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"Clarifies" is probably more correct. The prior article that indicates confirmation of navigation for the iPhone has no quoted text which actually confirms plans to bring navigation to other phones. And the above quote doesn't even read as "we won't bring navigation to the iPhone", but rather "we did not confirm we will bring navigation to the iPhone". I believe this is also in line with prior statements they've made on Google Maps Navigation, so it's not like they're really changing anything.

Yes Dvorak can be full of sh**, and more often than not he is just that, full of sh**. However, he did predict Apple's move to Intel when everyone thought he was again full of sh**, and it did happen, eventually.

That being said, in this case there are a couple additional things to consider:

*developing/maintaining OS is a significant overhead for a company
*currently, even though the sales of computers in Apple generate a large portion of profits, they also amount to a large portion of expenditures (r & d, hardware, software etc.)
*if we compare the cost/performance ratio of iPod/iTunes business, this is really where Apple's bread and butter are
*recently, there have been a lot of rumors that Steve Jobs has gotten more and more disinterested in the Apple, especially around the time he was battling a cancer. This could be in part due to the fact that he is getting more and more involved with Pixar/Disney. See: this and this
*there are signs that OSX is increasingly becoming a mess (somewhat outdated but worth a look, although don't put too much weight into it: click here)


If we consider previous statements, dropping OS may actually free-up a significant portion of Apple's budget to do other things which appear to be more profitable and will definitely become more profitable as they become more dominant on other platforms. So, this does not seem so far-fetched, although I do admit that even I doubt this will happen anytime soon, if at all. On the other hand, whether you like hearing this or not, Microsoft in all likelihood hopes for Apple to stay independent as that is the last excuse they have to prevent the government from proclaiming them a monopoly (which they arguably already are).

The article is misleading; there is no actual confirmation that apple will use this technology. It's a possible alternative, and nothing more.
For more information on this technology:

Trusted Computing Group's website:
https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/about/faq/

An Intel whitepaper on the TPM mentioned in the article:
http://www.intel.com/design/mobile/platform/downlo ads/Trusted_Platform_Module_White_Paper.pdf

And an interesting article from macuser (older, but still relevant):
http://www.macuser.co.uk/macuser/features/61277/tr ust-me-im-your-computer/page7.html

Now can we make a genetically-altered weapon that eats Hilary Rosen, Jack Valenti, and copy-protected CDs?

"...which will likely be called "The Anarchist in the Library." Basic Books will publish it next year. JH: That sounds like it may be of interest to Slashdotters."

Hmmm, I wonder... it has the word Anarchist in it... YA THINK? =P Maybe "Anarchist Cathedrals in the Cryptonomicon Nutshell" would do a bit better, but it'd be a close thing.

"JH: Are you dissing Ice Cube? SV: [laughs] No! He's an O.G.!"

Credibility: out the window! Woosh! Buhbye!

"I knew that Napster would radically change the ways we interact with the copyright system. And I knew the DMCA would radically undermined the democratic safeguards that were built into our copyright system. But I knew that there was much more to this story."

I suppose you also know the Unified Field Theory and the color of Sharon Stone's panties, right, smartfuck? Get over yourself and your 20/20 hindsight. Oh, and it's "undermine".

"JH: CBDTPA would make a new computer ship with copy protection. What would it do to things like the iPod?"

Maybe things like this?

"But I am optimistic that this new level of awareness and activism will make a difference."

Yeah, 600,000 /.ers patting themselves on the back can't ALL be wrong...

"I was observing how the underlying body of samples were getting thinner, more predictable, more obvious, less playful."

Only intelligent point he had to make. For this I load an article? Feh.


-Kasreyn