Recorded 23rd February 2020 After two weeks “down and out†due to my MacBook Pro charger unexpectedly failing on me literally a couple of
Read More
Tag: Bill Gates
MyMac.com Spotlight: Mihai Marica, CEO of goPanel
Who are the people behind the technology that we love so much? We know the products, the websites, the online personalities but we want
Read More
TechFan #131 – Retirement and Game Changers
Tim and David return after a two week hiatus to discuss Steve Ballmer retiring from Microsoft and the Nintendo 2DS.
Read More
MyMac Podcast 190
Marriage of Mediocrity
Do you have any fond memories of old computer games? Tim and David do, and chat about 3D Monster Maze for the ZX81 and Dungeons of Daggorath for the TRS-80. This is the last week for Bill Gates at Microsoft, and we chat about the possible Yahoo – Microsoft merger in the segment we call the Marriage of Mediocrity. Sam Levin kicks off the show with two Cool Mac Picks, the Myvu and Partners In Rhyme.
Read More
Seven things I hate about you – an open letter to the computing industry
There are some things about the industry that just drive me nuts. I’m not going to whine about how come there little rubber feet from my iBook came off so easily, or complain that Bill Gates just doesn’t play nicely. No, what bothers me are things that could be fixed relatively easily, or exist purely for the benefit of the manufacturers and retailers, or don’t seem to have any obvious advantages to anyone.
Read More
Apple’s Cash Cow Is Dying
What does this mean for Apple Computers? Eventually they will be a software company instead of a hardware/software company (except perhaps for Servers). Right now, their cash cow is in their most excellent and world-class hardware. But the time will come when selling their venerable and legendary OS X and media software suites (in their latest versions) will be critical to their bottom line.
Read More
Bill Gates Knighted By British Queen?
Despite all I could do, I could not turn this into a Monty Python moment. Lord knows I tried. Fact is, this is just another sad turn in the strange and legendary story of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, the two computer giants of Silicon Valley
Read More
Bill Gates is a Pod Zombie?
I have observed Microsoft for a long time now. My life seems forever to be moving further into isolation and despair. I am finally alone, living in the most obscure part of the desert….
Read More
The Power to be Mediocre
The Power to be Mediocre Watching the face of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates appear on screen at Macworld, my mind immediately leaped to that famous
Read More
Miner Thoughts
My Mac Magazine #28, August ’97
Don’t you just hate it, when all that’s on TV are summer reruns? You’ve already seen them once, and now they want you to
Read More
eMail page My Mac #13, May 1996
Satan  Proof that Bill Gates is the Devil The real name of “the” Bill Gates is William Henry Gates III. Nowadays he is
Read MoreSecret Thoughts of Bill Gates
p>Secret Thoughts of Bill Gates In February I told you I wouldn’t give up my day job to become a full time poet. And
Read More