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Welcome to this week's toys update. Check out the wonderful collectibles we just got in stock and all the new products made available for preorder. As toys, especially collectible ones, are produced in limited numbers and are often sold out prior to the actual release date, we strongly recommend to preorder the figures of your desire as early as possible.

Dragon Ball flames never die. After the series of plush Dragon Ball straps, we have the Super Effect Figure key holder. Beautifully crafted, painted and polished, this series of tiny figures feature your favourite characters unleashing their attacks. Hold it to the light and the effect parts, made in transparent materials, will shine.

The Dragon Ball Super Effect keychains are available at an unbeatable bargain price of US$ 5.49 each and the maximum amount of purchase is set to 2 pieces per customer.


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GameStop might be worth roughly $3.27 billion, but if reports are correct, a group of folks at a private equity firm may be considering an offer of $4.94 billion (a 33 percent raise over the current, rumor-inflated stock prices) to acquire the publicly held game retailer. The Street is reporting that the rumors of a buyout have already raised stock prices by nearly six percent to $19.86 per share since just five days ago, as of this afternoon.

And those rumors could be seen as partially substantiated by the company's lackluster performance on Wall Street as a publicly held company. Sterne, Agee & Leech analyst Arvind Bhatia told The Street, "The company generates strong free cash flow and is not getting respect as a public company." A buyout of GameStop by a private equity firm could mean moving the company's public status to private, not to mention a possible management shakeup (among other things). We asked GameStop corporate for comment and were told, "We do not comment on speculation or rumor," so for now we'll just have to wait and see what shakes out.

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GameStop might be worth roughly $3.27 billion, but if reports are correct, a group of folks at a private equity firm may be considering an offer of $4.94 billion (a 33 percent raise over the current, rumor-inflated stock prices) to acquire the publicly held game retailer. The Street is reporting that the rumors of a buyout have already raised stock prices by nearly six percent to $19.86 per share since just five days ago, as of this afternoon.

And those rumors could be seen as partially substantiated by the company's lackluster performance on Wall Street as a publicly held company. Sterne, Agee & Leech analyst Arvind Bhatia told The Street, "The company generates strong free cash flow and is not getting respect as a public company." A buyout of GameStop by a private equity firm could mean moving the company's public status to private, not to mention a possible management shakeup (among other things). We asked GameStop corporate for comment and were told, "We do not comment on speculation or rumor," so for now we'll just have to wait and see what shakes out.

Rumor: GameStop being eyed for purchase by private equity group originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Internet is huge but it's a hodgepodge of hundreds of thousands of smaller, private networks, connected through thousands of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and dozens of backbones operated by the large Telcos and service providers.

Moving data from one end of the Internet to the other can mean traveling across many different computers and different networks. Some of these computers and networks are old and inefficient while some are modern and very efficient.

They are all tied together into what we call the Internet, through a collection of standards. These standards determine how a packet of data can reach its destination, complete and undamaged.

Many large Internet companies own large chunks of the Internet through building their own data centers, networks, backbones, etc. This helps to keep their costs down.

Google is big...

Google is one of those companies that owns a large chunk of the Internet. It has more than 50 data centers around the world; it builds its own servers; it operates its own backbones that shuttle huge amounts of data across the world; it develops its own software for managing all of its data; it keeps banks of servers in the data centers of ISPs so that it can cache data closer to delivery; and more, much more.

How big is Google? asks Arbor Networks. It's a rhetorical question because Arbor knows, it sells network control and monitoring hardware used by the largest ISPs and corporations.

Arbor says that Google is very big:

I mean really big. If Google were an ISP, it would be the fastest growing and third largest global carrier. Only two other providers (both of whom carry significant volumes of Google transit) contribute more inter-domain traffic. But unlike most global carriers (i.e. the “tier1s”), Google’s backbone does not deliver traffic on behalf of millions of subscribers nor thousands of regional networks and large enterprises. Google’s infrastructure supports, well, only Google.

Based on data from 110 ISPs collected in the summer of 2009, Google was responsible for as much as 10% of all Internet traffic.

