Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category
Monday, July 14th, 2008
So the iPhone 2.0 has finally arrived last Friday, and what a friggin' disaster it was. Apple's servers were totally overwhelmed with traffic from people trying to activate their new phones, as well as those trying to download software from the iTunes AppStore and upgrade their iPhone 1.0 firmware. A ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
So there's a lot of news this week about the 'death' of Windows XP. (I'll have more thoughts on that later.) For now, though, let's pretend just for fun that you could pick any operating system for your next PC -- no monolithic monopolies can get in your way. Which ...
Posted in Apple, Geekishness, Microsoft | 21 Comments »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld's Notes From the Field blog.) The notion that we are swimming in broadband choices, floated last week by Cringester B. D. in rebuttal to my snarky jibes about the phonecablopoly (tm), did not sit well with Cringesters who are sitting in the cheap ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld's Notes From the Field blog.) In case you've been living in a cave, today marks the first day of the Apple Worldwide Developer's Conference and Steve Jobs' keynote, which Apple watchers have declared will be the venue where Jobs unveils iPhone 2.0 -- ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
(This entry originally appeared on Infoworld's Notes From the Field blog.)
Slouching toward Cupertino. It's not every day the Second Coming gives you advance notice, but the resurrection of the Jesus Phone -- in 3G, for the first time ever! -- is now (unofficially) slated for June 9. Or so says ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Windows holes, Google food, aging tunesmiths, cranky billionaires, Tony Soprano, and -- yes -- the ghost of MicroHoo dominate this week's quiz. Are you ready to demonstrate your geek street cred? Give yourself 10 points for correct answers and bupkis for everything else. Ready? Then let's rock and roll.
-- Dan ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld's Notes From the Field blog.) by Robert X. Cringely Just in case you've suddenly emerged from a coma and hadn't noticed, yesterday was Earth Day here on our planet. And it seems like everybody is putting on their green. Even the US ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld's Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
Full speed behind. It seems the rumors of XP's death have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft has bowed to overwhelming demand and decided to give XP a reprieve, kinda sorta. Scheduled to get the gas chamber in July, ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Thousands of worshipers flock to view 'holy site' in Los Altos garage
by Dan Tynan
They came alone or in groups, giddy with excitement or hushed with awe. They brought flowers and ribbons and broken down Powerbooks. They lined the sidewalks of this quiet suburban neighborhood, patiently waiting to see what everyone ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
I didn't even know my "open letter to Steve Jobs" had been posted at PCworld.com until I got my first piece of hate mail on the topic. It's so juicy I had to reprint it here (though I've withheld the identity of the letter writer). I expected to be ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
(A version of this story originally appeared on PCworld.com, where it is slowly roasting over an open flame fueled by Apple fanboys.)
by Dan (Don't forget my byline) Tynan
Dear Steve:
I know we've had our differences over the years. I warned you about shipping iPods with non-replaceable batteries, we bickered over releasing ...
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