New and Noteworthy: IDC: It would be very "Jobsian" to introduce a Video iPod; Alleged 'Google Office' may not be

IDC: It would be very "Jobsian" to introduce a Video iPod IDC Analyst Roger Kay says it would be a "very Jobsian move to say (a portable video device is) stupid and bring one out anyway," The Reuters article continues "While Jobs has publicly downplayed the notion of a video iPod, saying that most people don't want to watch videos when they're on the move, many in the industry have been expecting such a product for some time." More.

Alleged 'Google Office' may not be a Microsoft killer Writing for Microsoft-Watch, Mary Jo Foley says that a possible team-up on on-line productivity software between Sun and Google will be met with fierce competition from Microsoft in the form of new MSN Services. "Whenever ? and if ever ? Sun and Microsoft deliver a light-weight, fast, cheap Web-based Office alternative, Microsoft Office will not be its primary competitor, however. Instead, the growing collection of MSN Services, especially the pending 'Kahuna' Hotmail upgrade and Microsoft's as-yet-unannounced hosted SMB collaboration bundle, will be what the Redmondians pit against the new "StarOffice in the sky" offering." More.

Review of .Mac PC Magazine has a brief review of .Mac, concluding "While .Mac's many tools will be useful to most Mac users, they aren't robust enough to call the collection essential." More.

Previously on MacFixIt

• Solving contextual menu issues
• Reminder: When performing Archive and Install, make sure Apple application versions are up-to-date
• "The Gap" Web sites no longer work with Safari
• iPod Updater 2005-09-23 (#5): Problems with iPod Shuffle

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