Bryan Chaffin

BOSTON, MASS. — An unknown group is urging Bostonians and hotel guests to boycott Macworld. The group is driving a large billboard trailer around the streets of downtown Boston around the convention center area asking people to “Say no to Macworld,” and to “save our jobs.” The billboard also urges people to call the Massachusetts…

In a Federal Computer Weekly article about the new Army Xserve supercomputer cluster, an exec with Colsa, the company building the cluster, says that Apple’s Xserve is a superior computer. In the same article, an analyst with Illuminata, Inc. is quoted as saying that "Apple has decided to get fairly serious with servers." Those are…

Australian newspaper the Herald Sun has published a very positive look at the iPod phenomenon. The paper heaps praise on Apple, Steve Jobs, the iPod, and the iTunes Music Store, including positive words from analysts and competitors alike. From the article: If ever a single device has had an impact on the mindset of consumers…

2nd verse, Same as the first! – Herman’s Hermits The L.A. Times has taken its turn to rip on Steve Jobs’ compensations. This is getting so common place, I almost made this one my trademarked "blah blah blah" articles. I didn’t, though, so if you don’t care to read about yet another article using selective…

Apple’s iPod, iPod mini, iTunes, and iTunes Music Store have, by nearly every measure, been tremendous hits. iPods have become the de-facto standard of portable music players, and no one has yet to match the combination of iTunes and iTunes Music Store. An editorial by Peter Burrows and Tom Lowry, appearing in BusinessWeek Online, examines…

Apple has formed a new division within the company dedicated to the iPod. Reuters is reporting that the new division will be headed by Jon Rubinstein, former Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering for Apple, while Timothy Cook, former Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Operations, will head the Macintosh division. From Reuters: Jon…

You knew it was coming: Rob Enderle has let ring his 5th Apple Death Knell in just the last few years. Today’s entry in the Apple Death Knell Counter comes in part 5 in the heads up debate between Mr. Enderle and myself in MacNewsWorld’s Death Match. This cements Mr. Enderle’s lead in the Apple…

Over the last few days, you have been treated to a heads up debate between noted Apple Death Kneller Rob Enderle and myself. Hosted by our friends at MacNewsWorld.com, Mr. Enderle and I answered three questions from MacNewsWorld, and then had the chance to rebut those answers. Today I wanted to point you to Rounds…

There are times when I really, really enjoy what I do for a living. OK, let’s be honest, I almost always enjoy what I do, but there are times when that enjoyment transcends the every day pleasures. Today, or rather this last week, is one such example. We’ve rolled our new design, we just rolled…

A fundamental flaw has been discovered in TCP, and the AP is reporting that this flaw could "cripple" the entire Internet. TCP is the protocols that sits underneath all of the other protocols and technologies that makes up the Internet. In effect, it is the technology that controls/allows digital traffic to get to its destination.…

Apple’s board of director, including CEO Steve Jobs, has a thorn in its collective side. That thorn comes in the form of the California Public Employee’s Retirement System (Calpers), one of the company’s largest shareholders. Calpers has announced that it will withhold its 1.48 million votes for Apple’s entire board of directors because the board…