この記事はnobilog2とのクロスポスティングです：

mixi.jpで日記をつけ始めた某編集者の影響で久々にblogを更新したくなった ;-)

ソフトの魅力を伝えるのはなかなか難しい．．．

今日、更新されたMacTopiaのコラム、Apple's Eyeでは、今、思いつくかぎりの方法で、これにチャレンジしてみた。

blogの発展と共に増え続けてきたソーシャルネットワーク系サービスですが

ついに真打ち!?と思えるサービスが登場!

Googleがバックについているというorkut!

今のところ招待ベースでしか参加できませんが、今日、UKの友人からその招待状が...

実際に使ってみるとたしかによくできている！

Orkut is a new Social Network Service backed by Google.

Right now it is in beta testing stage and you have to be invited to join it but I assure it is one of the best in its kind and you will see some of the best people in the information industry there.

I am also expecting it to be the ultimate SPAM free mail service; so I can send/receive all important mails throught it and only launch my mail program occasionally.

Of course, there is one big fault. orkut is not yet Japanese (characters) friendly.

orkut:

http://www.orkut.com/

what is so great about orkut:

http://help.orkut.com/bin/answer.py?answer=38&topic=-1

I just got back from MACWORLD EXPO/SAN FRANCISCO + International CES and trying to adjust my body clock to JST (in vain). But thanks to waking up early, I could check Apple reporting Q1 result in real-time. They are net profit of $63 million, or $.17 per diluted share. Revenue for the quarter reached a four-year high of $2.006 billion, up 36 percent from the year-ago quarter.

However, nobody seems to be reporting because of a news of bigger magnitude: JP Morgan buying Bank One (which can be the 3rd biggest deal ever).

I used to be a BankOne customer (orignally, an M Bank customer) and am surprised with this news as well.

A new commercial Mac information site in Japan called "GN Mac" will open today!

Mac情報を提供する有料サイト、GN Mac(Gadget Navi Mac)がいよいよ22日オープンします！

実は私も何本か記事を提供させてもらっています。

公開期間限定の有料サイトですが、無料でみれるコンテンツもいくつかあるので、まずはぜひそちらをじっくり楽しんでいただいて、興味があればぜひ登録してみてください。

Apple has released QuickTime 6.5.

It now supports with 3GP2 and AMC audio thus works better in contents creation for cellular phones from 'au'.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/dec/18quicktime.html

As I have started moblogging on nobilog2 and sends a lot of packets over the phone, now I want CDMA 1x WIN, but if I do so, my life would be too complicated; also I want not only the CDMA 1x WIN but also the EZNaviWalk, the GPS feature which is only available on some non-1x-WIN phones.