Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:08 PM/EST

Thank You and Goodbye

Commentary. The recession has caused many casualties. Good companies are gone, and talented people are jobless. I've written about many of these casualties. There is just one more story to tell....

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:00 PM/EST

Apple Q2 2009 by the Numbers

News Analysis. No one is perhaps more surprised than me at Apple's stunning fiscal second-quarter results....

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Monday, April 20, 2009 2:23 AM/EST

Four New Mac Ads Are Better Than Nothing

News Commentary. Apparently Apple hasn't retired its "Get a Mac" series of commercials after all. Is it me, or is the motif and constant PC jabbing starting to feel really old?...

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:57 PM/EST

Mac Market Share Declines, Again

News Analysis. Apple's days of big Mac sales growth are over. New PC sales numbers show further Mac market share erosion....

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:31 PM/EST

Wall Street Takes Charge of Apple

New Commentary. What? You thought Steve Jobs runs the company from his couch?...

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Monday, April 13, 2009 3:04 PM/EST

Will App Store Developers Lose by Winning?

News Commentary. It's the question to ask as Apple approaches 1 billion App Store downloads. The store is like one of those houses on a Hollywood movie set: all facade, with nothing much behind it....

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Monday, April 13, 2009 2:13 PM/EST

iTunes Variable Pricing Fact and Fiction

News Analysis. Last week's iTunes variable pricing change—singles selling between 69 cents and $1.29, rather than 99 cents—means many tracks cost more compared with AmazonMP3. Plain, pure and simple....

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Monday, April 13, 2009 2:16 AM/EST

Enterprises Chucking Windows Choose Macintosh

News Analysis. Macintosh is choice du jour for enterprises deploying operating systems other than Microsoft's Windows. Uh-oh. One Linux version is catching up....

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Friday, April 10, 2009 8:12 PM/EST

A Tale of Two Switchers

News Commentary. Today, my eWEEK Labs colleague Cameron Sturdevant explained why he is switching from a Windows PC to a Mac. But don't cheer. There's a reverse switcher story....

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Friday, April 10, 2009 3:03 PM/EST