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I'm really sorry Santa, for being a pain in the ass, but with all the gadgets I'm requesting, I will need a car to transport them:

• Can you send me one of this?

Ok, this was my last request.

Dear Santa, is me again. I've just watched Steve's keynote (1h32m23s) and I would like to add to my wish list a couple of things:

• the new iMac, with a Intel duo processor inside (2-3 times faster);
• a MacBook Pro, also with the Intel beast (4-5 times faster), an iSight built in and a remote controller;
• the new iLife 06, now with iWeb (amazing!);
• the new iWork;
• and a .Mac account.

Ahh, and a huge, huge one was a real Mac retail store here.

Dear Santa, I know I'm late, but can you please send me one of each?

• this one for be able to speak with my mom while in the pub;
• one of this, to impress girls;
• and one of this, because it's so cool!!

Thanks in advance.

Fresh from ArsTechnica, it seems tomorrow Google will announce a new video service:

The service, which will be an addition to Google's Video Search, will allow users to buy video content for pre-determined prices, and the company is expected to announce partnerships with the likes of CBS and the NBA.

Additionally, Google will announce Google Pack, several applications available for download in a single installation bundle:

Sources tell us that Google pack will feature a Google-tweaked version of Firefox, Adobe Acrobat Reader, antivirus software from Symantec, AdAware, Trillian, and Google's own offerings, including Google Desktop Search, Picasa, Google Earth, Google Talk, and all of the toolbar action you can shake a stick at. Oh, and I left out one other item: the RealPlayer.

You can read the complete article here

While printing (in recycled paper) a lot of Rubyonrails tutorials, some random cruising alerted me for some links and news:

• The last days where fertile in new search engines, all of them pitching that are better than Google. Well, see it for yourself, by trying Lexxe and Previewseek;
• Cingular as reached an agreement with PC manufacturer Lenovo to include HSDPA capabilities in their laptops. This way, ThinkPad owners will have wireless access to the Internet in the US and 90 other countries, either by Cingular's HSDPA or EDGE own network, or by Cingular roaming agreements;
• Skype will announce WiFi and Internet phones at CES this week. A logic step from Skype, going to the hardware market, just like Apple and the iPod revolution;
• Still on the VoIP world, O'Reilly decided to license his book about Asterisk under the Creative Commons license, making it free to download and distribute. You can download it here.