Faster Forward: September 14, 2008 - September 20, 2008

Microsoft's New Message: I'm A PC

Perhaps Microsoft has finally gotten a little fed up with Apple's "Hello, I'm a Mac/And I'm a PC" ads (admit it, just reading that phrase has started that piano theme playing in your head). Only weeks after starting a rather puzzling series of ads featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld...

iPod, Therefore I Write

This is getting a little predictable: Every fall, Apple updates the iPod and I wind up devoting a column to trying out the new hardware. Thing is, with the iPod, this year's model bears little resemblance to last year's model. Apple keeps tweaking the design, like a writer who keeps...