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    The Microsoft Surface Pro 3: A Charm or a Strike-Out?

    May 21st, 2014

    Stung by perfectly awful sales of the Surface tablets, Microsoft on Tuesday made it clear that they aren’t giving up on trying to deliver some sort of a tablet solution. In a media presentation in New York City, Microsoft launched a 12-inch model, one clearly meant as a direct note-book replacement rather than a dedicated mobile device. […]


    More About Macs and Business

    March 26th, 2014

    The other day I mentioned a little exchange I had with an online poster who believes that Macs are high-end consumer machines, not suitable for business. As I said at the time, this is the sort of myth that has existed since the very first Mac arrived in 1984. Then it was about the pretty […]


    iOS 7.1: Don’t Expect Miracles

    March 12th, 2014

    According to tests run by Ars Technica, the 2010 iPhone 4 at last delivers adequate performance with the iOS 7.1 update. It wasn’t so good with the original iOS 7 release. That’s no mean achievement when you consider that, in the smartphone world, a product that’s over three years old is positively ancient. Consider it […]


    Newsletter Issue #742: Bill Gates and His Bad Day

    February 17th, 2014

    This story may have actually originated from somebody’s satiric column, but bear with me: Consider how Bill Gates has sold a product for over 30 years. That product has become the most popular personal computer operating system on the planet, and even in the twilight of the PC era, a large part of Microsoft’s sales […]