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    The iPhone SDK: Forced or Preordained?

    October 17th, 2007

    You know a lot of what Steve Jobs says during interviews may be overlooked when controversy erupts about something Apple is doing at any given moment. Months back, for example, when Jobs was asked about a Software Development Kit (SDK) for the iPhone, to give third-party software developers a chance to build applications for it, […]


    Newsletter #409 Preview: Reality Check: Is Apple At War With iPhone Hackers?

    September 30th, 2007

    One of the big stories this weekend, other than the usual political shenanigans and lurid celebrity gossip, was the claim that some iPhones were turned into bricks by the latest firmware update from Apple. Of course, Apple warned iPhone users about the potential consequences of unlocking their phones, which is intended to allow them to […]


    Newsletter #407 Preview: Memo to PC Users: Why Do You Take All This Abuse?

    September 16th, 2007

    I must admit that I am perhaps a little too tolerant of people who use Windows. Yes, when the occasion arises, I do express the appropriate Mac preference, but I don’t wear an Apple logo on my sleeve. In fact, I readily accept the need to use Windows on some occasions, particularly in situations where […]


    Newsletter #390 Preview: The Consequences of Posting Fake Stories

    May 20th, 2007

    When someone writes about “the good old days,” it ages them. It means they’ve been around long enough to have survived another era. For me, I still remember when you couldn’t get away with one-tenth of the nonsense that has become the stock and trade of today’s shock jocks, but when it comes to yellow […]