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    Is Apple Really Updating Your Mac Without Permission?

    December 24th, 2014

    The headline was frightening in its implications, particularly at at time when it appears that your personal privacy is under assault. It started with something that’s good, which is Apple releasing an update to deal with a newly discovered and severe security vulnerability given the number CVE-2014-9295. The security lapse impacts the network time protocol (called NTP […]


    Is Apple TV Ready to Leave the Hobby Stage?

    August 3rd, 2012

    Although there were some suggestions that Apple planned to introduce a special version of the iOS for a possible future TV set at the WWDC, we all know that didn’t happen. And I didn’t expect it to happen. But where does that move the discussion about Apple delivering a full-blown TV set in our near […]


    Apple Goes Up, Microsoft Goes Down

    January 26th, 2012

    An interesting sidelight of Apple’s blowout quarter is how quickly the company is soaring past Microsoft. As sales of Windows falter, Apple is firing on all cylinders. Indeed, media analysts hoping for a big fall are clearly going to have to wait a long time for Apple’s momentum to slow. Meantime, I have to think […]


    Newsletter Issue #576: They Make It Up as They Go Along

    December 13th, 2010

    In the endless search for sound and fury, some so-called journalists are intent on seizing upon something, anything, in search of a story. Now I want get into the political wars here. That’s far too polarizing and way beyond the scope of these columns. Instead, I’m going to take another article that represents an all-too-typical […]