Over 21 years ago, the first Mac appeared with the promise of become the first real computing appliance. Except for the keyboard and the mouse, it was self-contained and offered no expansion capability. Imagine a toaster oven that computes. In any case, it’s taken years for Apple to return to its original concept, and some […]

You’ve got to be encouraged by the latest figures of browser market share. Considering the Mac’s allegedly tiny corner of the market, statistics from Net Applications putting Safari at 2.39% as of September is quite an achievement. This is especially true when you look at the October 2004 statistic of 1.46%. Does this represent a […]

Can you imagine what might have happened as Apple prepared to introduce its new music products last week? Just days before the event, someone knocks at the door of the CEO’s office and asks Steve Jobs to postpone the press briefing. “Why?” he growls, and he’s told that both the Mac and Windows versions of […]

Although recent reports indicate that Firefox’s growth on the Windows platform may have stalled, that hasn’t stopped the Mozilla Organization from pushing out new versions. Yes, Firefox 1.5 beta 1 is somewhat late. At this point in time, we expected the final version, if the original promises were to be taken seriously, but it’s nonetheless […]