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Newsletter #463 Preview: Third Parties Still Offer Mac OS X’s Missing Pieces

October 12th, 2008

Just the other day, I got a press release and smiled. It came from an old friend, Evan Gross, author of Spell Catcher, that venerable system-wide writing tool. Indeed, it has gone through a number of incarnations and several publishers over the years, before Evan decided to let his company, Rainmaker, Inc., do it all.
It [...]


A Warning About Mac Security Fear Merchants

September 22nd, 2008

You’ve heard the same sad tale over and over again: Now that Macs are finally becoming really popular, it’s inevitable that malware will soon infect this platform in a significant way. Just you wait, and all this crying wolf will soon become up close and personal. No tilting at windmills, but real, honest to goodness [...]


Newsletter #460 Preview: Microsoft Tries Again and Again to Find Itself

September 21st, 2008

You’d think a company that owns more than 90% of its primary market would understand how to sell its products and services. After all, isn’t that how they made it to the top?
Well, it appears Microsoft hasn’t found the going terribly easy when it comes to convincing individuals and companies that Windows Vista is impressive [...]