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    The Microsoft Universe Gets Wackier and Wackier

    October 1st, 2009

    When I used the term Psycho Talk in a recent article to describe the crazy claims made by Microsoft sycophants, I had a feeling that I severely understated the problem. The particular tech writer I criticized in that piece has since come out and struggled to explain why the iPhone is, first, not as popular […]


    How Can They Argue with Two Billion Downloads?

    September 28th, 2009

    I’m quite sure that the news that downloads from the App Store have exceeded the two billion mark a little over 14 months after opening day did not come as a surprise to most Mac users. Nor should it come as a surprise that there are 85,000 apps available, and thousands more are going up […]


    Apple in the Era of 24/7 News

    September 23rd, 2009

    I never cease to be amazed at the fact that Apple Inc. can so easily dominate the media, probably more than you and I might want, and I suspect more than even they sometimes desire. Sure, Microsoft can get headlines too, but it seems that Apple, nowadays at least, is treated with far more shock […]


    Service Pack or Major Upgrade?

    September 22nd, 2009

    The chatter continues over just how one should classify Snow Leopard and Windows 7. The most common descriptive phrases are “service pack” or “major upgrade,” but there are actually finer distinctions that I’ll get to shortly. Now Windows advocates like to refer to Snow Leopard as a service pack, in a sense echoing what Apple […]