When Steve Jobs said at the WWDC last year that some Leopard features were being held back to keep Microsoft from starting their copying machines so early, it was really hard to take seriously. It was all a bunch of marketing hooey, the soft of stuff that’s designed just to increase the public’s appetite about […]

One thing is certain: Practically nobody outside Apple really knows when Leopard will be released. Even there, I suspect the shipping dates are still fluid, depending on how quickly everything comes together. Sure, you’ll hear lots and lots of speculation, but that doesn’t count for much when it comes to predicting what Apple is up […]

Ever since Steve Jobs dodged a bullet when he contracted cancer, some people have been literally waiting for him to die, or display evidence that he is still seriously ill. This is a morbid thought, and one I hate to talk about, but it’s true. Take the WWDC keynote, in which Jobs played the role […]

All right, you know the spin. Apple’s “Top Secret” slide at the WWDC keynote means there are a number of super-significant Leopard features that’ll remain under wraps, because they don’t want Microsoft to copy them for Vista. Of course, common sense argues against that story, since Microsoft is an Apple developer and would get its […]