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    Forget the iPhone OS! What About the Next Mac OS?

    April 6th, 2010

    You know that Apple will spill the beans about iPhone 4.0 on Thursday, April 8th. Lots of speculation is out there, ranging from enhanced multitasking to an integrated email Inbox and more hand gestures. Since the answers will be known soon, there’s probably little sense speculating any further, unless you want bragging rights if your […]


    The Safety Through Obscurity Myth

    March 23rd, 2010

    In the early days of the Classic Mac OS, we had a few virus infections. I recall working at a design studio in the late 1980s, when we’d get loads of floppies that were infected by a so-called desktop virus. Without going into boring detail, the malware embedded itself into the desktop files used by […]


    Should Microsoft Dump Internet Explorer?

    February 18th, 2010

    Not so long ago, the question I’m asking in this column would be considered downright insane, and maybe it still us. But please take a look at the facts and maybe you’ll see where Microsoft needs to consider this matter very seriously. In 1995, Microsoft released version 1.0 of Internet Explorer, an application derived from […]


    Does Apple Need to Rush 10.7?

    February 17th, 2010

    It is widely believed that Apple will unveil iPhone 4.0 at this summer’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference and ship it shortly thereafter. There’s also a passing level of speculation that they will also deliver preliminary information about the next great reference release for Mac OS X, 10.7, sporting an unknown feline moniker. The real question, however, […]