When I interviewed Symantec’s Mike Romo about its latest Mac security software, Norton Confidential, I had to wonder whether the product made any sense. The new application, which apparently shipped simultaneously on the Windows platform, offers four key features that are designed to protect you against phishing, loss or tampering of valuable files and information […]

To use an old phrase, let me make it perfectly clear that I am not bashing Microsoft. I am, instead, talking about mistakes that may come to haunt the company as its newest products near release. First there is Vista, and its lame security interface. Under Mac OS X, when you start your computer, you […]

Ever since Steve Jobs dodged a bullet when he contracted cancer, some people have been literally waiting for him to die, or display evidence that he is still seriously ill. This is a morbid thought, and one I hate to talk about, but it’s true. Take the WWDC keynote, in which Jobs played the role […]

Over the years, some analysts have suggested that Apple made a grave mistake in not setting up a real cloning program early on, so other computers could run the Mac OS. If only the company had listened to Bill Gates and others, today Apple might really own the computer market, not just in mindshare, but […]