Category Archives: Apple
Amazon Backstabs Apple – Will Apple Break HTML5 Capabilities in Safari?
Amazon has decided not to put up with Apple’s attempt to make IBook the only application with in-application book purchasing. Amazon’s work around was to build an HTML5 Kindle Application replacement.
Snow Leopard Font Update Requires Reboot
Apple Inc. builds nicely designed computers, with a nice looking, stable, virus proof operating system. But… When you wake up on a Saturday morning wanting to write an article, and find out that your laptop computer wants to install an … Continue reading
The Mythical Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field Debunked
Quote from Wikipedia: Reality distortion field (RDF) is a term coined by Burrell Smith at Apple Computer in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs‘ charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Mac project.[1] Bud Tribble claimed … Continue reading
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Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave. Cheering Heard From Redmond
Apple doesn’t care about this. Apple’s a hardware company. As long as Apple is making a decent profit selling electronics, the company is happy. Microsoft on the other hand should be terrified. And not of Apple. Continue reading
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New ARM Chips Cause Internet Forum Wars – Could Hurt Intel Badly
Depending upon who you believe (and me being me, I believe nobody), Apple may be designing their own CPU, based on ARM technology. Apple has a job posting for a CPU designer on the Mac side of the business. Seriously. … Continue reading
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Apple – The Competent Danger to Free Software – Part Two
The problem that everyone ignores, is that if you are a musician, you haven’t really got a lot of choice. Apple’s products are the best available for musicians. Sure, there’s some software available for the Windows platform, but really it’s not all that good. There’s some software available for Linux too, but it’s limited.
Hardware wise, Apple is a mile ahead. Almost all Macs have Firewire ports, which are a must for recording. IPhones, IPods, and IPads have a wide range of add-ons that are just incredible. Continue reading
If Apple Releases An App Store For Windows, It Can Only Be To Kill Microsoft
PS: Note that I’ve mostly left Linux out of this article. Microsoft also has to kill Linux. Oh, and I’ve mostly left Solaris out of this article. Microsoft has to kill Solaris too. And BSD. And ReactOS. And Blackberry OS. And Symbian. To quote Ambassador Londo Mollari, played to perfection by Peter Jurasik in the Television Series Babylon 5:
Only an idiot would fight a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Idiots would fight a war on twelve fronts.
Have fun Microsoft. Continue reading
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Apple – The Competent Danger to Free Software
Still while Jobs remains in control of Apple, the company will be a danger to the Free Software movement, much as the United States is a danger to the cause of individual freedom (the United States talks a good show, but consistently under performs as per this article from FindLaw). Continue reading
Apple Sues HTC For Patent Infringement – Mad Hatter Article Confuses Everybody
So if you are considering a lawsuit against a competitor who uses Free and Open Source Software in the product you claim infringes on your patents or copyrights, don’t expect the community to like what you are doing, and do expect them to do something about it. Continue reading
Apple Sues HTC For Patent Infringement, Shoots Self in Foot in Front of Information Technology Staffers Worldwide
The IT Community is made up of individuals. Lots of individuals. Millions of individuals. Compare the community to mosquitos. You can kill a mosquito with a gun, but if you do it will be more luck than skill. And like mosquitos the community doesn’t attack all from one direction, or all in one way. But they do attack, and they keep on attacking, until the target is dead. Continue reading
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