A Call to Action: It's Time Google Put Apple in Their Place

If you follow tech news in general like I do, you probably know that Apple is suing everybody who has any affiliation with Google's Android at all. HTC and Samsung cases have received the most attention in the Apple biased blog sphere because they are cases in which Apple has won, though one case in particular that received a lot of fanfare from Apple fans actually voided one of Apple's frivolous patents. Apple fans the world over were too busy kissing Jobs' butt to notice. Motorola recently sued Apple over mobile technologies and won. This was largely ignored by Apple fans but reported on by Android and Microsoft centered blogs. All that to say that I won't blame you for thinking that Google and their Android OEMs are just bunch of thieves. It's difficult to search the web without reading from the Apple biased media about how Apple is awesome and Google (and Microsoft, for that matter) is garbage.

Thoughts on Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, stepping down.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple last week. Though he did not discuss the reasons for this move, there is no reason at all to think that it is not directly related to his health.

The Tech Companies I Love and Hate: Apple

Most of my friends are Apple zombies. Some of them really like Apple's products. I don't fit into either of those categories. Because of this, most of my friends see me as a blind, Apple hating wacko. My facebook threads and Tweets don't help me prove them wrong. I thought I'd take a moment and shed some light on my true feelings about the Cupertino, CA, based company.

Nintendo and Sony vs The World

For over two decades, Nintendo has completely dominated a market that they single-handedly created: the hand held market. They've left many foes in their unstoppable wake. The biggest casualty being that of Sega. And although Sony has managed to survive an entire hand held life cycle, it's been an extremely rough ride. But as the two juggernauts prepare to release the Nintendo 3DS and the Sony Next Generation Portable, they may soon find that they are on the same team as a common and much bigger foe emerges: the mobile industry.

The iTunes ecosystem and why I want out

When iPod was first released I was very excited. The thought of not having to carry around a portable CD played and wallet full of CD's sounded like a dream come true.

I installed iTunes on my laptop and was amazed. This thing did everything that Windows Media Player promised to do but never quite managed to accomplish. It was still early in it's life, so I had to input a lot of the information manually. But after a few hours of ripping and suffering through the manual entries, I was ready to go.