As Amazon reportedly prepares to release a grown-up version of its Kindle book reader to handle magazines and newspapers, you have to wonder just how Apple might enter this arena. Consider there’s already a version of Amazon’s e-book software available on the iPhone, although we’re talking about a screen size that’s not particularly suitable for […]

The other day I read a short article at Microsoft’s Mac Mojo blog that revealed that the Mac version of Office contained some 30 million lines of code. And that’s now, while they are still creating the next version of the productivity suite. You can expect that awesome number to grow by leaps and bounds […]

Three weeks after installing Tiger, I have found it incredibly stable, and, as some have observed, snappier on my Power Mac G5. Despite this rosy picture, a number of applications had to be updated because of compatibility problems of one sort or another. Fortunately, I haven’t had to deal with these issues, but a lot […]

Do you long for the joys of the past? Retro is in. You can now buy record players that mimic the fancy styles of the 1940s and 1950s, although they usually mess things up by adding a built-in CD player. Some cars also pay homage to automotive history, such as the Chrysler PT Cruiser, the […]