I’m writing this post from my battered little clamshell iBook I mentioned in my previous post about the sad death of my iBook G4. With the clamshell’s slow (300MHz) processor speed and old OS (9.1), I’m having to do most of my blogging work with one hand tied behind my back. The browser version I’m [...]

Sometime in the wee hours of Friday night or Saturday morning, my little family slumbered peacefully. Tucked away in its snug and comfortable bed, my little iBook peacefully dreamed of electric sheep… until it happened. Without the slightest of pathetic electrical bleeps, it gave up the ghost. Alas! Apparently, some important solder welds on the [...]

I just found this on TechCrunch about Apple’s new deal with EMI to sell DRM free music files via iTunes. Lots of people have been waiting for this in the wake of Steve Job’s open letter regarding DRM. I’ll be interested in seeing what the reaction of the industry is to this announcement. At first [...]