When I first read Apple’s press release that the unexpectedly famous App Store had 100,000 offerings, and that two billion files had been downloaded so far, I wondered how we got there in the first place. {In case you’re wondering, the phrase “jump the shark” was first coined to describe TV shows whose best days […]

All right, this is becoming familiar. Most of you have seen those benchmarks that indicate that Internet Explorer 8 performs worse in almost every respect when compared to most recent browsers. Even Opera, which has of late lagged in performance, fares better, and IE8 is also decidedly inferior when it comes to passing the infamous […]

In recent weeks, it’s been reported that the worldwide market share of Windows has dipped below 92%. That’s still an impressively high figure, but what’s more interesting is that the arrival of Windows 7, despite all the advance publicity and positive reviews from Microsoft’s shills, and even some repeatable journalists, has failed to stem the […]

As most of you know, Microsoft hasn’t had very good luck lately in getting cell phone makers to adobe Windows Mobile. Indeed, recent surveys show that the BlackBerry software, Apple iPhone and even Google’s Android are faring far better these days. The newly-released Windows Mobile 6.5 has gotten, to be generous, lukewarm reviews. Microsft’s response […]