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    Surviving the 24-Hour News Cycle

    July 13th, 2010

    The problem with a massive oil spill in the Gulf remains unresolved, there’s the usual partisan political bickering (make that shouting), and the economy is still in the toilet, more or less. You just know that actor/director Mel Gibson is one bigoted and abusive maniac on the basis of those widely-circulated telephone recordings. Considering all […]


    Apple Gets on the Bad Side of Consumer Reports

    July 12th, 2010

    As if Apple doesn’t have enough PR problems what with the alleged sensitivity issues surrounding the latest and greatest iPhone, now Consumer Reports, the most respected product review publication in the U.S., has, as a result of their own testing, given the hot new gadget a negative rating. In the original blog on the subject, […]


    Dell Stockholders Deserve a Refund!

    June 29th, 2010

    In the days when Apple was really down in the dumps, facing near-immediate doom, Michael Dell, CEO of the company he founded, suggested that Apple’s stockholders should get their money back. The company should then be shut down. Of course, that was before Dell ran into its own problems with service and sales. And it […]


    Another Case of Reviewing Products Without Using Them

    June 14th, 2010

    You can bet that the day Apple announced the forthcoming release of iPhone 4 and iOS 4, members of the tech media dissected the fine details in hopes of getting a story, or even a story behind the story. Some actually had a few minutes face time with the new gadget at last week’s WWDC […]