So out of the blue, the Wall Street Journal reports that Steve Jobs continues to work closely with Apple on new products, while he recovers from the illness that forced him to take an extended leave of absence. This does little more than confirm what Jobs said months ago when he went on his hiatus. […]

All right, is the iPhone still extremely popular, or is demand declining? What about the iPod and the Mac, or even the Apple TV, which is due for a software revision shortly? If you believe some of the stories you’ve read, Apple is cutting back on production of the first two, increasing production on the […]

Yes, I know Steve Jobs often says that this feature or another was added to a Mac or the Mac OS because customers asked for it. I would normally be inclined to agree with him, because Apple does offer ways for you to send your feedback on their products, and certainly the return of some […]

To tell you the truth, sometimes I prefer to simply ignore the latest round of speculation about possible iPod killers. Wall Street, of course, can’t stop worrying. When Sony introduced a new line of music players a while back, Apple’s stock went down. Surely Sony would make a dent in the iPod’s dominance, right? Napster […]