If a company wants to compete with Google on a large scale, the costs of shuttling data packets around, whether they be Twitter packets or video packets, starts becoming very important at these large scales.

Arbor says:

The competition between Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other large content players has long since moved beyond just who has the better videos or search. The competition for Internet dominance is now as much about infrastructure — raw data center computing power and about how efficiently (i.e. quickly and cheaply) you can deliver content to the consumer.

And that's why Google has focused on building the most efficient, lowest cost to operate, private Internet. This infrastructure is key to Google, and it's key to understanding Google.

The cost of aluminum...

Google will locate its massive data centers where electricity costs are low, such as where there is hydro-electric power. There's a shortcut to finding these locations, look for places where there are aluminum smelters -- these use huge amounts of electricity.

[Back in 2005 I was tipped off by a source that Google was looking at places for new data centers, related to aluminum smelters. But I was unable to write about it directly. I put the scoop in the form of a cryptic sentence and called it a "Crypto-Scoop."

GOOG is prophetic, rather than superstitious,
about its interest in places of power,
associated with the 13th building block of the Original Design.

(Aluminum is the 13th element in the periodic table - a fundamental building block of the Universe.) I have no idea if anyone worked it out :)]

Power and computing costs...

Google knew back then that electric power costs would be important in determining the cost of data centers. Today, it is high on the list of priorities for all data centers. That's also why it has been investing in power generating technologies, such as wind, sun, and geothermal.

It has a key goal of generating electric power from renewable energy sources at a cost less than coal-generated electric power. That would be an incredible achievement.

Always lower costs...

Google always focuses on finding the lowest costs even though it can easily afford to pay more. Google builds its own servers, made from off-the-shelf low cost components, with cheap hard drives. It has developed its own software that deals with component failure and moves work loads across huge numbers of servers. Managing failure is built into Google's data center operating systems.

It has bought up lots of "dark fiber," at a very low cost. This is optical fiber that hasn't yet been 'lit' but it is in the ground, in place, ready to be hooked up.

Because Google has so much fiber, it operates one of the largest backbones in the world. It also means that it can trade bandwidth with others.

Large Telcos and ISPs have peering arrangements with each other. This means that if they have the capacity, they will carry extra traffic for each other. These peering arrangements mean that Google's bandwidth bill for all that YouTube video is zero.

It's difficult to believe, but your bandwidth bill to watch a YouTube video is more than Google's. Because of bartering through peering agreements, its only cost is in maintaining its own networks and backbones.

Skipping the last mile...

Google still needs ISPs and Telcos for the last mile, to deliver its various services and products, to the end user/consumer. But it has been experimenting with going direct.

It has experimented with free municipal Wi-Fi, and more recently, it is setting up high speed bandwidth to communities with 500,000 people or less.

This doesn't necessarily mean that Google wants to become an ISP or a Telco. It is not a service organization and it doesn't want that headache, but it does want to spur ISPs and Telcos to develop high-speed data connections, so that it can deliver future products and services that require high speed data.

The Internet is becoming ever more Google's...

Googles growth means that it is building a much faster, and much more power efficient, and much greener Internet. And through peering agreements, it is carrying much more than just Google traffic, it is quickly, and quietly becoming an important carrier for all Internet traffic.

There are huge indirect benefits from Google's work that make the Internet a better service for every Internet user.

Essential facility...

What will this lead to? It's going to lead to regulatory scrutiny because Google will be increasingly seen as an 'essential facility' vital for the economies of regions, nations, and entire trading blocs.

Increased scrutiny by governments, and regulatory bodies, will make it more difficult for Google to execute on its business strategies. Combined with the increased scrutiny of Google's acquisitions by the Federal Trade Commission, Google's future ambitions will become ever more restricted.

Google sees the writing on the wall. It has boosted how much it spends on lobbying in Washington. [Antitrust Heat -- Google Spends Millions To Influence Washington - SVW]

A layer cake business...

Google might decide that its value lies in its incredibly efficient infrastructure, which is far more efficient and lower cost than the Internet as a whole.

Once you have the lowest cost infrastructure, you can layer and scale other business services on top. Such as payment systems, basic voice and data services, security systems, and commerce platforms (advertising).

