Some time back, I read an article suggesting that Wi-Fi routers are the products most often returned to dealers. The biggest reason is evidently that they are difficult to configure, and thus do not deliver the performance customers expect. The main problem appears to be inadequate documentation, followed by confusing setup apps or Web-based control […]

Apple’s legal adventures don’t show any sign of lessening. No, I’m not referring to those little lawsuits that you regularly read about in their SEC filings. Instead, I’m talking about the larger issues that Apple faces in the course of normal operations, such as that recent matter with Apple Corps, the company run by the […]

Think about it. If you take Steve Jobs at his word, Apple was working for two-and-a-half years on the iPhone. Their legal department no doubt told Steve that the rights the iPhone trademark were owned by Cisco Systems. After the iPhone was announced, Cisco claimed that Apple was after them for the rights to use […]

How times have changed. Not so many years ago, Apple used a Macworld Expo keynote to unleash the latest and greatest Mac hardware. Certainly last year was a prime example, with the introduction of the first crop of Intel-based computers, and an assurance that they’ll all be called Mac from now on. Thus ended the […]