Macworld Expo 2006 is notable not just for what appeared, but what didn’t. Although iPods were discussed at the beginning of the Steve Jobs keynote, it was largely in the context of how how Apple sold and how much it earned last quarter. Of course if you were lucky enough to get an iPod during [...]

While everyone looks to the iPod as Apple’s biggest innovation ever, it’s the small things that count. When the iMac appeared in 1998, the biggest criticism focused on what it lacked, and that was the floppy drive and SCSI port. Cynics might suggest it was a cost-cutting move at the time, but Apple’s decision to [...]