It has become extremely tiresome repeating the same old criticisms against faux analysts and journalists who think they actually know something about Apple, Inc. This is particularly true when it comes to their soaring sales and profits. This past quarter, however, the reality was somewhat closer than you may have expected. Total revenue for the […]

As Windows 7 receives surprisingly favorable reviews from the tech media, I have to wonder why there are so few critical comments about Microsoft’s ongoing claims of innovative products that are actually imitative. Take the infamous ribbon that has graced recent versions of Office for Windows and the Mac. That it’s a context-sensitive toolbar — […]

So here’s the conventional wisdom (such as it is): Apple is a consumer-oriented tech company. When it comes to the enterprise, IT people look for Windows on a personal computer, and a BlackBerry when it comes to smartphones. Despite earning record profits and sales almost every quarter, the critics still aren’t satisfied. How could they […]

The PC industry is in a tizzy in the wake of the unexpected success of the iPad. Where alleged tech industry analysts were talking of tablet sales of as little as five million for all of 2010, Apple moved 3.27 million units during the first three months. In each the next two quarters, sales may […]