For everything that was Sin the air at Macworld Expo, therewere pre-show rumors that didn’t pan out, products that didn’treceive enough attention, and announcements ripe forsecond-guessing. Here’s a recap of what didn’t show its face atExpo, what happened instead, and whether any of it will make adifference in the long run. combo tv box
Not In the Air: Jay-Z? Hoax! Despite the pre-Macworld rumors that rapper Jay-Z would be tapped to spearhead an Apple musiclabel, nothing of the sort happened. Randy Newman was the onlymusician to perform live at the keynote, and he’s pretty much theopposite of Jay-Z. One reason for Jay-Z’s absence may have been alast-minute beef with Steve Jobs over Jay-Z’s cameo appearance inBill Gates’s CES farewell video. But that reason’s completely made up?just like the wholeSJay-Z left Def Jam for Apple rumor.In the Air Instead: NAS
Looks like NAS took this round against Jay-Z. Unfortunately, rap-beef aficionados, that’s NAS as in Snetwork-attached storage, notSIllmatic. Apple’s new Time Capsule, a wireless-N router with a built-in 500GB or 1TB hard drive, isaimed to ease back-up and storage in conjunction with Mac OS XLeopard’s Time Machine application. Could this be the reason for Jay-Z’s absence? Maybe he heardNAS would be at Macworld and steered clear of the Moscone Center.
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