I suppose Mozilla CEO John Lilly had a point when he said that Apple’s stealth Safari install process for Windows was “wrong.” After all, Safari isn’t just being pushed to folks who had previously installed Apple’s browser, but to anyone who had previously installed iTunes or just QuickTime. The question, of course, is just how Apple […]

One of the big stories this weekend, other than the usual political shenanigans and lurid celebrity gossip, was the claim that some iPhones were turned into bricks by the latest firmware update from Apple. Of course, Apple warned iPhone users about the potential consequences of unlocking their phones, which is intended to allow them to […]

You’ve got to hand it to the tech pundits. They feel they not only have the right to tell you what’s going on in the tech world, but they sometimes pretend to read the minds of the executives in charge of the companies. Truly awesome! Now let’s be clear here. I’m a tech writer too, […]

Understand that the new, higher-speed Wi-Fi protocol, known as 80211.n, hasn’t been approved yet. Instead, what you have now are “draft” standards, which simply means it’s a work in progress, something akin to beta software. That hasn’t stopped companies from selling computers and routers that support the new technology. Yet maybe it would be akin […]