Author: Owen Rubin

Owen Rubin was one of the first people to program arcade video games for Atari a long time ago, and designed arcade video games for almost 15 years. He later joined Apple where he worked on both hardware and software projects, and was the key player on the MacLC, bootable CD, several pieces of Mac system software, as well as a contributor to many other CPU projects. He later worked for Pacific Bell to lead the design of services for the first commercial broadband system in the US, and then went on to be the lead researcher of broadband for Paul Allen's Interval Research. Since then, he has been an executive at a number of startups in security and semiconductors, and CTO of Edison Labs, a startup focusing on helping commercial clients write and develop mobile apps. Right now, he is looking for the next great thing (hint hint!)

Vote for me, my opponent has bad breath.

November 30, 2006February 16, 2025 Review 0

In many places around the US, it is voting time. And we all know what that means. Time to go to the polls and

Microsoft LIVE is dead…wrong

November 30, 2006February 16, 2025 Review 0

In an attempt to take business away from other companies like Google, Yahoo, and Mapquest, Microsoft has introduced us to LIVE at http://www.live.com. LIVE

War on Christmas Gets Ugly

November 30, 2006February 16, 2025 Review 0

There is a “War on Christmas” it seems. But is it what you really think? Well, for the 4th year in a row, some

Must Have Shareware or Freeware for Your Mac

October 18, 2006August 14, 2011 Opinion 0

I had to reformat my PowerBook recently, and that meant putting back all the software I normally use. What follows is my list of what I believe are some of the “must have gadgets” for the Mac. This list is only for gadgets and fun, smaller applications only.

Shure I Series Integrated Sound Isolating Earphones + Mobile Headset
Review

October 3, 2006August 14, 2011 Earphones, Review 0

If I am listening to music on my earphones, and the phone rings, I have to remove the music earphones, and either answer on the phone itself, or grab a wireless headset to talk on the phone. But the smart folks at Shure solved this problem for both Treo owners and iPod owners with a very clever set of products: The i2c, i3c, and i4c (or i2c-t, i3c-t, and i4c-t) “Integrated Sound Isolating Earphones + Mobile Headset, selling at $119, $199, and $319 respectively.

Radiient Speakers
Review

February 10, 2006August 1, 2011 Review, Speakers 0

Every once in while I come across a new product or company that I think is doing some very cool stuff, and feel the need to talk about them. Radiient is one of these, and while not a Macintosh product, I felt a review of their new speakers was in order here, as their target audience is very similar to Mac users. Basically, people who can appreciate high quality start-of-the-art products.

A quick walk of Macworld

January 16, 2006July 31, 2011 Macworld Expo 0

I was impressed as once again as Apple makes a major hardware or software transition and make it happens seamlessly. The new Macs, while not as speedy as I hoped, seemed to run everything just fine without problems. Read more…

From Owen, some Macworld Expo pictures

January 11, 2006August 1, 2011 Macworld Expo 0

Owen Rubin shows us some of the sites from Macworld Expo today.

TaxCut Abandons Macintosh

January 9, 2006August 1, 2011 Opinion 0

For the past few years, H&R Block people have pushed to get coverage for TaxCut, their excellent tax software for both PC and Mac. This year, they simply dropped the Mac without notice or warning.

The 12 Days of Xmas Gets Costlier

December 9, 2005July 31, 2011 Opinion 0

If you are thinking about buying your true love all the items for the 12 days of Christmas song this year, expect to shell out 6.1% more this year than last. The cost of gift giving has gone up.