Google might decide it doesn't need to own a Facebook, Twitter a Yahoo, or an Amazon -- when it can host all the data packets. It can carry and trace a data packet from source to destination and back again -- it can mine all that transactional data. That's extremely valuable.

It's a little known fact that Google keeps all of its data, all transactional data. It erases part of the identifiable meta data, but that can be reconstructed. [Google Keeps Your Data Forever - Unlocking The Future Transparency Of Your Past - SVW]

That transactional data is incredibly valuable, and even though we can't unlock it to its fullest value today, Google is working on it.

No umbrella...

By being able to build the most efficient, private Internet, Google makes it extremely difficult for any competitor to challenge it. There is no 'price umbrella' that competitors can use.

For example, there used to be lots of mainframe computer companies because IBM, the largest mainframe computer maker, used to charge very high prices. There was a substantial price umbrella set by IBM that sheltered competitors, and allowed them to sell IBM compatible mainframes and still make a good living.

You can see similar price umbrellas in other business sectors.

Google has made sure that by building the most efficient, lowest cost infrastructure, there is no price umbrella that could be exploited by competitors. It's more like a manhole cover, try to get under it, and you fall into a hole...

This strategy means that Google leaves money on the table, it could make more money over the short-term by creating a price umbrella. Instead, it has chosen a long term business strategy which doesn't give competitors any toehold, let alone an umbrella.

Its stock ownership is set up so that founder's stock has ten times the voting rights of public shares, this allows it to avoid shareholder pressure to pursue short-term business goals.

This all adds up to make Google into a truly formidable force, and one that continually amasses greater powers and influence. 'Do no evil' is the very least it can do.

Firm's investment arm sees plenty of value in stocks as the economy recovers.

iRaveH20 2 (Clean/Modern Gnome Theme ) v2.5 (New)
(GTK 2.x Theme/Style)
NEW! Released March 17 2010! v2.5 (BayBay!)
New Window Borders, and Panel no more vista resemblance just pain awesomeness!

Created By iRaveFuzion an Open Source Theme and Useablity team! (USA Based)
(see Website)
http://iravefuzion.blogspot.com (Now Open! Check are Project Out!)

iRaveH20 (Gnome/XFCE) is an original Linux Theme (meaning work is original and not based on copyrighted themes) that aims to be unique, shiny and NOT dull like Murrine and other themes/engines. (no offence) It brings a unique beautiful/glossy desktop to rival Windows(TM) and Macosx(TM) in appearance and style. But in it's own way! It goes a different direction from most themes aiming for eye candy but minimal resource consumption.

Why?: Because we don't feel ubuntu's "new" pretty purple theme cuts it for us! sorry Canonical :(

(!) If you like this theme, Pass it on!

v2.5 (BayBay!) Adds Alot of new Enhancements and fixes! Plus New Window Bars and Panel!

It's a unique theme of it's own, Just for Linux! Not a 7 or OSX wannabe...
it's also not flat or boring. If you like flat and boring, Then we suggest some Stock Gnome Theme. (no offence, to each is own)

This Theme Provides Windows Borders and a Unique Widget Theme (GTK2 + Metacity Theme)


Grab the iRaveH20 Icon Theme! (seen in the image)
Here: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=119776

We are an Open Source Theme and Useablity team!
(see Website)
http://iravefuzion.blogspot.com (Now Open! Check are Project Out!)

changelog:
(INSTALL)
You can Install this theme on any open source desktop with the Gnome or XFCE Desktop. (or any GTK for that Matter)

EZ (Howto Install)
1.) Right Click on Desktop
2.) Click Change Background
3.) Click on the themes tab
4.)click on the install button and browse for the package you just downloaded!

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Litigation between ConnectU and its former lawyers at Quinn Emanuel was providing a glimmer of hope for everyone (and that's pretty much everyone) hoping to get a peek at Facebook's potential stock price value.

The background: ConnectU accused Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of basing Facebook on ideas he stole from them when working with the ConnectU founders and filed suit in 2004. The resulting 2007 settlement, largely based on Facebook stock, was valued at $65 million.

