Month: September 2007

  • Verizon FiOS: Tribbles Make for Troublesome TV

    Remember the Star Trek episode entitled “The Trouble with Tribbles“? Remember how the furry creatures ingratiate themselves with the crew, then multiply so rapidly they nearly overtake the ship? FiOS TV is like a tribble. With apologies to Dr. McCoy, FiOS TV is born pregnant with problems. I spent most of 2006 and part of…

  • OK, I admit it…the borg have won

    Those of you who know me well know that on one topic I have been completely consistent: for years I’ve considered Microsoft the ultimate market bully who simply assimilated (or copied) any technology or company it wanted to. To this day, the blood feud between IBM and Microsoft on the messaging and desktop application battle…

  • Porky Pig will love the new iPod Classic

    I was in the new Natick Collection Apple store tonight. (Yes, the “Natick Collection” is just a mall — but to be tragically hip it had to become a “collection”.) The place was mobbed and we finally got a chance to try the new iPods. I immediately went for an 80GB iPod Classic to compare…