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Not exactly a kind review of Siri.   I’ve read a lot of similar commentary over the last few days. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/testing-siri-your-iphone-assistant-2011-10-14?siteid=nbch

I have seen a bunch of articles on this in the last few days as well.  My personal experience was that my iPhone4 and my iPad2 both updated fine on the day after the release of iOS 5.   On the launch day my iPhone4 upgrade attempt took forever and ultimately failed.

https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/virus-hits-drone-fleet/

This very humorous video illustrates that the world is now different.   https://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=840203633&ids=0RejkQe38Md3wIe3gUd3APcjgUb3cPdzcMcz0Qe2MVd3oRdPcMd3wIe3gVe3APcjgU&aag=true&freq=daily&trk=eml-tod-b-all-96&ut=1OeXnDBUqXm4Y1

IBM Corp. sold the IBM PC Co. to Lenovo when they exited the PC business.  Now they say Lenovo is the number two PC manufacturer.  Lenovo continues the heritage of IBM making the ThinkPad brand of laptops. https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220791/Lenovo_passes_Dell_in_disappointing_PC_market?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2011-10-13

In March 1980 I was 18 years old.  I went with my dad to the West Coast Computer Faire at Moscone Center in San Francisco.   There I was sitting at the Apple User’s Group Meeting as the proud owner of an Apple II (serial number 3198 purchased in 1977).  I was sitting in the front […]

Judging from my eight year olds extreme interest in iPad games, this should be a hit. https://www.cultofmac.com/115973/disney-is-about-to-turn-your-ipad-into-an-interactive-game-board/

Interesting commentary from InfoWorld on iPad (aka Safari) browser use dramatically increasing despite Android devices having dramatically outsold iPads.   I love my iPad2 for casual web browsing.  Apparently a whole lot of others do too. https://www.

Finally an attempt to cut down on the charger plug clutter. https://www.gizmag.com/apple-iphone-micro-usb-adapter/20094/picture/144394/

An interesting article discussing the fact that Microsoft Windows XP use is on the decline with just over 50% of the computers running Windows XP.  At the same time the rate of Windows 7 adoption continues to increase.   The article states that they expect the number of Microsoft Windows 7 machines in use to exceed […]