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    What Microsoft Doesn’t Know About Operating System Upgrades!

    August 13th, 2009

    The other day, I read several reports explaining that there were several dozen possible upgrade scenarios to take you from either Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7. Assuming you really care about such things, you’ll find that only a fraction of them are designed with even a semblance of the concept of simplicity. […]


    Another Reality Check: Tall Tales You Can Ignore!

    August 12th, 2009

    One thing quiet evident in this country’s seemingly endless debate about health care, and that is there is no statement false enough that will prevent it from being uttered over and over again if it serves the cause. So, for example, we have some supposedly astute political observers spewing forth nonsense about an alleged “death […]


    Newsletter #506 Preview: Isn’t it Time for the
    Mac Media to Stop Using the Word “Mac”?

    August 9th, 2009

    In the days of the Apple II, magazines devoted to these pioneering personal computers would generally have the word “Apple” as an intrinsic part of the title. Well, it stands to reason, particularly since that was pretty much all Apple Computer was about in those days. It’s also quite logical that, when the Mac appeared, […]


    Is the Tech Media Afraid of Microsoft?

    August 6th, 2009

    In recent years, some media commentators have claimed that certain news outlets are in the “hip pockets” of major news sources. So, for example, it’s believed that the MSNBC cable network favors liberals, whereas Fox News favors conservatives. When it comes to interviewing someone holding an opposing viewpoint, they tend to get hardball questions, but […]