Does anyone remember Real Networks and ultimately what happened to them? It’s a history lesson that Plam could learn from. During the early years of the online music battleĀ a cat and mouse game between Apple and Real Networks broke out when Real built a player capable of playing music purchased on iTunes. Apple responded by [...]
This isn't going to end well for Palm
September 11th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink
Apple Thoughts and Perdictions Grab Bag
September 4th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink
A lot of friends have been asking be what I think will be released Sept. 9th by Apple. Will it be a new Apple TV? Blu-Ray support? New iPods? the iTablet? I don’t expect any of these things other than the chance of new iPods, but I’ve got a few ideas of my own, each [...]
Mac OS X: Snow Leopard
August 26th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink
I’ve got my copy of Snow Leopard pre-ordered, do you? One delightful change: Snow Leopard takes up less than half the room on a hard disk that Leopard did, and Apple says the average user who upgrades will free up about 7 gigabytes of space. On my 2008-vintage MacBook Pro, I gained back a whopping [...]
Predictions on the upcoming Apple Tablet
August 14th, 2009 § 1 comment § permalink
There have been a lot of rumors on the upcoming “Apple tablet” and a few reports as to what it’s going to look like and be capable of but so far none of them have me totally convinced. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to totally convince myself either on what exactly this new device from [...]