Whenever Apple releases a new product, folks will sacrifice one of these gadgets in order to dissemble the component parts and attempt to determine their identity and cost. On the basis of this information, and a few educated guesses, we’re supposed to know exactly how much Apple really spent on each unit. Recently, for example, […]

Apple has some news that, if confirmed, they can really crow about in their financial statements that are due for release later this month. But, at the end of the day, it probably won’t help their stock price. Their troubles got worse last week, when a bogus report about Steve Jobs suffering a severe heart […]

I could, I suppose, call myself a prophet for being co-author of a science fiction novel that, in passing, mentioned Bill Gates as devoting the final portion of his life to philanthropy. The initial draft, for example, was actually written before Gates and his wife started that foundation with which to hand out most of […]