From time to time, I like to read some of the curious blogs from certain controversial online tech commentators, while always worrying whether they are just making things up because they’re seeking more traffic. Certainly I understand that people are entitled to their own opinions, but I also believe in that old saying, that people […]

The media’s theme this week is that Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 will be a game changer, as they attempt to deliver basically the same user experience on mobile and desktop computers. Well, more or less. All this joy will be inflicted on Windows users some time in 2012. Now to be fair to Microsoft, the […]

While Apple doles out information about future operating systems in carefully crafted media events (including the annual WWDC) and press releases, news about the next great OS from Microsoft seems to leak like a sieve. So even though you’ll actually learn how Windows 8 will run on tablets at Microsoft’s Build conference on September 13th, […]

One huge difference between Apple and other PC makers can be summarized by the word “legacy.” They rarely look back, even when it comes to honoring an anniversary, which is why you never saw a twenty-fifth anniversary Mac in 2009. This marketing strategy became obvious first in 1998, when the original Bondi Blue iMac was […]