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Blockbuster's OnDemand debuting for the T-Mobile HTC HD2 smartphone will expand to other platforms, the company said. The service, which lets customers download and watch new release movies in addition to checking store stock, will also be made for certain Android-powered handsets from Motorola, though a timeline has not been revealed. Unlike competitors such as Netflix, Blockbuster's approach will see users permanently download tracks as they're more efficient than live streams....

Blockbuster's OnDemand debuting for the T-Mobile HTC HD2 smartphone will expand to other platforms, the company said. The service, which lets customers download and watch new release movies in addition to checking store stock, will also be made for certain Android-powered handsets from Motorola, though a timeline has not been revealed. Unlike competitors such as Netflix, Blockbuster's approach will see users permanently download tracks as they're more efficient than live streams....

Polish delis and restaurants no longer cater merely for homesick expats – British diners have fallen for this hearty, eastern European cuisine

There's a tiny Polish restaurant by South Kensington tube station in London called Daquise. For 63 years, it has had an almost monastic resistance to change: yellow walls, chipped crockery, plastic flowers and charm. It has been a totem for London Poles since it opened in the 60s: Roman Polanski came daily for dumplings and stews when he was filming Repulsion nearby, and it was always a favourite of cold war spies – Christine Keeler met her Soviet attache there.

Daquise opened in 1947, an emigre's recreation of a country lost to Communism. The food was spartan but homely, the oiled tablecloths a cross between lino and Uhu, and fingerprints smeared the menus. But it was proof that restaurants can be more than the sum of their parts.

And now, a superstar catering family from Warsaw, the Gesslers, has just bought it. Their restaurant in the Polish capital, U Kucharzy, is updated back-to-basics: geese roasted then carved at table, pierogi dumplings handmade to order, proper zurek – the ethereal rich-sour soup made with fermented rye bread. The restaurant has done well – Michelin has awarded it one of Poland's few Bib Gourmands – and they're grafting a similar menu on to Daquise.

It's an ambition that testifies to how much Polish food has grown in popularity here. When Daquise opened, around 150,000 Poles lived in the UK. Today, that figure is close to one million. Until recently, these expats could only assuage their homesickness in shops such as the doddery Prima on London's North End Road, or Morawski at Willesden Junction – both have been around for half a century. Today, supermarkets stock a range of Polish products and luxury delis, Polish bakers and polskie sklepy (polish shops) abound. "It's far easier to buy Polish products today," says Basia Korzeniowska, a British-born woman whose mother arrived in England as a child in 1947. "In the past, we only really had Prima for herrings, cornichons and figs in syrup. Now the Turkish delis all have a good range of Polish food."

Brits are increasingly taking to the new food. Inga Wojciechowska, who co-owns the high-end deli Polsmak in north London, says, "Sausages such as kabanos and podwawelska have always been popular, but more of our British customers are now buying Polish buttermilk and smoked fish. They'll arrive with recipes for bigos [hunter's stew, Poland's national dish] printed from the internet, and make it properly."

For immigrants, home cuisine is always a shrine to collective identity. But the longer they stay, the more their adopted country absorbs their food. Jan Woroniecki, the London restaurateur who owns Baltic, Wódka and Chez Kristoff, understands this better than most. "In the 50s and 60s, central or eastern European restaurants were binge dens like Nikita's: English customers just went there to get drunk. When we opened Wódka in 1989, we had to keep the menu quite simple: things are incomparably better now. Fergus Henderson [the chef at St John] has had a huge effect: ox heart, tongue and even tripe all sell very well today."

But as well as simple osmosis, the British have taken to this food because its peasanty homeliness, its elemental, hearth-side enjoyment of pig and potatoes, seems to chime with our wet, windswept identity. Jay Rayner, the Observer's restaurant critic whose Jewish ancestors came from eastern Europe, told me, "We and the Eastern Bloc population are both northern Europeans. And while there's no god in my universe, proper salt beef sets my compass: when I first tried it, it was literally visceral. The ultimate expression of this food is still the farmhouse, which seems to work with the British palate."

