Monthly Archives: January 2002

Well, the Airport connection wasn’t working inside the main hall at Moscone Center in San Francisco, where Steve Jobs gave his keynote speech for the Macworld show. Jobs’s famous Reality Distortion Field was on high beam, however. Actually, I don’t … Continue reading →

I’m in the middle of reinstalling my OS and apps on my new Titanium G4 PowerBook for the second time this weekend. It’s clear now that I can’t install anything and be sure it’s not going to cause a corruption … Continue reading →

Like most reporters who follows the ever-amazing adventures of Apple Computer, I’m heading to San Francisco early tomorrow for Steve Jobs’ keynote speech at the annual Macworld expo and conference at Moscone Center. if it lives up to the pre-event … Continue reading →

On a recent trip to China I stopped by the headquarters of Red Flag, a Linux software company in Beijing, and talked about prospects for the OS in the world’s most populous nation. Here’s the column that came out of … Continue reading →

Frank Rich (NYT): Patriotism on the cheap. There’s a vacuum of leadership in defining what real patriotism might be for the many Americans who are not in uniform but who came together on Sept. 11, eager to be part of … Continue reading →

The speculation is rampant that Apple is getting ready to announce a killer PDA at the Macworld show next week. I’m skeptical, but it would be great to see something new that moves the bar up in a category that … Continue reading →

O’Reilly Network: Patent threat to W3C’s RDF technology. Applications that use Resource Description Framework (RDF), a W3C technology based on XML, are under threat from patent claims. Such applications potentially include the popular Mozilla browser and any program processing RSS … Continue reading →

What will the latest federal judge hearing the Microsoft antitrust case do? Your guess is as good as mine. Here’s my annual predictions quiz. See if you agree. Comments

Surprisingly, there’s still a great deal of speculation about the future of Mac OS X, Apple’s latest and operating system. Two people I respect — Henry Norr of the San Francisco Chronicle and Andrew Orlowski of the Register — have … Continue reading →