One of Apple's most influential pundits zeroes in on what's wrong with the company
Gruber at Macworld 2010. Photo: PED
Daring Fireball's John Gruber -- a Drexel University computer major turned professional blogger -- is perhaps the most forceful and articulate defender on the Web of all things Apple (AAPL). He came to Macworld Expo 2010, however, not to praise the company but to probe its vulnerabilities
He took his task seriously MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 13, 2010 3:16 AM ET
You spend all your time on tweets and Facebook status updates anyway. Why not do it for your President?
With unemployment weighing heavily on the economy, Barack Obama is stressing his ability to create jobs. He's even got one available, posting Facebook updates and tweets on behalf of the President of the United States.
Organizing for America, an organization under the umbrella of the Democratic National Committee is looking for a "Social MORE
Michael V. Copeland, Senior Writer - Feb 12, 2010 6:16 PM ET
The man who wrote MacPaint plugs his former employer's latest product
Atkinson with one of his fine-art prints. Photo: PED
"I think this guy is going to be a real winner," said Bill Atkinson, holding up what looked like an Apple (AAPL) iPad tablet computer before an adoring audience at Macworld Expo.
It was only a cardboard mock-up, created to show what his latest project -- Bill Atkinson PhotoCard -- would look MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 12, 2010 2:10 PM ET
Data gathered in January show a rush of new projects on the iPhone operating system
Click to enlarge. Source: Flurry Analytics
Measured by the number of new applications being written for each type of device, Google's (GOOG) Android operating system was closing the gap with Apple's (AAPL) iPhone throughout the second half of 2009, according to Flurry Analytics.
Tracking new application starts, Flurry observed a 25% month-over-month growth in new Android projects MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 12, 2010 8:26 AM ET
Macworld Expo proves it can attract a crowd -- and some cool technology -- without Apple
The bustling show floor. Photo: PED
IDG World Expo's publicists declined to issue an attendee count beyond the 30,000 people it claimed had pre-registered for Macworld Expo 2010, the first in 25 years without Apple's (AAPL) support or participation.
But judging from the bustling crowds on the show floor, in the feature presentations and in the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 11, 2010 9:05 PM ET
SanDisk founder and CEO Eli Harari holds one terabyte of flash memory during an interview about the future of the storage market. Photo: Jon Fortt.
Flash memory might rule the roost when it comes to gadget storage – all the sleekest devices from smartphones to the upcoming iPad use it – but it can be tough to make a profit selling the stuff.
No one knows that better than Eli Harari. MORE
Jon Fortt - Feb 11, 2010 4:04 PM ET
Who needs Steve Jobs when you can have the song-and-dance man of high-tech?
Pogue (right) interviews LeVar Burton. Photo: PED
David Pogue, Emmy-winning tech columnist, "Missing Manual" millionaire and Broadway composer manqué, pulled out all the stops as he kicked off the first day of Macworld Expo.
He sang (three of his favorite song parodies, see below). He cracked wise (mocking Steve Ballmer's exuberance, Steve Jobs' absence and the iPad's lack of MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 11, 2010 3:16 PM ET
A few people have asked me, what gives with Google Buzz and should I just turn it off? First off, that's an option. Turn it off if it annoys you; you can always turn it on later.
But if you're going to turn it on, keep in mind that while Google offers myriad privacy settings, it currently defaults to settings that make most information public, including your lists of followers and MORE
Jessi Hempel, writer - Feb 11, 2010 3:15 PM ET
In the latest installment of Connected, Fortune Senior Editor at Large Adam Lashinsky sits down with Adobe (ADBE) CEO Shantanu Narayen to discuss hacking threats from China and beyond, competing with tech giants Microsoft and Google and explaining the reasons behind the Omniture deal.
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Ben Baer, Senior Producer - Feb 11, 2010 1:14 PM ET
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