Greece’s “Argentina” Moment
Watching the news coming out of Greece over the weekend reminded me of the economic crisis in Argentina in 2001. Growing public unrest, a history of military in...
Author: JM
When Apple Became “The Man”
This weekends pranking of the future Apple store in Hamburg shows just how far perceptions of Apple and Microsoft have changed. This puts Microsoft in the posit...
Microsoft’s Nokia Nightmare
Last week saw a lot of speculation regarding Microsoft’s possible acquisition of Nokia’s mobile devices business. The rumor was quashed by Stephen E...
Five Things Politicians Need to Understand About Data Centers
The Office of Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia issued a press release today trumpetting their success in convincing Microsoft to build its latest Gen4 Data Ce...
Why Its Time to Break Up Microsoft
Microsoft posted a record quarterly profit of $4.5B on record revenue of $16.04B after the markets closed yesterday. The EPS of 51 cents blew away analysts cons...
Why Regulators Need to Mandate Open Data Protocols in the Cloud
TechCrunch’s article about Intuit’s decision to shut down Quicken OnLine and not let users migrate their data to the new service Mint.com is an outs...
Fix for iPad ‘Error 14’
[Updated with Windows 7 File location] The update of my iPad to version 3.2.1 of iOS failed last night. iTunes reported that an ‘Error 14’ had occur...
Do Home PCs Have a Negative Impact on Student Achievement?
The answer to that question is a big yes if you believe the results of a large study carried out by Professors Malamud of the University of Chicago and his coll...
Does Economic Growth Require a Growing Population?
The UK’s Royal Society has just announced a major new research project on the implications of population growth. The study is to be headed by the Nobel La...
Microsoft’s Crisis in Perception (Part 4)
In parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series I made the case that Microsoft is mistakenly viewed as a consumer products company when in reality the core of its business c...