The relaunched Daquise, quaintly formal, respectfully hospitable, its chefs in old-fashioned toques (chef's hats), complements the modern appreciation of Polish food. Current, but with an eye to tradition, upmarket but true to its roots, it is honest, stout and upright, which is not unlike how the British like to see themselves.

Top five Polish dishes in the UK

1. Pierogi Divine dumplings, distantly related to ravioli. In Poland, the most popular filling is minced pork, mushrooms and cabbage.

2. Bigos Poland's national dish, a rich and savoury soup with only two agreed ingredients: cabbage and meat. Making an authentic bigos can take over a week: its flavour develops with the addition of new ingredients such as venison, veal and sauerkraut.

3. Barszcz The Polish variant of Ukrainian borscht. It is traditionally served as a clear broth, sometimes with smoked bacon.

4. Herring Polish pickled herring, fresh dill and hot blinis is one of the most delicious quick bites.

5. Golonka Pickled, boiled ham hock, typically served with sauerkraut.

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So, this guy who goes to the same school i go to was braggin about getting a new computer, so he was selling his old one's parts to everyone in the class. So, he claimed the parts of the computer he was selling were top of the line but he needed something better. How much for the video card I asked. 85$. What video card was it I asked. A geforce 8600GT. I said, GTFO scammer. He said, no way, the price was cheap, because it was no stock 8600GT, it was a "Fatal1ty" 8600GT, and it costed him 175$ new. And he went on saying that that card was the fastest of the 8 serier geforce. So, i just would like to know are the fatal1ty branded cards "better", or just exactly how much $hit was coming out of his mouth when he was saying that? Any contributions?

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An advertising campaign for tampons is rejected by US television networks for daring to include the word vagina

For years, advertising for tampons and "sanitary products" have been shrouded in nebulous euphemism. So what happens when a US tampon-maker drops the coy messaging and goes straight for the jugular (so to speak)? Its ad gets banned by the major US television networks for mentioning the word vagina.

Even when the company substituted "down there" for vagina, two of the networks still wouldn't run the ad, so the company was forced to drop the idea altogether. That provoked Amanda Hess, author of The Sexist blog, to observe: "Now, the commercial contains no direct references to female genitalia – you know, the place where the fucking tampon goes."

An executive for Kimberly-Clark, the owner of Kotex, notes that US TV networks have no such compunction about references to "erectile dysfunction" in prime-time ads for Viagra and Ciallis.

The New York Times reports that the campaign – produced by the advertising agency JWT, part of WPP – for tampon brand Kotex was "a bit too frank" for US television:

Merrie Harris, global business director at JWT, said that after being informed that it could not use the word vagina in advertising by three broadcast networks, it shot the ad cited above with the actress instead saying "down there", which was rejected by two of the three networks. (Both Ms Harris and representatives from the brand declined to specify the networks.)

"It's very funny because the whole spot is about censorship," Ms Harris said. "The whole category has been very euphemistic, or paternalistic even, and we're saying, enough with the euphemisms, and get over it. Tampon is not a dirty word, and neither is vagina."

The amended ad shown above, "How do I feel about my period?", has a series of images parodying the stock images used in sanitary product advertising, and concludes: "The ads on TV are really helpful because they use that blue liquid, and I'm like, oh, that's what's supposed to happen." The ad debuted on US television this week.

Things are different in anything-goes Britain, where the makers of the Mooncup product have a website entitled loveyourvagina.com.

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The feds allege a sophisticated plan of password theft and stock manipulation targeted more than 30 public companies.

Treasury markets were flat Wednesday morning, a day after the Fed's announcement on interest rates. Fed policymakers revealed no surprises when they said they'll continue to keep the federal funds rate near 0% for an extended period.

NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zanett, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZANE) announced today that on March 16, 2010, it received a deficiency letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that Zanett has not regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing set forth in N

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« Bonjour madame. Je suis le vendeur Fuller. » Branle-bas de combat. Grand-mère nettoyait le tapis de table. Je m’assoyais en tentant maladroitement de cacher mon excitation.

