Archive for September, 2008

The Microsoft Ad Folly

Friday, September 19th, 2008

I have a confession to make I hate Microsoft. They are the epitome of everything wrong with the tech industry. They ignore standards, illegally bullied their way to dominance, and they are so incredibly out of touch with their customer base that they try to force you to buy their ...

OS X 10.5.5 iCal Problems

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Danger Will Robinson! After upgrading to 10.5.5 I restarted iCal to be greeted with an "Upgrading Calendars" message. This should have read "Irreparably Screwing Up Your Calendars". Anyone who reads this knows I am a huge Apple fan but I should send Apple a bill. Here is the story. I ...

Sept 9th Apple Event - Swing and a Miss

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

The Apple event came and went and my stab at the Apple rumor mill was wrong. Strike that - half wrong. Apple did indeed announce everything I mentioned except the TomTom software. Notice I said announced and not released. The iPhone 2.1 software will not be released until Friday and ...

“Secret” iPhone Features on Sept 9th?

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Oh how I love the pre-event rumors that surround Apple's media events. Forget Jerry Seinfeld - I am looking at you Microsoft - this is marketing done right. The Internet is churning with rumors about the event and the products that will be unveiled. You can't buy this kind of ...

8 Reasons for Mac Supremacy

Friday, September 5th, 2008

I have to admit a love/hate relationship with the Internet. There are so many things to love, the openness, the wealth of information at your finger tips, unfettered communication with all kinds of people. Unfortunately the downside to this is that stupid people tend to be the loudest on the ...