Archives for February 2010

The Mac vs. iPhone game experience

Friday, February 26, 2010

My Mac has a few games. My iPhone has more. Many more. Why? Price and game time.The Game On My Mac The games on my Mac can be numbered using the fingers on my hand. And I don’t use all my fingers to complete the count.My favorite Mac game of the year is Plants vs. Zombies. Anything with zombies... Read More »

Why a touchscreen desktop Mac won’t happen

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Apple has a huge war chest of patents; ideas for processes and methods for current and future products. Nicholas Carlson thinks Apple might be working on a desktop touchscreen. This is a bad idea.Touchscreen: Finger or Arm? Touch screen computers have been around for a few decades but as desktop PCs... Read More »

Monday, February 22, 2010

Phishing: hook, line, and sinker

This morning I received an email from American Airlines’ AAdvantage Reward Program:Welcome to the American Airlines AAdvantage(R) program, the first and largest loyalty program in the world! We are proud to inform you that today, American Airlines launch a new reward program. Please take the... Read More »

Friday, February 19, 2010

The death of literature in the haiku century

Is Google making us stupid? Nicholas Carr in The Atlantic:Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory. My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but... Read More »

Thursday, February 18, 2010

The iPad Cometh: Say Goodbye To Macs And Windows PCs

Shameless self promotion:The Mac brought massive change to the world of computers. The iPod brought change to how we listen to and manage music. The iPhone changed how we use cell phones. If this trend continues, Apple’s iPad may signal another era of dramatic change. Should we begin to prepare... Read More »

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

How often do you reboot your cell phone?

Some people recommend that your computer be restarted every day. Derek Kessler in Pre | Central recommends daily restarts for both Windows PCs and Palm Pre smart phone users. Why?As I’ve often recommended for my friends sporting Windows-running machines, rebooting every day or so is good for... Read More »

Monday, February 15, 2010

These 5 Bad Foods Are Actually Good

Quick. Name a few fast foods and desserts that are bad for you. Pizza, cheeseburgers, chocolate ice cream. Guess what? They’re actually good for you. Science to the rescue from Prevention:Science really has rescued some of our naughtiest foods from the taboo list. New studies suggest that former... Read More »

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Could the iPad aid digital-media censorship?

Frédéric Filloux in The Washington Post worries that the iPad could be used to censor bad news (at least, in France).Imagine this scenario in a coming iPad era. An iPad newsmagazine publishes an investigative piece that triggers a legal injunction: Remove that from the publication or face... Read More »

Friday, February 12, 2010

Snow is everywhere except here

From the National Weather Service and AP:Forty-nine states have snow now, from the Gulf Coast’s Redneck Riviera to the skyscrapers of Dallas. The lone holdout? Hawaii.That works for me.... Read More »

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Microsoft loves the Mac, hates Apple

As much as the 25 year rivalry between Microsoft and Apple gets the headlines—Windows vs. the Mac—I think Microsoft secretly loves the Mac and prospers handsomely from a resurgence in Mac sales and market share. Otherwise, Microsoft hates Apple. Here’s why.Microsoft, The Competitor Outside... Read More »

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