So new OS X updates arrived last week, including OS 10.9.3 and iTunes 11.2. While the revisions, with minor changes, got high marks, they weren’t free of trouble. The most significant issue was the mysterious disappearance of the /Users folder on some Macs. It also made it writable to everyone, thus creating a potential security problem. A little […]

Stung by perfectly awful sales of the Surface tablets, Microsoft on Tuesday made it clear that they aren’t giving up on trying to deliver some sort of a tablet solution. In a media presentation in New York City, Microsoft launched a 12-inch model, one clearly meant as a direct note-book replacement rather than a dedicated mobile device. […]

They say that, if you want a potentially important news story buried, release it on a Friday afternoon. By the time the details reach the mainstream press and popular online outlets, the workday is over, and potential readers are paying more attention to enjoying their weekends. Of course that assumes they aren’t actually working weekends. So […]

When stories first appeared in the mainstream media that Apple was in deep negotiations to buy Beats, a company that builds fancy headphones and other accessories, and runs a music streaming service, for the princely sum of $3.2 billion, there was a media freakout of sorts. Apple’s stock price dropped as analysts wondered just what Apple […]