Apple has established a design platform for launching new commercial devices, from less expensive iPhone models down the road to less expensive video-enabled iPods by this summer, all with larger touch-screen displays and gesture recognition.
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Microsoft Windows Vista has arrived… People who want to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista to improve security are in for a sticker shock. Only Windows Vista Ultimate — the most expensive edition — offers the maximum level of protection. Will the less expensive editions offer enough protection?
Continue readingMicrosoft Windows Vista has arrived. Hundreds (if not thousands) of blog entries are already posted about it. David Pogue of the New York Times pointed out that Microsoft has “deliberately exploited a weak spot in today’s court of public opinion: … Continue reading
I was taken aback by The Jukebox Station, blinking its colorful LEDs and drawing a small crowd around its booth at Macworld Expo 2007 in San Francisco.
Continue readingWelcome to my blog, Tony Bove’s iTimes. We talk about what’s new and spectacular in personal technology; notably, the iPod and iTunes software for Windows PCs and Macs, the upcoming iPhone, and the world of accessories.
Continue readingIt should come as no surprise to learn that the inventors of the spreadsheet and the first companies to market spreadsheet software were refugees from the Sixties counterculture. How often have you looked at a spreadsheet and thought, what were … Continue reading
This is one to watch. And didn’t I warn you? The “Storm Worm” (as dubbed by F-Secure), which started in Europe during the onslaught of a real storm, has spread all over the world, affecting more home computers than business … Continue reading
On the Sopranos, the Mafia controls the docks, the garbage trucks, the cops, the judges — the very infrastructure of the lives of those who live in Jersey. You can’t get anything in or out without their “help” and protection. … Continue reading