From my friend Alexis Kayhill on Mac360: Here’s a little known and less understood fact of using a Mac (or a Windows PC). Emptying the trash (or the stupid recycle bin) doesn’t really delete files. What about Secure Empty Trash in the Finder menu? Secure Empty Trash merely overwrites the data seven times, according to … Read More »

Now might be a good time to start reducing your stock of AAPL stock. The hype for the soon-to-be-released Apple iTablet, iSlate, iPad device has hit feverish levels. Now it’s called The Jesus Tablet. When? Soon, faithful masses. Soon. Ben Kunz in BusinessWeek: The iPhone is three years old, the U.S. economy is rebounding, and … Read More »

From AP: The head of mobile phone operator O2 has apologized to customers in the British capital who were unable to make calls after the group’s network was swamped by people using smart phones such as Apple Inc.‘s iPhone. What does AT&T do when smart phones clog the network? They tell customers to not use … Read More »

MacDailyNews has a tendency to remember what analysts, prognosticators, and competitors say about Apple’s chances in any given venture. For example: “We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in” … Read More »

Yet another article on why Apple’s not-yet-announced tablet device may not be a hit. Or, it might be. Or, maybe not. David Goldman from CNN Money.com: Tablet computers are hardly a new concept. In fact, Apple already brought a tablet device to the market in 1993 in the form of the Newton MessagePad. Despite a … Read More »

Apparently, the best software for Macs comes with a hefty price tag, requires classes to learn, and loved by IT departments. Erik Vlietinck in IT Enquirer: The Award winning applications we are listing win their IT Enquirer Award of Best Software of the decade for consistently delivering the same excellent quality over many years (although … Read More »

That would have been a good question to ask in, say, 2003. What does Dave Taylor say about it? That’s a surprisingly common question and when I think about the experience of going into an Apple Store, I can totally understand the confusion. There are dozens of fancy computers in the store, many demonstrating how … Read More »