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    Newsletter #423 Preview: The Night Owl Presents: A User’s View of the iPhone

    January 6th, 2008

    As you know, I’ve been a long-time holdout on acquiring an iPhone, largely because I have never seen the need for a wireless phone that has anything but the basic features, plus Bluetooth for handsfree connections to the car or a wireless headset. So when Apple came out with the iPhone, I was skeptical. On […]


    The Real Losers in the Think Secret Settlement

    December 24th, 2007

    I don’t know about you, but I’ve always had mixed feelings about Mac rumor sites. Yes, they often make for  an entertaining read. Sometimes they even get the facts correct, or mostly correct, and clue us in on a genuine new Apple product or service. Now up until a few years ago, Apple accepted the […]


    Newsletter #350 Preview: Why the Death of Virtual PC is Another Microsoft Failure

    August 12th, 2006

    When the news was first broadcast that Microsoft had acquired the rights to Connectix Virtual PC in February 2003, I had mixed feelings. You see, Microsoft was notorious for acquiring technologies from other companies, and then killing them. But this didn’t make much sense to me, because Virtual PC was a great addition to Microsoft’s […]


    Perpetuating the Myth of Expensive Macs

    May 25th, 2006

    Over the years, I’ve weighed in on the fact that claims that the Mac is much more expensive than a comparably equipped Windows PC are not true. This is one of the myths that has survived since the early days when Apple did charge a large premium for its products, but things have changed substantially […]