The front page of a daily newspaper is supposed to contain the most important events of the day. What’s more, when a story is given that kind of play in the famous newspaper of record, The New York Times, its importance receives even greater emphasis. In case you didn’t notice, Thursday’s edition of the Times […]

In the scheme of things, it probably doesn’t matter why The Beatles choose the name Apple for their company, or why Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak did the very same thing. Sure, there have been stories about both decisions, but they are matters that do not concern me on bit. However, it planted the seeds […]

I can predict what some of you are reading this week: The story of two college dropouts who found fame and fortune building personal computers for the masses, how the company had its ups and downs and was declared about to die on many occasions. Finally, in an unexpected turn of events, the company conquers […]

All the bad news from Microsoft appears to indicate the company has its share of problems. In fact, this has been a perfectly awful week for the house that Bill Gates built. First there’s the news that the consumer version of Windows Vista will miss its holiday shipping deadline, and won’t be out until 2007. […]