PC World has released a list of its Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007, and a lot of them are likely to resonate with anyone involved with new media. Here’s some of the article’s highlights: Amazon Unbox – The interface is cluttered and ugly–lacking both the simplicity and sophistication of the Apple iTunes Store or NetFlix’s [...]

Podcasting pioneer Dave Winer writes on his blog that Leopard “is not a good operating system release.” Winer compares the Leopard update to Windows: “It’s that unpleasant to use. It disappears for long periods of time. Systems that didn’t used to crash now crash regularly. On one system three hard disks were rendered unusable, and [...]

It looks like Apple’s decision to delay the release of Leopard still didn’t give them enough time to give the operating system update a thorough testing. After four hours+ of updating, the OS X 10.5 install turned my Powerbook G4 into a doorstop. After doing the upgrade, the laptop is requiring a login, though it [...]

Apple releases the latest version of its operating system, OS X, tomorrow. While the update offers more than 300 new features, most of them are incremental improvements. There are also quite a few head-scratchers in the update. Do we really need birthday templates for email? We’d rather see Apple fix email, which is currently crippled [...]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote speech is being called the worst keynote ever. Maybe it was the Leopard update. While Leopard looks like it will feature nice refinements to OS X, enhancements don’t wow, especially enhancements that most people won’t see for months. Maybe it was the announcement that Apple’s solution for opening the [...]

While updates to Apple’s OS X, iPhone app development and Safari for Windows may be the most talked-about introductions from Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote address, updates to Mac OS X Leopard Server include significant features for podcasters. According to Apple, Leopard Server is the most significant improvement to the server operating system since Mac OS [...]

Apple today unveiled a near final version of Mac OS X Leopard, the sixth major release of the Mac operating system. Scheduled to ship in October, Leopard introduces over 300 new features, including: a new Desktop and Dock with Stacks, an intuitive new way to organize files; an updated Finder featuring Cover Flow and a [...]