If you bought a 160GB iPod Classic last year, pay attention! You now have a “classic” in more ways than one, because Apple has discontinued the higher-capacity model in its Fall 2008 iPod lineup. Instead, the largest Classic, at $249, has a mere 120GB of storage space. Of course, it’s not that most owners ever […]

All right, Apple Inc. really isn’t celebrating my birthday. Besides, that was so long ago, even I’ve forgotten how old I am. But, seriously, being so close to the main event makes the results ripe for speculation. Apple enjoys giving the press broad hints as to what their events are all about. This one, set […]

When it comes to Apple’s marketing team, they certainly know how to stoke the fires. Indeed, the tech press can’t stop talking about it. I can’t stop talking about it. In fact, I devoted a fair amount of time during my two-hour session on Craig Crossman’s nationally-syndicated Computer America radio show recently to what this […]

Shortly after the WWDC keynote ended Monday morning, an estimated one to two million members of Apple’s .Mac service received an email message from the mother ship, which began: “Today Apple announced a new Internet service called MobileMe — taking the best of .Mac and adding a host of new features. As a current .Mac […]