In the old days of desktop publishing, the ideal personal computer display had a resolution of 72 dots per inch, which essentially meant that the page you saw on the screen was about the size of the physical version. Of course, color accuracy was another story entirely. Today, displays are far sharper, at the expense […]

I don’t know how much money Microsoft is spending — make that squandering — on the Windows 8 and Surface ad campaigns. But if you counted loudness as a factor in making one product more successful than another, you’d think the world had happily embraced the newest Microsoft products. But if the latest Black Friday […]

When Steve Jobs said he would go “thermonuclear” against Google and all those Android licenses, because he felt they stole Apple’s designs, just how liberally should he have been taken? Sure, it’s quite obvious Apple has invested hundreds of millions of dollars pursuing patent lawsuits against the likes of Samsung, Motorola, HTC and other companies. […]

Had things turned out as originally predicted, the iPad mini launch would have taken place on Wednesday. Or at least that’s what the rumor sites suggested until it was too late to send out invitations to the media for such an event. On Tuesday, Apple confirmed the rumored media event for October 23rd, with the […]