An application quits, and you see a message asking you to decide what to do next. You can, among the choices, decide you just want to reopen the application and maybe subject yourself to more punishment. Perhaps click the button that promises to send a report about the problem to Apple, hoping that, among thousands […]

In theory, the concept of Napster To Go sounds neat. You pay just $14.95 a month and get access to a huge music library. Download all you want, and even transfer to a supported music player. What a lovely way to get a big music library, if you can get past the concept of renting […]

There are too few visionaries in this world, and when one leaves us prematurely, we must mourn that passing. So it is with sadness that I read the news that Jef Raskin, considered by some to be the father of the Mac, died Saturday at the age of 61, a victim of pancreatic cancer. Raskin […]

The word for today is “slash.” And that’s just what Apple did to the prices of the iPod mini and the iPod Photo. But it’s not just a price cut. Yes, the 4GB iPod mini, for example, is now priced at $199, which is the level some suggested it should have been in the first […]