My recent comments have probably echoed that of many other commentators, that if Microsoft is on a death spiral, it would be a slow decline, one that would require years to totally reverse their standing as one huge money-making machine. But now it appears as if Microsoft is doing their level best to speed up […]

After talk arose this week about potential suitors for Skype, the popular (but debt-ridden) voice and video communications service, the news arrived that Microsoft would be acquiring the company for a whopping $8.5 billion, all cash. This happens to be the largest transaction ever for the fading software giant. That Microsoft’s stock price dipped after […]

When you buy a consumer electronics product from, say, a Best Buy chain store, you are not just the customer of the retailer, but of the manufacturer whose product you purchased. If your Mac fails, you will generally call Apple, or visit the Genius Bar at an Apple Store, if one is nearby (yes, I […]

The large majority of reviews of iOS 4 are quite favorable, which is understandable. Apple clearly worked hard to attempt to fix most of the perceived shortcomings in their mobile platform, particularly such irritants as multitasking. Now it’s perfectly true that the vast majority of iPhone and iPod touch users didn’t suffer all that much […]