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Does this tin-foil hat make my ass look big?

Friday, November 17th, 2006
Microsoft | 6 Comments »

The Macalope fears he may have gone off the deep end.

I’ll have the schadenfreude with a side of irony, please

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
Microsoft | No Comments »

The Zune mis-launch has an ironic footnote.

Simple answers to simple questions

Thursday, November 9th, 2006
Microsoft, iPod | 3 Comments »

The Macalope responds to a question by Mr. Gruber.

Shorter Douglas McIntyre of 24/7 Wall St.

Monday, November 6th, 2006
Microsoft, Silly Pundits | 12 Comments »

Silly pundit has an odd view of how Vista will cause problems for Apple.

You’ve gotta be kidding.

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Microsoft | 17 Comments »

The many versions of Windows Vista.

Remember, an aging code base is a feature

Thursday, October 19th, 2006
Microsoft, OS X, Silly Pundits | 6 Comments »

Research shows more vulnerabilities for OS X than Windows.

Mac tool

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
Microsoft, OS X, Silly Pundits | 14 Comments »

Apple Matters’ Hadley Smith still claiming the operating system is dead.

Dear Computerworld’s Mike Elgan…

Monday, October 2nd, 2006
Microsoft, Silly Pundits, iPod | 20 Comments »

The Macalope looks at - sigh - yet another “Zune spells Doom” piece.

Zune reaches critical mass of craptacularosity

Friday, September 29th, 2006
Microsoft, iPod, iTunes | 6 Comments »

The Zune: currently no threat, if you didn’t know that already.

David Pogue is a pussy

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
Mac Blogs, Microsoft, Silly Pundits | 8 Comments »

But his post is still worth a read.