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    Logitech Remote Software Shortcomings and El Capitan

    June 30th, 2016

    With different gadgets to run when I want to watch something on my VIZIO TV set, I’ve settled on a universal remote to sort things out. But not the one usually supplied by the cable or satellite provider, since they tend to be inflexible, often difficult to set up, and they don’t always include all the connection […]


    The Usual Mac Security Nonsense

    October 16th, 2015

    There’s this conventional wisdom, unfounded, that Macs were never susceptible to malware. That was certainly not true in the early days. I remember, in 1990 or thereabouts, buying a commercial app from a local computer reseller. This was an app from a major publisher, supplied on a floppy disk, in a shrink-wrapped box. I installed […]


    Remember Low App Upgrade Prices?

    July 18th, 2013

    It wasn’t so long ago that users of an application could buy the all-new version at a discount. Usually it was half price, but it might be less, depending on the publisher and how recent a version you had. Some companies, such as Adobe, would actually charge more if you upgraded from an older version. […]


    OS X Mavericks: Isn’t There More?

    June 14th, 2013

    When Apple’s Craig Federighi gave a relatively short but highly-praised demonstration of OS X Mavericks at this week’s WWDC, I had to ask, “Is that all there is?” You see, Apple has traditionally promised over 200 new features with recent OS X upgrades. Here there are a few dozen at most, including the backend features, […]