After all the anticipation and excitement about the secret features of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and possible hardware announcements, the cup was half filled. Of course, that’s not so bad, considering all the things that Leopard has to offer. Take the confusing interface of today’s Mac OS X. You have platinum and brushed metal and […]

In part, it’s just politics in play, but the eternal rivalry between Mac and PC users sometimes gets just a little too extreme. I mean, in a world where Bill Gates and Steve Jobs can get along, you’d expect that Microsoft and Apple will, at times, play nicely together too. Indeed, Time magazine refers to […]

In interviewing author Kirk McElhearn for this week’s episode of The Tech Night Owl LIVE, we got to talking about whether Apple should look at some alternatives for distributing Mac OS X and some of its consumer-level digital life products. Today, you can buy Tiger for $129 for the single-user package. A .Mac subscription is […]

If you saw the TV movie “Pirates of Silicon Valley,” you probably have a negative view of how Bill Gates and Steve jobs get along. Certainly if you look at the ongoing rivalry between Apple and Microsoft, you’d get the distinct impression that these aging veterans of the technology wars are dire enemies. However, if […]