Filed under: Other Events , Internet Tools , Steve Jobs Steve Jobs recently held a Town Hall meeting for Apple employees, and according to Wired , he had some very choice words for both Google and Adobe . While these likely aren’t direct, word-for-word quotes, as they come from employees who spoke to Wired and MacRumors on condition of anonymity, if they’re even in the ballpark of what Jobs said, Apple’s response to both Google and Adobe can be summed up in two words: “Bring it.” On Google: “We did not enter the search business.

Filed under: TUAW Business , Apple Our talkcast returns to the virtual airwaves this evening as usual, bringing your chance to get in on the discussion with us. This week’s topic? Obviously, the iPad will be front and center as we discuss and digest what Apple’s new device means for the world (and whether it’s underwhelming or overpowered), but we’ll also talk about Adobe’s Flash and whether it’s even worth pursuing for us Mac users , as well as the iPhone revision that wasn’t (but hopefully will be later this year).

Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels — with the unique wit and insight only he can provide. It was quite the week for Apple, first with its best-ever earnings and then the launch of the iPad .

Um, okay ? Just days after Apple introduced its exceedingly underwhelming iPad while simultaneously attempting to convince that masses that said product was the portable gaming device they had been waiting their whole lives for, Sony’s own hardware marketing honcho has come forward and extolled Cupertino’s decision to finally make the gaming leap.

Last week, we asked if you thought the iPad was a flop , and many of you told us exactly why. In that comments thread, you joined us in collective head-scratching and fist-shaking over the price point and the lack of certain key features. It’s clear that many of us won’t be flocking to the nearest Apple store to pick up one of these gadgets

Filed under: Other Events In the course of Apple Events, there comes a time as FCC approvals draw near, and announcements hang in the balance, that the store goes down and a great hush goes through the land. It is a time of great reflection and contemplation as each of us stands with ‘bated breath, anticipating the technology shortly to debut

According to a report in Wired (and a source whom the publication says “could not be named”), Steve Jobs spoke to an audience of Apple employees at a town hall in Cupertino and… pulled zero punches. If you believe what you read, Jobs tackled a handful of major issues that have been buzzing the company lately, namely its run-ins with Google on a number of topics, and the lack of Flash support in its mobile devices (most notably in the upcoming iPad)

Ah, yup. Between the price point, the locked-down App Store approach, the spiffy design, the tech specs, the lack of camera, the lack of multitasking, the lack of phone, the cool iBook Store, the corny iBook shelves, the impending transformation of personal computing, the impending collapse of Apple stock, the green light for 3G voice-over-IP apps, the telco deals, the publisher deals, the rumor fact checks, the comparisons with Windows, the Kindle-killing, the not-Kindle-killing and the just-have-to-wait-and-see, all of the good points are taken. Okay, except maybe pointing out how disappointed cartoonists are that there’s no pressure-sensitive stylus

Not sure if you’ve heard, but PMA is just around the corner. You know — that camera show? At any rate, Photo Rumors has a trio of new leaks to swoon over this fine evening, starting with black and white (saywha?) shots of Olympus ‘ supposedly forthcoming SP800 (or SP-800UZ, if we’re talking specifics)

Yes, we realize that it’s hard to provide too much visual differentiation between tablet PCs with large, ebony bezels, but we can’t help but think that this 8.9-inch multitouch tablet looks a lot like another, recently announced 9.7-inch multitouch tablet. Nevertheless this one’s quite different on the inside, delivering “the web without compromise,” meaning full browser support with flash courtesy of Windows 7 on an Atom N270 at 1.6GHz, with 2GB of DDR2 memory and a 32GB SSD with SD expansion.