They say that first impressions are often the most important, and that a product that doesn’t grab you right away may be doomed to failure. Now after a decently-long gestation period, the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 8, is now available for download. Forgetting preliminary reports about its performance potential — or lack […]

Over the years, one of the reasons why Apple has persevered despite lots and lots of failures in products and the “vision thing” is because so many people love their Macs and were willing become unpaid cheerleaders. Indeed, there is something about the Mac experience that — even though the computers remain highly imperfect devices […]

Decades ago, President Truman said that the buck stops here, and this is something you can take to the bank when it comes to a responsible politician, few though they may be, and, of course, the corporate executive. Or at least, that’s the way it should be. So when the news came that a small […]

As I prepared myself for the possibilities of Apple’s new products, I rated the odds of seeing a demonstration of Apple’s next OS, Leopard, a 50/50 rating. Now maybe Jobs didn’t want to muddy the waters with too much material, or wasn’t far enough along to demonstrate anything. I suppose there’s more than enough time […]