Posts by aaarrrgggh

You can justify Windows growth on the basis of desktop cannibalization which expands the overall market. The flaw in the logic is more that they only see a 23% long-term annual growth rate for tablet sales (15% after 2013). For MS to...

Passbook really needs a major overhaul. The idea is cute, but the implementation is miserable (on all sides). Specifically: there is a lack of security in using a fixed bar code for a financial transaction; airline tickets should...

Quote:Originally Posted by John.B I finally decided it was time to just remove Java from all my computers. I did that for about a month... then I realized I needed it to administer our firewall. There are some things you are stuck...

The idea that they would give a special, last-minute dividend to allow stockholders to save on taxes is asinine. Hopefully though they are taking advantage of the depressed share price with buybacks at least. With just $100B they could...

Quote:Originally Posted by digitalclips I still have hopes though ... It sure would be fun, but I would be much more comfortable with it hitting in 24-36 months.

Quote:Originally Posted by Rogifan Haha, and here's a headline in Marketwatch this morning (as AAPL is up $13 so far today): Apple drawing cooler view from Wall Street And here's one from Yahoo's daily ticker: How Apple Could Fall...

Quote:Originally Posted by ankleskater Quote:Originally Posted by ifij775 They need to get those iMacs out the door. That doesn't explain the drop. Agree. I am curious if the delay was deliberate, in order to move holiday sales...

Quote:Originally Posted by Ireland  Pretty soon my webbrowser will be wget|grep|more. It's already too cluttered in lynx... (I take back the Lynx comment; it defaults to the iPhone site which isn't too bad there.)

Quote:Originally Posted by sr2012 Use AdBlock on iPad with Mercury web browser or Atomic Web Browser. Yup. AppleInsider helped sell me a copy of Atomic Web Browser. Not perfect (would prefer to be able to block some specific...

Quote:Originally Posted by GTR 2016? Judging from the encroachment of advertising space on the iPad version of AppleInsider, I probably won't be reading about its completion seeing as entire articles will probably only have a few...