Quote of the day: Jobs: ‘The girl’s got up and left’

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From Reuters:

Apple Computer doesn't expect the iPod media player to be hurt by Microsoft's Zune, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a magazine interview.

Microsoft has touted Zune, a portable media player due to be launched in the United States in time for the holiday shopping season, as a potential threat to the dominant iPod because of its ability to share music wirelessly.

"It takes forever," Jobs told Newsweek in an interview posted on the magazine's Web site on Sunday. "By the time you've gone through all that, the girl's got up and left."

Jobs was equally unconcerned about the prospect of the iPod losing its cool factor as it becomes increasingly ubiquitous.

"That's like saying you don't want to kiss your lover's lips because everyone has lips. It doesn't make any sense," said Jobs.

On Tuzworld & the next few days…

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Well as some of you may have noticed, Tuzworld is now in version 3.0. After about 3 and a half years now I think I like this revision the best. I'm very proud of this one, much moreso than the others. If anyone has a suggestion or differing opinion email/call/im/comment.

They're dynamiting the rock at the lake today and tomorrow. Hopefully we may have the rest of the bulldozer work finished sometime next week because of this.

I'm heading down to Charlotte this weekend. If you know why then good...if not, ask me.  ESPNU is broadcastin just THREE and ONLY THREE Universities' Midnight Maddness practices from around the country on Friday night at 10:30. Guess whos school is going to be one of the three? GMU!!! Finally someone is paying attention to us. Its thundering outside....I love storms. Well. I have a long day tomorrow....to bed with my self I go.

CONFIRMED: Google buys YouTube for 1.65 billion in stock.

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Techcrunch first broke this rumor at the beginning of the weekend and has confirmed it today:

Moments ago the deal was confirmed. In their largest acquisition to date, Google has acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in an all stock transaction. Both companies have approved the deal, which should officially close in the fourth quarter. YouTube’s 65 employees will remain with the company at YouTube’s San Bruno headquarters.

Details are also emerging that Yahoo was in the bidding war until very close to the end.

More details here.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Google Inc. said Monday it's buying No. 1 Internet video sharing Web site YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock. The deal is regarded as a largely defensive one that leapfrogs Google into a leading role in a burgeoning Internet marketplace.

Marketwatch article.

CNN has it too.

South Korean nominated as U.N. Secretary General

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon was formally nominated as U.N. secretary-general on Monday, only hours after North Korea defied the world body by announcing a nuclear test.

The U.N. Security Council voted by acclamation, thereby effectively anointing Ban as successor to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose 10 years in office expire on December 31, said Japan's U.N. Ambassador, Kenzo Oshima, this month's council president.

Six other candidates for the job had withdrawn, leaving members to vote only for Ban.

The 192-member U.N. General Assembly must give final approval to Ban's nomination, which usually follows within a week or two. That vote is expected to be positive.


I found this very ironic that this happed on the same weekend North Korea set us up the bomb.