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Market Share Myth: Nailed!

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:37:56 -0700

In The Apple Market Share Myth, I demonstrated how overall market share numbers can be used to suggest ideas that have no basis in reality. Here, I’ll look at the slippery aspect of numbers, prove tha

The Apple Market Share Myth

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:00:37 -0700

According to proponents of this myth, a vendor’s market share numbers speak for themselves as a critically important factor in selecting a technology product or platform. They're wrong, here's why.

New Media and Free Market Choice

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:00:37 -0700

The Online Music and Media Rental Myth introduced the two extremes in viewpoint on intellectual property rights: the media producers who think their content is worth any price they can ask, and the pe

The Online Music and Movie Rental Myth

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:00:53 -0700

According to proponents of this myth, the real road to obscene profits in movies, music, software, and other digital media lies with online subscription rentals, not direct sales. They're wrong, here'

How to Build a Free and Simple Ajax Menu

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:00:18 -0700

Here’s a free way to add a simple, Ajax enabled menu to your site. I’m using iWeb, but it doesn’t matter what tool you use to publish your web pages. It just uses a simple collection of Javascripts to

CNET's Charles Cooper Strikes Out in iPod Attack

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:00:38 -0700

There’s a common misconception about what it means to be proprietary. Here’s a disassembly of one of the worst articles yet on the subject, written by CNET's executive editor, Charles Cooper. Proprie

Generation 6 iPods

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:00:16 -0700

The iPod turns five years old this fall, and is due for its annual revamping. Apple keeps a tight lid on future plans, but here's a look at three designs for Generation 6 iPods, along with three softw

The Microsoft iPod-Killer Myth

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:00:41 -0700

According to proponents of this myth, Microsoft is out to kill Apple's iPod with a player they will design and build on their own. Once it arrives, they expect Microsoft to clean up not only the music

The Microsoft Invincibility Myth

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:00:05 -0700

According to proponents of this myth, Microsoft's expertise in building software platforms ensures that everything that Microsoft does will turn to gold. This supposed invincibility is used to prove h

Using iSight as a Hand Gesture Input Device

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:20:42 -0700

Apple has included simple hardware features on their laptops that have found new and different applications in the minds of users. Here are two enabling technologies that made news recently, along wit