L’homme endimanché ouvrait sa valise. Tous ces petits pots qui s’étalaient devant nos yeux. Grand-mère en profitait pour renouveler son stock d’épices : « Du clou, de la cannelle, du gingembre, du sel d’ail, du sel d’oignon, de la turméric. Et de la sarriette aussi. » Le vendeur répliquait. « De l’essence de vanille pour vos gâteaux ? » « Non, c’est beau ! » « De la muscade ? » « Ma noix est encore bonne. »

La partie de bras de fer avait débuté. « Du savon pour les mains ? » « Merci! » « Une petite brosse, madame. On a toujours besoin d’une petite brosse. » Lorsque le vendeur abordait la question des brosses, je savais que le combat allait se terminer.

Grand-mère mettait un point final à la joute en disant « J’ai tout ce qu’il me faut, monsieur. Je vous remercie. Combien je vous dois ? » Joignant le geste à la parole, elle ouvrait son porte-monnaie. Beau joueur, le vendeur comprenait que la partie était terminée et il établissait le facture.

De mon côté, j'étais ravie. On avait renouvelé le stock de mon magasin. J'allais pouvoir offrir des produits exotiques à ma clientèle ravie.

Les vendeurs Fuller ne parcourent plus les campagnes pour offrir leurs produits. C'est nous qui parcourons le Web à la recherche d'exotisme. C'est beaucoup plus efficace, mais pas mal moins distrayant.

J'ai découvert les produits D'Origina il y a quelque temps. Après avoir lu un article dans le magazine Le Must alimentaire, après avoir visionné un reportage en webtélé et avoir lu un billet de notre Martine nationale, je me suis décidée. J'ai commandé des épices qui me furent livrées en quelques jours.

Ces épices D'Origina sont tirées des herbes sauvages récoltées dans la forêt boréale par des cueilleurs des bois et des découvreurs de saveurs. Ces passionnés embouteillent l'authentique, dont de la poudre de thé des bois. Dans le temps, le vendeur Fuller offrait de l'essence de thé des bois que ma grand-mère utilisait pour aromatiser le "glaçage" des gâteaux des grands jours. C'est heureux que D'Origina offre cet aromate parce que cette saveur festive était malheureusement tombée dans l'oubli. La preuve ? Essayez de trouver de l'essence de thé des bois dans un supermarché !

J'ai commandé des pétales de roses en poudre et de la racine de céleri sauvage. La poudre de pétales de roses, j'en ferai des desserts pascals. C'est une question de génétique, je n'y peux rien.

La racine de céleri, ce sera pour les soupes et je sais déjà que les graines de céleri ne lui arriveront pas à la cheville.

Un peu de comptabilité de coût de revient, maintenant. Les frais de port m'ont coûté 7 $. C'est peu si je tiens compte de ce que m'aurait coûté un voyage en auto pour aller au marché Jean-Talon. Ou un voyage en train de banlieue et en métro.

© Tarzile.com, 2010

Stocks gained Wednesday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 building on 18-month highs hit in the previous session, as investors continued to welcome the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady.

When you've got an entire desktop PC inches from your eardrums, it helps if the machine is dead silent... or as close to that dream as possible. That's why we're pleased that Shuttle's new XPC X50V2 -- last spotted wearing a toga -- is now on sale with a completely fanless design for silent cooling. Since CES, the all-in-one has also gained legacy parallel and serial ports (you know, for your Zip drive) and room for up to 4GB of memory, but hasn't lost any of its dual-core Atom D510 1.66GHz goodness or its school lunchbox charm. Though we haven't heard official word about US availability, Shuttle's domestic website places the MSRP at $400, and online retailers including Newegg already show the tethered touchscreen tablet in stock.

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U.S. stocks gained, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average extending its longest rally since August, on signs the economy is strengthening without stoking inflation.

Vous avez été très nombreux à visiter Consomac hier, et une grande majorité à consulter nos pages relatives au futur MacBook Pro, que nous attendons depuis de nombreuses semaines maintenant. Chaque mardi, c'est l'effervescence, puis la déception. Dans cette dépêche, nous allons essayer de faire le point sur cette situation très surprenante, où Apple est à la traine et semble oublier les Macintosh.

