Let me get right to the point: I really don’t see any further point in making further predictions about Apple’s new note-books, with the event close at hand, and probably here for many of you when you read this column. In passing, though, I might suggest that Apple has staged a major effort to fuel […]

As I write this, Mac OS X users don’t really have to worry about virus infections — at least for now. The ones that have been discovered have been test cases, proofs of concept, to show a potential vulnerability but not much more. Sure, one virus did sort of leap into the wild a while […]

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 […]

How does a company stop leaks about trade secrets? Well, if you’re Apple Computer, you sue the folks who allegedly spilled the beans. At the same time, however, you are forced to confirm them, simply because the court documents must contain something about the nature of the secrets that were disclosed. In the end, of […]