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    The Night Owl Examines Some Time-Wasting Headlines

    March 30th, 2009

    You no doubt heard the report the other day, about someone cracking Apple’s Safari in just a few minutes and taking home $5,000 for their efforts. What you didn’t know, until you read the fine print of course, is that this particular person spent weeks investigating possible security flaws, and, no doubt, rehearsing the routine […]


    Newsletter #481 Preview: About the Dumb Things Microsoft Can Do

    February 15th, 2009

    Sometimes it seems that Apple and other companies can’t produce products or services that Microsoft won’t try to imitate. Take the recent reports about plans to create a “Microsoft Store,” in a lame effort to duplicate the success of The Apple Store. Now instead of hiring someone familiar with the sophisticated inner-workings of a retail […]


    Newsletter #478 Preview: Taking the Mac Seriously After 25 Years

    January 25th, 2009

    You didn’t hear anything about it at Macworld Expo, at least from the mouths of Philip Schiller or any other Apple employee. During last week’s session with financial analysts, Apple’s executives weren’t even asked the question, and they felt no need to volunteer a response. Indeed, the rest of the world is nevertheless observing the […]


    Newsletter #475 Preview: How Apple Might Avoid a 2009 Screwup

    January 4th, 2009

    It’s quite easy for a tech writer to tell you what a certain company ought to do to become successful or at least remain successful. But the only thing is that if any of us really knew what was really necessary, we’d be making the big bucks as an executive at one of those companies. […]