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    Microsoft’s New Ad Campaign Ignores Logic

    September 8th, 2008

    So Mrs. Steinberg comes to me the other day and starts talking about a new ad campaign featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. “What was supposed to be about?” she wondered. The puzzled expression on her face was obvious from across the room. Now Barbara doesn’t ordinarily talk about such matters. To her, they are […]


    Just Another Mac Hardware Reliability Rant

    May 19th, 2008

    When I recently read the results of the reliability survey from readers of Consumer Reports, I had to wonder why Apple was dead last on the list among note-books, with a rating of 23. While this was not statistically significant compared to the 20 rating granted Lenovo, it seems to portend a potential trouble spot for […]