• Explore the magic and the mystery!


  • » Currently browsing posts tagged with: Chips

    Is the New Eudora Bait and Switch?

    September 4th, 2007

    The other day, from out of nowhere, comes the first beta of the new open source version of that famed email application, Eudora. In case you tuned in late, the publisher, Qualcomm, best known for for building cell phone chips these days, has given up on this venerable application. The project has been handed off […]


    Newsletter #401 Preview: Lies, Lies and More Lies

    August 5th, 2007

    You know, with so many resources for news about Apple Inc. these days, you’d think it would be awfully difficult to just make up stories or come up with a wrong-headed interpretation of events. After all, a single foolish story ought to be short-circuited by the plain, unvarnished truth. Unfortunately, things don’t quite work out […]


    Newsletter #396 Preview: So What’s Really Wrong With the iPhone?

    July 1st, 2007

    As I write this, both Apple and AT&T stores are rapidly running out of their initial stocks of the iPhone, with initial reports claiming some 525,000 were sold over the first weekend. Those of you who expected instant gratification may have to redefine “instant” to encompass days or weeks until new supplies arrive. At the […]


    The One Paragraph MacBook Pro Update Report

    October 24th, 2006

    At the top of the list of Tuesday morning’s announcement of updates to the MacBook Pro line is that dual-layer burning SuperDrives and FireWire 800 are now available through the entire product line. These are two major criticisms of the previous versions of the 15-inch models. Other changes are predictable, based on the availability of […]