While Microsoft labors to figure out whether more features need to be dropped to get Longhorn, its next version of Windows, out the door by the end of next year, it’s a little odd to realize that there have been six major releases of Mac OS X. Six? Well, the conventional wisdom has it that […]

For years, diehard Windows users, and that includes some technology writers, have pronounced Apple dead and buried. It’s not that Apple hasn’t at times contributed to the speculation. But a company that has loads of cash in the bank and shows good profits each quarter isn’t on life support. At the same time, the market […]

When you witness a Steve Jobs keynote in person, you realize he is a master showman. He could probably sell an air conditioner to an Eskimo and get a grateful thank you in return. While immersed in this famous reality distortion field, all is right with Apple, and every single new product you see is […]