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17 May 2013
Opinion: New tablet boots Ubuntu Linux, Android, and Windows 8

We've seen several Linux tablets emerge over the past year or so, but examples with triple-boot capabilities are much less common.
15 April 2013
Opinion: All PCs great and small: how competition and collaboration is driving tech innovation

A strange set of competitive and interdependent business relationships is driving innovation in PCs, laptops, smartphones and tablets. And for the consumer that's mostly good news.
05 April 2013
Opinion: What I'm Playing: On magic, mechanics, and musical hotel management

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02 April 2013
Opinion: Samsung Galaxy S4 gets rooted--kind of--before it even hits store shelves

If you thought the iPhone Dev-Team was quick to jailbreak new handsets or software, you'll be amazed at the speed of the Android developer community. The Samsung Galaxy S4, which is still only up for pre-order, has already been rooted.
Opinion: The Macalope: It's dumb work if you can get it

All too often, delving into an egregious act of silly punditry is like peeling an onion of dumb. So many stupid, stinky layers.
13 March 2013
Opinion: Remains of the Day: Plane and simple

An iPad might join you on your next flight to Hawaii, iPhone users consume online video at a prodigious rate, and Steve Jobs is the illustrated man. The remainders for Tuesday, March 12, 2013 are free with every purchase.
08 March 2013
Opinion: Remains of the Day: The letter two

Apple and Sony are going head-to-head--or ear-to-ear?--over music licensing, Phil Schiller posts a tweet and the Internet goes wild, and a former Apple rival joins Cupertino in taking on a new threat. The remainders for Thursday, March 7, 2013 can't read or write.
05 February 2013
Opinion: Microsoft's CEO is wrong about Office for iOS: Here's why

Rumors have been floating around for some time that Microsoft is hard at work developing Microsoft Office apps for iOS--or more specifically for the Apple iPad. Speculation about Office for iOS has grown following the launch of Office 2013 and the new Office 365, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appears to have squashed that dream for the time being.
24 January 2013
Opinion: Answer Line: Creepy permissions for Android apps

Sdlmd downloaded an Android app that wanted access to Contacts, even though it had no legitimate reason to check on friends and relatives. What can be done?
19 December 2012
Opinion: UberConference: Best conference-call manager yet?

Lately it seems like software developers are falling all over themselves to take the hassles out of conference calls.
Opinion: Remains of the Day: Square deal

Apple dispatches Eddy Cue to check in with Foursquare, Brazil offers the only iPhone you'll ever see running Android, and we think one CEO's a little obsessed with the Apple TV--and it's not Tim Cook. The remainders for yesterday, Tuesday, December 18, 2012 are changing the channel.
Opinion: 2012: the year Microsoft ran out of ideas

2012 was the year in which Microsoft finally ran out ideas, Google resorted to paying for tablet customers, and wireless speeds increased.
13 December 2012
Opinion: Remains of the Day: Measure once, cut and paste twice

Microsoft and Apple are at each other's throats over money, so it must be a day that ends in 'y.' Elsewhere, Apple may be inching closer to a TV as one of its partners looks to lay down some acreage in the U.S. and Cupertino's latest product is at least a thirty footer. The remainders for Wednesday, December 12, 2012 are redundant and repetitive.
10 December 2012
Opinion: Samsung gives Galaxy S III free 'Premium' update, adds advanced features

Samsung Galaxy S III owners can expect a New Year's upgrade with enhancements to its camera and interface.
06 December 2012
Opinion: Snapseed brings advanced photo editing tools to Android

Nik Software's robust photo editing app, Snapseed, has finally made its way to Android. The app, which is also available on iOS, lets you edit your photos using simple gesture controls, and allows you to share your newly-minted masterpieces via Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.
26 November 2012
Opinion: The Macalope Daily: All kinds of winning

It's traditional to use the appellation "number cruncher" for someone like Horace Dediu, but that seems inadequate. Dediu does not so much crunch numbers as he vaporizes them.
Opinion: Surface RT: ARM'd, but not dangerous

Windows Phone's where's-my-app theme is echoed by the Surface RT, making it unlikely that Microsoft has the power to steal market share from tablet heavyweights Google and Apple just yet.
15 November 2012
Opinion: App Spotlight: CallFlakes automates phone-call follow-ups

If your smartphone was truly smart, it would give you a lot more post-call options.
Opinion: What you need to know about accessing the Internet on a smartphone

Robert Harris asked me to explain the technologies and concerns around smartphone Internet access.
07 November 2012
Opinion: Tiny $57 PC is like the Raspberry Pi, but faster and fully open

It would be difficult to overstate the popularity of the tiny Raspberry Pi computer that launched earlier this year, but it's just one example of a rapidly growing class of small, inexpensive, Linux-powered devices, as I've already noted on several occasions before.

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