This week’s New York Times editorial agrees with the US Copyright Office that “jailbreaking” an iPhone, or hacking it to make it run non-Apple-approved apps, is legal, and Apple is not allowed to charge a fine. The Copyright Office’s ruling essentially says that you should be able to do whatever you want with a piece [...]
I read the following quote today, said by Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer (courtesy of All Things D): “Frankly, the economy is good for us, because people do understand that Macintoshes are quite a bit more expensive for essentially the same computer.” So he’s expecting to have strong sales, thanks to the bad economy. I disagree. [...]
Walter Mossberg, the tech columnist at the Wall Street Journal, wrote an article today on the new Windows 7, which he says is a huge improvement over Vista. In fact he says Windows 7 may be as good as Mac OS X. Here are a few places where he says the Mac still beats Windows: [...]
Baseball fans who don’t live near their childhood homes have several options for watching their favorite teams’ games, but there’s a great new way. The Roku, a small $99 box which easily attaches to your TV, lets you watch any game by any team in near-HD quality, provided you’re not geographically close to either team [...]
Novatel Wireless has just announced that their MiFi 2200 device, a personal portable wireless network that goes with you everywhere. It runs on Verizon’s 3G high-speed network, so your internet is fast (unless there’s no 3G where you are, of course). Should be available May 17, if their press release is to be believed. It’s [...]
There are a handful of companies who manufacture hard drives: Hitachi, Samsung, Western Digital, Seagate, and Toshiba (who just this year bought Fujitsu). In a testament to the benefits of a competitive marketplace, they are always attempting to leapfrog one another by offering bigger, faster drives. Until recently, your top option for laptops was either [...]
