There are too few visionaries in this world, and when one leaves us prematurely, we must mourn that passing. So it is with sadness that I read the news that Jef Raskin, considered by some to be the father of the Mac, died Saturday at the age of 61, a victim of pancreatic cancer. Raskin […]

If Steve Jobs was right last month when he said Tiger is “on track” for shipment in the first half of this year, no doubt Apple is in the late stages of development. I am not saying this because I have any inside information. It’s simply a logical assumption based on the promise of on-time […]

If you have a decent collection of CDs or perhaps even some vintage vinyl and cassettes at hand, you understand the joys of owning your own music. Unless stolen or damaged, nobody is going to take them away from you, not even the iPod. You just have to rip your tunes on your Mac (or […]

Up until that rumor explosion in December, some things were absolutely certain about Apple. For one thing, Steve Jobs would never allow the company to sell a cheap Mac or a cheap iPod. There was no profit in it, and it was better to get large profit margins and remain a boutique computer company. This […]