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About today’s Macbook announcements

Apple released evolutionary updates to their MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro notebook computers today. My take? Whoop-de-freaking-do.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-14-2008
OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now available

I like the idea of an alternative Microsoft Office suite a lot. That said, I’m not sure a huge fan of OpenOffice.org, and God knows I’ve tried. It just seems big, slow, and bloated to me, and they’ve moved too slowly to make it work like the underlying OS. What I’d like to see is something small, fast...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-13-2008
Uninstall MobileMe

Thanks to Derek E., who notes that there's a hidden feature of iTunes 8: You can now uninstall the MobileMe control panel, which was a huge complaint from previous iTunes versions. Here's a shot: Obviously, it would be better if this piece of junk was optional, but at least now you can rid your...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-14-2008
Quickie, off-the-cuff reaction to today's iPod/iTunes announcements

It's been a long day, and I still have to head out to see some folks for dinner, so I won't have time for a long write-up until tomorrow at the earliest. But here are some early reactions to what Apple announced today. Dominant. Apple controls 73.4 percent of the market for MP3 players in the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-09-2008
Welcome to Chromium

I'm surprised that there isn't a Google Chrome Blog. After all, the company has about 1100 different blogs, and seems to have one for just about every product and service it makes. That said, Google does have a Chromium Blog , which is about the open source project behind Chrome. It's a start...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-02-2008
Mac laptops cost twice as much as PC laptops

So this one is sure to draw some fire. I should note that in my own experiences shopping for notebooks (and yes, I did recently buy a Macbook), Macs are definitely more expensive than PCs. However, I’ve never seen the 100 percent markup described here by Joe Wilcox: On Saturday, Aug. 2, I got to wondering...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-06-2008
MobileMe photo upload finally fixed on Windows

I check almost every single day to see whether it’s finally possible for Windows users to upload photos to MobileMe using a Web browser. It’s never worked right. But as of today, it actually works. To be a bit more clear, it “sort of worked” before in that it would work on only one supported browser...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-29-2008
You know MobileMe is a piece of junk when ... (Updated)

This one reads like a Jeff Foxworthy (of "you know you're a redneck when..." fame) joke. As in, you know MobileMe is a piece of @#$% when even Walter Mossberg, the world's most prominent support of Apple products, can't find anything good to say about it . I look back, smiling,...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-24-2008
Hello, Android

Obviously with all the iPhone 3G hoopla from last week, there's been a lot of Apple, Apple, Apple here and elsewhere. But the iPhone isn't the only viable smart phone platform in town (though I'd argue it's still the best one and, oddly enough, already the most mature). I'm also interested...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-14-2008
Making Microsoft cool ... Is it even possible?

A fascinating article proving that Microsoft is indeed listening to criticisms about its image: Now Crispin has been handed perhaps its biggest challenge to date: Microsoft. The tech giant stunned the ad world in March when it passed over safer choices like Fallon, JWT, and its agency of record, McCann...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-17-2008

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