Thursday morning at the IFA show here in Berlin, I attended a Samsung press conference and watched one of the company's executives brandish its new Galaxy S tablet. It was intriguing. But I
Published on: September 17th, 2010
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
What, precisely, is the iPad? Compared with its iconic ancestors, the iPod and the iPhone, that's a surprisingly tough question to answer. It runs the same operating system as the iPhone --but you
Published on: May 3rd, 2010
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
I think we can definitively say that Gizmodo has put a massive crimp in Apple's existing publicity plans for the next iPhone. When Apple announces the phone, the Reality Distortion Field may be
Published on: April 23rd, 2010
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
In the end, you have to try it for yourself. The world is full of people who formed fierce opinions about the Apple iPad not only before they'd used one but before they
Published on: April 6th, 2010
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
The iPad doesn't arrive in U.S. stores until Saturday, and most tech reviewers, like civilians, will need to wait until then to get their hands on one. As usual, though, Apple provided early
Published on: April 5th, 2010
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
In 2009, tech advertising took a sharp turn toward the negative. After years of being sucker-punched by Apple's anti-Windows ads, Microsoft finally fought back with a series of "Laptop Hunter" ads in which
Published on: February 3rd, 2010
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
Gadget patents can change the world, as everyone from Alexander Graham Bell to Steve Jobs has proved. Some of our favorite gadget-related patents, however, are for technologies and products that haven't changed much
Published on: January 22nd, 2010
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
Technology companies are awfully fond of comparing their work to poetry and art. Unlike most poets and artists, though, techies seem incapable of leaving well enough alone.In fact, the industry's whole business model
Published on: November 20th, 2009
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
With Windows 7, Microsoft has built support for multitouch gestures directly into the operating system. And though using your fingers to tap, flick, and pinch your way around probably won't replace the humble
Published on: October 20th, 2009
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
What if a new version of Windows didn't try to dazzle you? What if, instead, it tried to disappear except when you needed it? Such an operating system would dispense with glitzy effects
Published on: October 2nd, 2009
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
Two and a half years ago, Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone and said that its software was five years ahead of the competition; since then, the rest of the industry has been
Published on: July 2nd, 2009
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
Contrary to Microsoft marketing honcho David Webster's snarky recent assertion, Macs aren't "washed with unicorn tears" -- at least as far as I know. However, lots of extremely rational reasons exist to choose
Published on: April 28th, 2009
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
Old computer products, like old soldiers, never die. They stay on the market--even though they haven't been updated in eons. Or their names get slapped on new products that are available only outside
Published on: April 3rd, 2009
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
Panasonic TH-50PZ850U Plasma TV With Viera Cast • Web content: Picasa Web Albums, YouTube • Network connection: Ethernet • Price: $1800 (no hard drive) An appealing idea underlies the Viera Cast Internet features
Published on: March 24th, 2009
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
First, a disclaimer, just in case you weren't sure: I'm not Steve Jobs's doctor. And I believe that all of us who aren't responsible for his medical well-being are in no position to
Published on: January 19th, 2009
Harry McCracken
@itbusinessca
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