Accompanying reports of the upcoming Apple shareholders meeting is the fact that Steve Jobs won’t attend. This is supposedly a big deal, considering all the concerns about his health and all. However, the tech pundits who have turned this development into a major story seem to be ignoring the critical fact of Jobs’ decision to […]

In recent weeks, I’ve seen an active discussion on this site about whether Apple should be producing a stripped-down computer, shorn of a few features to keep the price down. The activity has been pro and con, as some of you feel that you don’t want to pay for such “frills” as AirPort, Bluetooth, a […]

While some of you are anticipating the pleasure of playing TV shows and videos on the tiny screen of the new full-sized iPod at VHS quality, the star of this week’s product announcements may indeed be found elsewhere. Consider, for example, what the ultimate personal computer might be, keeping in mind Apple’s vision for the […]

At one time I regarded The Wall Street Journal as the most prestigious newspaper in the world. Even when The New York Times seemed to lose its way, you could always depend on the venerable WSJ to deliver the news shorn of the usual politically correct spin. Now I’m not about to say that the […]