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Billion apps on target

WE'RE INDEBTED to TechChrunch for news that the App Store will clock up one billion downloads sometime later today (April...
I'VE ALWAYS hated the locking of mobile phones to one carrier. Sure, in many countries, particularly the UK, locked phones...
by Paul W. Evans The piece on the TRS-80 (April 19) prompted me to recall the now-extinct dinosaur, the CPT...
Thirty years ago today MacOldie Corporation acquired its very first computer. The Tandy (Radio Shack) TRS80 had 8KB of RAM...
by Giorgos SimonidesThere is no end of advice out there for the switcher who wants to try a Mac in...
Regular readers will know that MacOldie is far too ancient to be turned on by computer games. He's made of...
Our Mac musings are now established in a virtual Mac desert, the island of Mykonos in the Aegean Sea....
Last month's preview of iPhone 3.0 software, which is due for release in June, brings a number of very...
Since I use three different Macs regularly the importance of having up-to-date data files is more than ever important. If...
Despite my love of the latest gadgets, I do have a soft spot for old mechanical contraptions such as...
When I first switched to Mac in 2005 I was still struggling with my Windows Mobile Treo and I soon...
Since I started this blog I've been meaning to review MoneyDance, my chosen accounts package. The name is a bit...