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    The Mainstream Media Still Doesn’t Understand Technology

    October 22nd, 2013

    So I was listening to Sirius XM’s broadcast of CNN the other day while driving in my car, when I heard yet another report on the troubled HealthCare.gov site, which is used for people to sign up under the U.S.A.’s Affordable Care Act. That’s what the political pundits call Obamacare. Without getting into the political […]


    Consumer Reports Continues to Lose Credibility

    October 17th, 2013

    Well, the mainstream media has reviewed the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, and given them high ratings. Not perfect, but very good, which puts them among the best smartphones on the planet. But not all the reviews you have read are credible, let alone accurate. Take Consumer Reports, which still believes that the iPhone 4 […]


    The End of the Mac?

    October 15th, 2013

    According to a published report, Mac sales are not just down, but dropping somewhat faster than the PC market as a whole. Now this is something that hasn’t happened in a while, so could it be an area of concern? Well, maybe, but it does call for a reality check. First and foremost, the published […]


    Waiting for the Bug Fixes

    October 2nd, 2013

    I’m sure most or all of you understand that software is far from perfect, and that one release will begat many. Sometimes a new product will arrive with bug fix downloads already waiting. There was one, for example, for the 2013 iMac. The day it came out, there was already an update to fix a […]