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    The iPhone SDK: A Look at Apple’s Gatekeeper Status

    March 10th, 2008

    Although most of the comments about Apple’s plans for enterprise support and third-party development for the iPhone and iPod touch strike me as essentially positive, there are certainly serious questions as to how it’ll all play out. Obviously, we won’t know all the answers until the iPhone 2.0 firmware is available in June (assuming it […]


    Does Apple Hate the iPhone Hackers?

    August 27th, 2007

    Months before the iPhone debuted, Apple was being asked over and over again about the prospects for running third party software on it. But a short time before the hot-selling gadget shipped, Steve Jobs was saying that Apple hadn’t decided how to handle development for the iPhone yet, but that a workable solution might come […]


    More iMac Conventional Wisdom — Maybe

    July 30th, 2007

    It’s hard to believe that the first iMac appeared nearly nine years ago, that famous Bondi blue pear-shaped personal computer that proved to one and all that Apple was here to stay. In fact, I had a prototype model, although it soon had to be returned to Apple after a firmware update killed it. After […]


    A Tale of Two Bets

    September 21st, 2006

    I’m not a betting man. When I visit Las Vegas, the family budget at the slot machines is never more than $20, and usually we confine our visit to the restaurants and entertainment spots anyway. I don’t do much in the way of friendly bets either, but I got tempted during last week’s episode of […]