XKCD tribute to Steve Jobs, eternal flame beach ball.

Although some may find it a bit off, using an animated icon that represents much of what drives Mac users nuts (especially us occasional users), but somehow it kinda works for me. Something about always waiting for the next great thing that is going to come from the mind of Steve Jobs, and for us… Read More

RIP Steve Jobs. Your work was an exercise in grace.

As you all know by now, Steve Jobs passed away today after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Just as thousand of other tech writers have been doing all day, I felt the need to write something about how Steve and the work he did at Apple. Now I’m not going to gush about his… Read More

The low down on the iphone 4S iPhone 5 still in the works

So its the iphone 4S.  This is not news since its slipped out last week from an iTunes oversight.  The outside is the same, but the internals have changed.  The dual-core A5 is the big game changer… for games that is. ** Apple stock has now fallen 3.42 percent, while the NASDAQ is down only… Read More

Apple wins lawsuit in EU. No Samsung table for you Europe

Well this is something. Seems that a EU judge decided that Samsung’s Galaxy table is not unique enough in design to not be subject to Apples patent. Here is an excerpt from VentureBeat. The preliminary injunction was first granted last month by the German court, which found Samsung’s tablets closely resembled Apple’s designs. It initially… Read More

Democratic Debate and iPhones

The Democratic debate just ended. As predicted, they both played nice. Given how much ground was lost last week by the Bill attacks, both camps realized the public does not enjoy bickering. You can also see this on the ‘dial response’ that CNN uses; Obama lost favor when he tried to attack her on flip… Read More