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Can I compare a sub-$200 Chromebook to a Macbook Air? 25 Aug 2013 | 01:26 am
I bought a Chromebook. Back in April, I reviewed a loaner Chromebook – a CDN$269 Samsung model. Overall, I enjoyed the experience; the hardware was reminiscent of an 11” Macbook Air ultralight noteboo...
Get Netflix Working on Your G4 Mac 22 Aug 2013 | 04:38 am
I’ve discussed the LocationFree player and base stations before, but there is one more use for these devices that many might not be aware of – the ability to control Netflix (and even a first generati...
Jef Raskin, the Visionary Behind the Mac 20 Aug 2013 | 03:31 am
Jef Raskin founded the Macintosh project at Apple, which led to the development of the Apple Mac and the popularisation of the graphical user-interface. He was Apple employee #31 and left the Macintos...
The Apple IIGS, Apple’s Home Computer for 1986 20 Aug 2013 | 02:11 am
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, computing made a great leap forward with the advent of 16-bit microcomputers like the Macintosh, Commodore Amiga, and Atari ST. The Apple II, introduced in 1978, was...
The Ill-Fated Apple III 20 Aug 2013 | 02:03 am
As a computer manufacturer, Apple gets a strangely distorted press. Its position as the only serious commercial competitor to Microsoft guarantees that every move the company makes is documented – and...
Reader: Making Articles Easier to Read in iOS 20 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
Sometimes it is the simplest things in the tech world, that make things easier. This time it is the Reader feature of iOS Safari. I love reading articles on my iPhone, but its screen size doesn’t alwa...
Michael Spindler: The Peter Principle at Apple 17 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm
Michael Spindler was born during the last throes of Nazi Germany. The family was split up before Spindler was born, because his father was forced to work at a munitions plant. The absence of his fathe...
Good-bye Woz and Jobs: How the First Apple Era Ended in 1985 17 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am
Apple started 1984 with a bang. The Macintosh was finished, and it was well received by the general public, largely due to a highly successful advertising campaign beginning with the 1984 ad. One year...
The Rise of Google: Beating Yahoo at Its Own Game 15 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm
Before 1995, search engines relied on databases of textual keywords to find relevant results. Whenever a user entered a search term, search engines such as AltaVista and Lycos would compare the search...
Perfect Timing: The iMac’s Introduction in May 1998 15 Aug 2013 | 05:13 pm
The iMac went on sale 15 years ago. We can’t think of a better time to resurrect and slightly update this article from five years ago. In 1984, Apple Computer, a pioneer in the personal computer field...
