Steve Jobs Plays Big Brother

May 11, 2010

Imagine you have just bought a new DVD player. You’ve popped the popcorn and you are ready to enjoy a mindless action flick, or maybe a cheesy romantic comedy. Then you discover that the machine will not play your movie because the manufacturer does not approve of such low-quality fare. This is exactly the situation that many new iPad owners may find themselves in. Apple’s chief executive officer, Steve Jobs, …

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YouPad, iDon’t

May 3, 2010

Apple’s new iPad tablet whatchamacallit (is it a minimalist computer or an overgrown cell phone?) is flying off the shelves and into the hands of buyers who are eager to put it to good use. I have not yet figured out exactly what that good use is. I keep asking myself: What would I do with an iPad if I had one? There are a lot of Apple products in …

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A Victory For Old-School Publishers

February 9, 2010

Big retailers seldom acknowledge, let alone apologize for, the “needlessly high” price of the stuff they sell. But Amazon is feeling apologetic these days over having to boost the price of some electronic books. Amazon recently lost a much-publicized tug-of-war with Macmillan, one of the country’s six largest publishers. The outcome means that, in the short term, readers will pay more for some of Macmillan’s new releases, and this is …

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