Microsoft and Apple have been in competition since Bill Gates and Steve Jobs shared a dorm room together. The advance in technology is directly due to their battle for market share. Out of their rivalry the computer was born and the lap top later on. The newest gadgets are cell phones, although those are being renamed primarily with the brand name of the company that powers them. iPod is a name that is synonymous with a mobile device that you can listen to music on and now you can communicate with, its personal but it reaches millions of people.

The simplest iPod is the shuffle, it has changed shaped but it’s stayed ahead of the game when it comes to syncing songs for your listening enjoyment. It’s also very inexpensive so owning one won’t break the bank. The next in line is the Nano; it has been advanced from just an MP3 player to a video recorder. You can pick from many vibrant colors, you can even have them engraved with your name making the iPod your very own. Depending on how much memory you want the iPod expands in gig size so you can all your music on it or just enough to keep you busy while you exercise or escape for a while in your own mix of music, videos, pictures and even games.

If you don’t own an iPod and you think they are too complicated to operate then you should visit the Apple store. If you have a mall close by then you might have seen one but weren’t sure what they offer. They have computers, iPod’s, all accessories related to Apple products and best of all, they have qualified salespeople who can walk you through a decision to buy one or help you with questions about what might be wrong if you own an Apple product. You can also play with all of the devises that are on display, what better way to learn about technology than to take a hands on approach. You might find yourself spending a lot of time in the Apple store since its very user friendly.

The new iPhone incorporates all of the features of an iPod plus you can make phone calls with it, surf the web and download applications that help to make your life easier and more fun. Applications can be free or cost up $80.00, that’s for the more expensive buyer. If you own an iPhone then you know how much it can do, if you have a friend who has one let them show you how easy it is to operate. The iPhone is considered the device of the future because it gives you freedom to do whatever you want and with a full screen to view web pages you be able to surf the web anywhere you want. Don’t be forced into technology, visit an Apple store today to see what is available. You will find something that will help benefit your desire to stay connected but also to escape with an iPhone.

Apple’s laptop family constitute the mac pro, mac mini, macbook, macbook pro, macbook air and the imac. In normal circumstances, the computer is manufactured by one company and all the software that run on it including the operating system is built by another. Mac laptop’s come with one of the world’s most advanced operating system and is built by the same company that build the software that run on it. This allows the macs to function with amazing efficiency, with extremely rare occurrence of a crash or malfunction.

The latest leopard operating system will be made available in a few months from now. Like all it’s predecessors, it is designed on a unix base and with security in mind. It is important to note that no virus has been written for it yet. This implies that the mac is as secure as it gets. The new snow leopard operating system makes the transition from 32-bit computing to 64-bit. All other system programs are also now 64-bit which means that they can completely leverage the memory of the mac’s enhancing the speed and efficiency. Equipped with the latest Intel multicore processors and other engineering designs, the new mac is an amazing gadget. The new grand central dispatch feature of snow leopard allows it to fully exploit the multicore processor design. With this feature, the thread technology is handled by the operating system and not by the individual applications, thereby allowing the optimum distribution of processing to all the cores.

Mac comes with hundreds of drivers built into it and hence connects easily to a digital camera, a wireless device, or any external drive. All macs come with a built-in wifi capability and identify any wireless networks available. It just requires the user to connect into the network and browse the web. It also includes ichat software which allows for a four way video chat and presentation. Mac has a great software update mechanism in place and notifies the user of any updates available for it’s software.

OpenCL is another groundbreaking feature incorporated into the snow Leopard. It optimizes the power of graphic processors and distributes it for general computing. This means that the graphic processors will no longer be limited to graphic applications alone. Opencl stands for open computing language and is a c based programming language familiar to programmers, who can simply use xcode developer tools to adapt their programs to work with opencl. Another feature in the media and entertainment space is the quick time x application. This program uses the cutting edge technology that will take the audio and video experience in mac operating system x snow leopard to a whole new level. It builds on the technologies like core audio, core video and core animation to provide for superior playback and higher quality.

Using snow leopard, the users now get out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Entering the email address and password does the job. And, instead of using applications like email, calendar invitations and global address lists, mac users can take advantage of mail, ical and address book as they are shipped with the Mac itself.

Sometimes radiologists get bored, sometimes the day a the office is a little slow -  so what would happen if you put an iPhone under a CT scanner? That’s exactly what a New York radiologist did, and not only was it with an iPhone, but a Palm, iBook, and a few other electronics.

We’re not sure this is the best use of your time at the office, but it sure looks pretty cool. You can check out all of his scans at the website: radiology art.