D'abord, revoyons les bases. Le catalogue d'Apple est actuellement constitué majoritairement d'ordinateurs à base de processeurs Core 2 Duo. Les Mac Pro, tours professionnelles, sont un peu à part, proposant des processeurs Xeon plus puissants, et certains iMac hauts de gamme peuvent disposer de puces Core i5 et i7, qui constituent la nouvelle génération de processeurs, bien plus puissante que les Core 2 Duo et titillant même les Xeon. En début d'année 2010, la nouvelle architecture Core a commencé à vraiment se déployer chez les concurrents de Cupertino, et aujourd'hui, les Core i3, i5 et i7 se sont parfaitement démocratisés.

Alors qu'Apple propose toujours des machines équipées de vieux Core 2 Duo, ses concurrents commercialisent donc des machines bien plus puissantes, et bien évidemment moins chères pour la plupart. Se pose ainsi la question : pourquoi Apple est-elle en retard ? Ces dernières semaines, nous avons émis plusieurs hypothèses : il aurait été possible que la technologie Optimus soit en cause (voir dépêche : Le mystère du MacBook Pro 2010), mais cela fait maintenant trop longtemps qu'Apple attend pour que cette supposition soit crédible. Des stocks trop élevés (voir dépêche : Les stocks de MacBook Pro diminuent) auraient également pu expliquer cette attente, mais là aussi Apple aurait eu largement le temps de se débarrasser de son surplus ces dernières semaines. Reste la théorie de la révolution (voir dépêche : C'est trop calme...), qui expliquerait le décalage par la préparation d'une mise à jour exceptionnelle.

Que ce dernier postulat s'avère ou non, la seule chose dont nous sommes désormais certains, c'est qu'Apple a des problèmes. Ceux-ci peuvent être de deux natures. Le plus probable est que le lancement de l'iPad ait obligé Apple à réquisitionner un grand nombre de ses ingénieurs, pour que le produit soit lancé à l'heure. Ainsi, les autres projets seraient passés au second plan pendant quelques temps et auraient ainsi pris du retard. L'autre éventualité qui suggère qu'Apple ferait face à des complications dans son processus de production est aussi à envisager mais est moins vraisemblable, étant donné que des machines comme le Mac Pro sont aussi en retard et n'ont que peu de technologies en commun.

La situation n'est pas encore catastrophique. En effet, les clients d'Apple sont en moyenne très fidèles et ce retard ne devrait pas affecter les ventes de manière dramatique. Mais l'image de la marque s'en retrouve écornée, d'autant plus que Cupertino, fidèle à ses habitudes, ne donne aucune information et n'organise aucune "fuite" (ces soit-disant erreurs donnant de précieux indices quant à la sortie imminente de nouveaux produits). La Pomme, dont certains employés scrutent le web pour analyser en permanence ce qu'il se dit sur leur entreprise, connaît parfaitement l'état d'exaspération de certains potentiels clients, et sait qu'elle risque de perdre l'occasion de capter certains utilisateurs de Windows enclins à sauter le pas. On se demande alors pourquoi Apple ne se dépêche pas de faire une annonce pour limiter la casse, quitte à afficher des délais de livraison de une à deux semaines au tout début, le temps de gonfler les stocks de la nouvelle gamme. Peut-être est-ce justement parce que Cupertino ne sera pas capable d'effectuer la moindre livraison des nouveaux ordinateurs dans des délais aussi courts, et qu'il faudra attendre avril au plus tôt.

Nous serions aujourd'hui bien imprudents de parier sur une date de sortie. Généralement, les changements matériels se font le mardi, en début d'après-midi, par une mise à jour de l'Apple Store en ligne, ou durant une conférence spéciale annoncée une semaine à l'avance environ. Une telle conférence ne serait possible que si les nouveaux produits étaient une réelle révolution, avec des fonctionnalités totalement inédites qui feraient oublier aux journalistes le retard des Core i5 et i7. Mais on a du mal à y croire. Que fera Apple ? À mardi prochain...