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    Apple and Patents: King of the World?

    June 24th, 2011

    You just know that Apple’s lawyers and executives must be slapping themselves on their backs and smiling broadly after being awarded yet another U.S. patent for mobile technology. The latest and greatest covers a number of features of their amazing touchsreens. While I’m not an attorney — and don’t play one on television — you […]


    Flip Becomes a Flop

    April 13th, 2011

    I remember a few years ago when I got a press release about a neat miniature camcorder, the Flip, from a company known as Pure Digital. I quickly asked for a review sample. Sure enough, it was easy to use, took reasonably decent videos, and the software worked quite well with either a Mac or […]


    Why Do They Want Apple to Fail?

    February 1st, 2011

    Just this week, I caught several articles quoting Patrick Lo, CEO and global chairman for Netgear, a maker of network gear, viciously attacking Steve Jobs. Typical of many executives who cannot cope with Apple’s incredible and ongoing success, Lo went after the well-known ego of ailing CEO Steve Jobs, and the company’s closed platform. The […]


    Newsletter #378 Preview: Problems, Problems, Problems All Day Long

    February 26th, 2007

    Apple’s legal adventures don’t show any sign of lessening. No, I’m not referring to those little lawsuits that you regularly read about in their SEC filings. Instead, I’m talking about the larger issues that Apple faces in the course of normal operations, such as that recent matter with Apple Corps, the company run by the […]