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    Apple Stays the Course

    October 22nd, 2008

    One line still used by politicians running for reelection is that they did a good job and want to continue to perform in a similar fashion, to stay the course. That is, unless things are going badly, in which case they try to reinvent themselves as reformers, who will fight all those big, bad politicians. […]


    Apple’s Financials: Would You Buy Stock From These People?

    October 21st, 2008

    What with all the scandals about the way large financial institutions handled questionable home loans and other costly transactions, you wonder why anyone would grant an ounce of credibility to Wall Street. To a small degree, I speak from a bad personal experience, which may be apropos of nothing in the scheme of things, though […]


    Another Look at What Apple Has Taken Away

    October 20th, 2008

    Back in the early days, your expandable Mac came with technologies that other personal computers didn’t always contain, such as NuBus for peripheral cards for graphics and other tasks and SCSI for such devices as external hard drives and scanners. There were also the proprietary ADB ports for input devices. But with the introduction of […]


    Newsletter #464 Preview: Microsoft Resorts to More Lies to Prop Up Vista

    October 19th, 2008

    The phrase “don’t bother me with facts” is quite apt when it comes to marketing. Those who are most adept at the profession know just how to deliver a mixture of facts and illusion to entice you to buy their products or services. Certainly, I think few of you would disagree that Windows became the […]