The International Space Station has switched laptops from Windows XP to Debian Linux in an attempt to improve reliability.
“What Apple means when it says it has ‘sold’ a product”
Erica Ogg breaks down what Apple means when it says it’s “sold” something – and channel inventory weighs importantly.
Another day, more hysterical anti-Apple bullshit from Bloomberg
Bloomberg just can’t help trashing Apple, no matter how hysterical or wrong-minded it is.
World of Warcraft loses 1.3M players in three months
Blizzard Activision says it’s lost 1.3 million World of Warcraft subscribers in three months.
AT&T launches new prepaid service with iPhone, other handsets
AT&T is launching a prepaid subsidiary that is selling the iPhone and other handsets.
Pixelmator 2.2 adds new shape, move, paint selection tools and lots more
Pixelmator, the excellent image editing software, has gotten a major update with its new 2.2 release.
In which Bloomberg just makes shit up about the iPad mini
Philip Elmer Dewitt has caught Bloomberg’s Tim Culpan in a lie about iPad mini demand.
T-Mobile sells half a million iPhones in a month
T-Mobile reported selling half a million iPhone 5s to new and existing customers in their most recent financial report – not bad for a month’s work.
Hollywood effects legend Ray Harryhausen dead at 92
Ray Harryhausen, the pioneering special effects master behind some of the 20th century’s most astonishing creature effects, has passed away at the age of 92.
Spock vs. Spock in new Audi ad
Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy – the two Spocks – star in a viral video from Audi. The results are hilarious, if you’re a Star Trek fan.
Iron Man set to…Iron Man
He is Iron Man. Tony Stark, I mean.
Adobe shifts from Creative Suite to Creative Cloud
Adobe’s kicking Creative Suite 6 development to the curb to focus purely on Creative Cloud.
“Addressable markets for high-end phones”
Ben Evans takes a look at the global market for phones like the iPhone, and decides that there are about 1.6 billion people left who might get one.
iPhone sales growth stalls internationally as carriers balk at subsidies
Apple’s facing global pressure to work differently with international carriers that represent huge numbers of cell phone users, in order to expand iPhone market share.
How Apple accidentally revolutionized health care
Apple’s been a major force of change in healthcare as more healthcare professionals rely on iOS devices in their daily work, and as patients also use them.
Adobe shows off Lightroom-style photo editing on iPad
Adobe showed off a prototype software app on the iPad capable of doing some pretty high-level tasks that pro photographers would love to have.
“Balrogs are assholes”
Willie Nelson auditions to be Gandalf.
IBM makes movie moving atoms
IBM’s made a short stop-motion animation to demonstrate its ability to move individual atoms.
Tim Cook coming to 11th D: All Things D conference
Tim Cook plans to return to D: All Things Digital when the 11th conference kicks off in late May.
Cookie Monster/Tom Waits – Hell Broke Luce
“Cookiewaits” mashes up Cookie Monster videos with Tom Waits songs, and the results are amazing.
Tor Books UK reports on going DRM-less, one year later
Tor Books UK went DRM free a year ago, and hasn’t suffered.
Bollywood actor goes ‘Samsung Style’ for S4 launch in India
Samsung outdid itself with its Indian launch of the Galaxy S4. It’s even cheesier than the US launch was.
In praise of MacUpdate Desktop
MacUpdate Desktop is one of Peter’s indispensable apps. Find out why.
On the shortcomings of digital calendars
Digital calendaring helps you get better organized, but it isn’t perfect – Jason Snell looks at how it can be improved.
Inside the stolen iPhone trade
There’s a big trade in stolen iPhones, but SF cops are trying to do something about it.
Logitech adds Mac support to gaming peripheral line
Logitech’s rebranded “G” gaming line is now Mac compatible.
Never mind March, analysts are already lowering AAPL June estimates
Philip Elmer Dewitt takes a sample of analyst comments to figure out how Apple stock is going to do next quarter.
How Siri keeps your data
Apple keeps data collected by Siri queries for up to two years, Wired has confirmed.
Peter on The Apple Context Machine podcast
Peter’s a guest on The Apple Context Machine’s 200th podcast, along with Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Gamet (several other guests are on this week’s episode too)
“Weeping Tim Cook Spotted Screaming For Help At Steve Jobs’ Tombstone”
The Onion satirizes Tim Cook’s trials as the head of Apple.