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Listed below are comments made by Gee4orce between Thursday, 22nd May 2008 and Tuesday, 6th October 2009.

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Inspiration wanted: help us name the series #bbcnamestorm 11:25am on 06 Oct 2009 Civilisation 2.0
News ticker, most shared and most read 1:44pm on 10 Mar 2009 I'd really like to see you revisit your style guidelines for news headlines - I use an RSS reader and sometimes the BBC News story headlines are like a cryptic crossword clue ! They are phrased as if you're writing newspaper headlines, but I think you can afford to be a bit more wordy with the story headlines, and make them a bit easier on the reader.

Also, I'm not sure why every line in a story has to be in it's own paragraph. It makes it harder to read for me.
Tech industry gloom 9:38pm on 22 Jan 2009 All of which makes Apple's reporting doubly impressive (despite what commenter BagEmk seems to misguidedly think). Market share means very little, it's all about profit and cash in the bank. With $28Bn in the bank, perhaps Apple could actually become one..
Apple backlash? 2:15pm on 28 Jul 2008 What I do notice about your Apple coverage is that every Apple story seems to have to end on negative counterpoint, often poorly argued or unsubstantiated.

In contrast, coverage of Microsoft stories seems to have a different tone, usually upbeat and positive, regardless of the wider reaction to that story.

I can't help but worry that the BBC's impartiality has been compromised by the close 'relationship' that has been fostered between Microsoft and the Beeb. ..
Bright future predicted for Apple 5:23pm on 22 May 2008 Lets keep the silly Mac bashing off this blog. It's not the point of this article, it's immature, and it's out of date (go check out an 8-core Intel Mac Pro if you think Apple doesn't to 'serious' computers).

I don't understand the comment about 'proprietary integrated solutions' with reference to Apple. The iTunes/iPhone/iPod/Apple TV ecosystem is based on open standards (AAC or MP3 audio, h.264 video), with a little proprietary DRM mixed in at the behest of the content owners.

Apple is the only company that's anywhere close to having a top-to-bottom fully integrated system that's even remotely accessible to the average consumer. I can buy a tv show or music track on the iTunes store, or on my Apple TV, and have it played back on any of my iPods, iPhone, Macs or PCs with no fuss and no problems. In this regard I do think that this report is spot-on. Nobody else seems to be even in the same ball park when it comes to defining what home media will be like this coming decade.

Sony and Microsoft are the only companies that come close, but they both have huge pieces of the puzzle missing or broken.

I do find the definition of the 8 pillars rather strange though. No, Apple won't be making an All-4-One remote control. I can, however, guarantee that come June/July you WILL be able to remotely control you iTunes 'server' from your iPod Touch or iPhone - either with Apple software or a 3rd party app. Seems pretty obvious to me.

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