As you’ve no doubt heard, the PC industry is in the doldrums these days, mostly with the exception of Apple of course. Sales are flat or declining, and more and more people have decided that they don’t need to replace that old computer after all. A smartphone, a tablet, or both, are perfectly suited to […]

In 2005, Apple announced a mostly unexpected processor transition, from PowerPC to Intel. This decision wasn’t made lightly, or because Intel had a better sales team, or because Steve Jobs was friendly with Intel’s CEO. The real reason was that the PowerPC had become to be a dead-end for Apple. The highly touted G5 was […]

All right, so Microsoft has finally released the Office 2011 for Mac Service Pack One. This is supposed to be a biggie, since it incorporates important security updates, along with some new features; well, make that new, plus some restored features, such as the ability to resend or redirect email in Outlook. So far so […]

As you no doubt know, Apple continues to make it clear that Flash isn’t coming to their mobile platform in our lifetime. At the same time, Adobe and others are complaining about a change in the iPhone 4.0 SDK user license, which blocks apps translated from Flash or ported using developer tools that don’t conform […]