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    The Microsoft Rip-off Report: Pay and Pay Again

    June 25th, 2009

    Well, the pricing for buying Windows 7 has been officially announced, in case anyone cares. Understand that Apple has already informed users of Mac OS X Leopard that they can upgrade to Snow Leopard for a mere $29. Since most of the Intel-based Mac user base is using 10.5, you can regard that as, essentially, […]


    Newsletter #498 Preview: The Browser Wars and Microsoft’s Ongoing Deception

    June 14th, 2009

    Two events that may seem unrelated have converged this week to paint a picture about one company on the ascendancy and another company that’s faltering and seems to only understand how to damage its tarnished reputation even further. First came Apple’s surprising announcement that some 11 million copies of Safari 4.0 were downloaded during the […]


    Apple’s Mantra: Being Best Doesn’t Mean Being First

    March 19th, 2009

    I suspect some of you don’t always get Apple’s method of innovation. It doesn’t necessarily mean they were first with everything they’ve done. I am sure, for example, that you will locate prior attempts at graphical user interfaces before the Lisa and later the Mac arrived. Only Apple (and Microsoft) managed to survive, while many […]


    The Night Owl’s Firefox 3.0 First Look

    June 17th, 2008

    You know, I sometimes think most everyone has gone crazy when we calculate browser speeds in fractions of a second and then argue which application is faster. So on one hand, Safari 3.1 is faster than Firefox 2, but Firefox 3 might have taken the edge all over again. But wait, folks, because Safari 4 […]