Back in the 1960’s, the American ambassador to the U.N. used the words “hell freezes over,” in referring to a demand made of his Soviet counterpart during the height of the Cold War. That famous phrase seems to come back over and over in lots of circumstances, and certainly in our little corner of the […]

Some months back, a new iTunes feature caused havoc. When you clicked on the name of a track on your playlist, tunes of a similar genre appeared at the bottom of the iTunes window in a so-called “mini store.” Talk about havoc, because, in order to accomplish this magic, information about that selected song had […]

Before I get started, let me make it quite clear that I do not regard Mac OS X as perfect. I’ve already weighed in on some of my criticisms, and there’s always hope that Leopard will address some of them. However, a few months ago, I offered what I felt were constructive criticisms when someone […]

You don’t have to remind me that Apple owns the digital music market. What’s more, it’s now doing better than some of the well-known retail music chains, such as Sam Goody. Everything is coming up roses, and Apple has no incentive to change anything, except to keep ahead of the competition, such as it is. […]