On Tuesday, I got a letter from Microsoft. No, it wasn’t personal. I was, in fact, one of 100,000 to receive an invitation to participate in the Windows Vista pre-RC1 test program. Now regardless of what you might think, gentle reader, I am not a Microsoft basher by trade. In fact, I respect the company […]

These days, Apple appears to have discovered the magic formula of exceeding expectations. This was particularly true as Wall Street analysts began predicting just how much money it made in the last quarter. I doubt even the company’s own money people could have come up with the end result, since it exceeded their guidance as […]