On the heels of some notable wins against Samsung and other companies that allegedly infringed on Apple’s intellectual property, I suppose it’s natural to suggest that Apple wants to compete in the courts, rather than in the open marketplace. But suggestions of that sort are just not realistic. First and foremost, people are buying iPhones […]

When I dared to characterize my experience with OS X Lion is pretty good, I heard from some readers suggesting I was on the wrong side of the facts. The basic point, to them, was that Lion had proven to be a source of instability, with kernel panics and sluggish performance. Clearly they preferred Snow […]

There’s a report this week about Google’s expected announcement of their take on a tablet that best exploits the perceived values of the Android OS. As you know, previous Android tablets have essentially gone nowhere. The possible exception is the Amazon Kindle Fire, which, although it uses an older version of Android, carries a custom […]

There’s a headline from one provocative blog this week suggesting that Apple has conceded “defeat” on the platform’s alleged resistance to malware. This comes in the wake of the reports earlier this year that over 600,000 Macs, over one percent of the estimated user base, was infected as a result of the Flashback outbreak. Therefore, […]