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    In Search of a Story About Apple

    December 15th, 2008

    Hardly a day passes where someone, somewhere, doesn’t report some new, different or supposedly fascinating news about Apple Inc. It seems as if the media just can’t stop talking about the company, even if there isn’t a whole lot to talk about. Well, in the case of the sliding economy, I suppose there are plenty […]


    Microsoft Resorts to Desperate Measures to Boost Vista

    August 21st, 2008

    Imagine if you were the CEO of the world’s largest software company, and that some of your products had shares of upwards of 90% in certain market segments. You are sitting at the top of the mountain, reasonably secure in your knowledge that there were no credible competitors out there, and that your place in […]


    The One Paragraph MacBook and MacBook Pro Speed Bump Report

    February 26th, 2008

    Once the part numbers were revealed in the Mac rumor community, it was inevitable. On Tuesday morning, Apple announced the expected refresh to its ever-popular note-book line. The main improvements for both model lines include the newest 45 nanometer Intel Core 2 Duo processors known as “Penryn,” which promises better performance and longer battery life. […]


    Newsletter #421 Preview: The Browser Wars:
    Take the Acid2 Test and Call Me in the Morning

    December 23rd, 2007

    The alleged holy grail of a properly-coded browser is full adherence to prevailing Web standards. The developers of these applications all tout their performance and rendering accuracy, but we all know it’s not necessarily true. Internet Explorer, for example, has long been regarded as a major and chronic offender. In large part, this is attributed […]