Monthly Archives: September 2009

Tweetie pricing fuss highlights App Store flaw – Macworld

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Tweetie pricing fuss highlights App Store flaw: “But three dollars, right? I mean, with that much money I could buy a third of a movie ticket! I could take the subway one and a half times! I could pay the … Continue reading →

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Apple tablet: Mac OS, or iPhone OS?

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Will the Apple tablet run Mac OS X, or iPhone OS X? I think this source of Mary Jo Foley’s sums up why it will be iPhone, even though he’s talking about Microsoft’s Courier tablet: “You can’t install Windows 7 apps … Continue reading →

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Is Apple suffering from “feature creep”?

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Practical Mac certainly thinks so with the iPod nano: “Apple throws in 15 video effects, like sepia tone, that can be used for video recording, but those effects have to be activated before shooting … Continue reading →

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How I’ve spent my career getting it wrong (and don’t regret a thing)

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

From 1995 to 2006 or thereabouts, I was a full-time journalist mostly working on the Mac market. I did pretty-much every kind of writing you can do about Macs, from help and advice to sermon-on-the-mount editorials. But most of the … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-09-23

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

How to install OS X on an HP Mini netbook (tags: mac hackintosh) Announcing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx (tags: ubuntu linux)

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Just because

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

John Gruber, 2008: “I find that it is easy to be right with what I report, because I only report what I know to be true. This is not some sort of high standard. It is basic journalism.” John Gruber, … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-09-10

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Google developing a micropayment platform and pitching newspapers: “‘Open’ need not mean free” Interesting. (tags: publishing google business)