In this day and age, if a theory is even vaguely possible, someone will provide a credible-sounding reason why it must be so. For example, now that a couple of relatively ineffectual viruses strains are found that can impact Macs, it means that Macs are no longer safe. Forget, for the moment, that there have [...]

No doubt loose lips spoiled the big surprise about the $7.4 billion merger between Steve Jobs’ “other” company and Disney. Regardless, if the counterculture atmosphere at Pixar can remain intact, it augers well for the company’s future. But I’m not writing this column to deliver still another analysis on whether this high-profile marriage will succeed, [...]