds will find mostly bug fixes in this update. However, honorable mentions include paid app downloads (not live yet) as well as music downloads over the air. Also, the claim that iTunes sync was coming back in 1.2 was a fallacy folks. It isn’t here. Live to see another day I guess. Since the update has been out for a few hours, we gotta ask: How’s the update going for you? Any bugs popping up? Surprises?

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Strive for some of the best sound money can buy? How about $107,000/pair loudspeakers?

I love music. Part of that love is finding the best possible sound quality I can…that which my budget allows anyway. However, if money were no object, these particular loudspeakers by YG Acoustics would be somewhere near the top. To many, the thought of spending even 1/16th the amount a pair of YG’s latest Anat Reference II Professional loudspeakers cost ($107,000 USD) is outrageous. But ask any audiophile, cost does not matter one bit. In essence it’s a lot like photography and professional photographers. When purchasing new equipment, they don’t even ask the cost. If it will make their pictures, (in this case music) look better, than by all means, melt that credit card. But even the most stringent audiophiles will feel their bank account weep with the stratospheric price tag that the Anat Reference II’s dish out.

According to YG Acoustics, the usable frequency range these giants produce extends from below an earth trembling 20 Hz all the way up to a dog exploading, bat killing 40 kHz with +/- 1dB. But sound alone doesn’t make these the “giants” of the loudspeaker world. The physical presence these loudspeakers take is quite astonishing. Weighing in at a tad over 440 lbs., standing 6ft. tall, and crafted out of aircraft grade 6061-T651 aluminum means these won’t fade into the background of your humble abode like those cute little speakers at Best Buy will. Not only will you hear these speakers, you will most certainly see them as well.

Again, the price tag will keep these out of reach for most of the human race. But if you’re the type that has pockets deep enough to reach through to China, then by all means splurge a little. If you have to even question the price tag or try to “reason” yourself into even thinking about spending that much money on a pair of sound output devices then you simply don’t get it. It’s ok. You’re not alone in this world.

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