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Apple gave developers access to 10.7 for months, and good developers big and small have been testing their software to have 10.7 optimized versions ready for release along with Apple’s OS release. Most have had information regarding compatibility, issues and time line for updates at or before launch.  Adobe who is notorious for very slow …

I bought an Xbox for my daughter and opened it up to set it up for her, and the process makes it clear that Microsoft doesn’t get consumer electronics. The stark differences in user experience from using an iPhone or Apple TV makes it clear that this is something I could never give to my …

Due to the fact that you can only really compare two different UI’s after you are familiar with them the best way to compare iOS with Android is to watch a pair of people used to operating their phones do common tasks. Having done this in the past few weeks with friends with Android phones …

Dell has always been a commodity product sold on price. Their brief life as a Data Center partner is over as it was tied to MSFT’s dominance. Once you build your biz on non differentiated product sold on price you find their is always someone willing to sell it for less. HP has gotten their …

Just read a bunch of the stories on the web about “20 zero-day security holes in Mac OS X to be revealed”. It amazes me that no one questions this junk! The security industry only makes money if people are scared! They have good reason to fear the wider adoption of OSX, it is more …

With all the talk in the media about the possibility / inevitability of Apple introducing a tablet in their line up positioned in between the iPhone and the Macbook, I thought it would be interesting to look back at Apple successes and failures in the past with regard to defining new territory. Now there are …