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Gruber on Microsoft’s decline

July 31, 2009

A rather long read from John Gruber at Daring Fireball on Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline.

They’re a software company whose primary platform no longer appeals to people who like computers the most. Their executives are either in denial of, or do not perceive, that there has emerged a consensus — not just among nerds but among [...]

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Steven Frank leaves iPhone OS platform

July 31, 2009

Panic developer Steven Frank is mad as hell, and he ain’t taking it anymore:

There’s been no indication that Apple want to do anything to resolve the problems with app store policies that have been laid bare a hundred times over. There’s no indication of anything, as a matter of fact. Nothing. After a year. It’s [...]

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Pogue on cell phone gripes and Congress

July 23, 2009

David Pogue of the NY Times has a few “Cellphone Gripes Worthy of Congress’s Time”:

Above all, though, you’ve got to wonder why, if Congress has time for things like cellphone gripes, it’s barking up this particular tree. Frankly, there are many other, much more whopping things that are broken, unfair and anticompetitive in the [...]

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Glims updates for Safari 4 beta

February 25, 2009

And my prayers were answered now that the guys at MacHangout.com have updated Glims for Safari 4b1.

I’m downloading the new version of Glims right now and am about to install.

I love Glims, and I am quickly falling in love with Safari 4.

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Review: First look at Safari 4 beta

February 24, 2009

Apple released their first public beta of Safari 4 today, and being the app junkie that I am, I gave it a spin.

My overall impression: Safari 4 has some good improvements — the least of which is not speed — but has nothing revolutionary.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s new in Safari 4:

Tabs: The most [...]

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MarsEdit is one of my favorite Mac apps

February 22, 2009

Daniel Jalkut is reminiscing about taking over MarsEdit:

A little more than two years ago, Brent Simmons came to me with an intriguing proposition. Would I be willing to talk with NewsGator about the possibility of taking over MarsEdit, the desktop blog editing software Brent had developed as an adjunct to his RSS feed reader, NetNewsWire.

My [...]

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Can you get away with cutting your cable cord?

February 19, 2009

I’m a big fan of Hulu, love my AppleTV and often rent from the iTunes store. I’ve got a Netflix account whose Watch Instantly queue is filled with old movies and television shows (currently working my way through Quantum Leap). And, yes, I run Boxee on my MacBook, MacBook Pro and on my AppleTV.

Over the [...]

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First quarter profits: Apple up, Microsoft down

January 23, 2009

Two articles in the New York Times illustrates the strength of a company that makes top-flight products and pushes the envelope with functionality and design versus a company that churns out products of the lowest common denominator that routinely disappoint.

First, on Apple:

Apple said robust sales of iPods and laptops buoyed the company amid a terrible [...]

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Steve Jobs and Rock and Roll

January 15, 2009

Lonnie Lazar over at Cult of Mac opines about the opining of Steve Jobs’ decision to step aside until the summer to get healthy again.

Some say this is just the first step of Jobs eventual departure from Apple, those believing that Jobs is going home to seek the solace of family and close friends in [...]

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iTunes Store changes: DRM-free, 3G and new pricing

January 7, 2009

Apple made three big announcements concerning the iTunes Store at their annual-no-more keynote at Macworld this week.

Here are my thoughts:

DRM-free. Great! This should have happened a long time ago. But the way Apple allows to upgrade your existing purchases is ridiculous. It’s 30 cents per song, which I can live with. But you can’t pick [...]

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