I remember a silly demonstration on an old TV talk show. In that segment, one person told a joke and that person, in turn, would repeat the joke to someone else. After going through several generations of this behavior, the story that emerged from the final person in this group had little or no resemblance […]

Once the part numbers were revealed in the Mac rumor community, it was inevitable. On Tuesday morning, Apple announced the expected refresh to its ever-popular note-book line. The main improvements for both model lines include the newest 45 nanometer Intel Core 2 Duo processors known as “Penryn,” which promises better performance and longer battery life. […]

I read a story Tuesday that some employees of The Apple Store were fired because they apparently downloaded the preview version of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard that was distributed to developers at the recent WWDC. Despite the fact that the story originated on ThinkSecret, a Mac rumor site, I’ll take it at face value because […]

There’s a classic battle in force now. One that weighs Apple’s rights to keep its product plans secret, and the desire on the part of not just Mac users, but the entire technology press, to know just what those plans are. There have been legal skirmishes, as most of you know, and it may take […]