Nik Rawlinson

The law’s not always an ass

by Nik Rawlinson on 13 May 2010 in Editorial

Common sense prevails as US court rules against claims of hearing loss. The law is an ass, said Dickens. Or, more accurately, ‘a ass’, as Mr Bumble spoke it. To that, I would add ‘sometimes’. Most often it’s actually pretty spot on. No doubt you could name me half a dozen miscarriages of justice – [...]

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Variety is the spice of life

by Nik Rawlinson on 13 May 2010 in Editorial

It’s good to mix things up, which is why MacUser welcomes Chrome… Do we need another browser? Of course not. Safari makes a better-than-decent stab at rendering web pages, and it’s fast – well, fast enough – for most needs. That hasn’t stopped Google from rolling out Chrome for the Mac, though, albeit in beta [...]

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End of the line for Psystar?

by Nik Rawlinson on 13 May 2010 in Editorial

Mac cloner’s defeat is good news not just for Apple, but for consumers, too. Could the Psystar story finally be drawing to a close? If you’ve missed it – somehow – Psystar, a US-based PC builder, found a way to convince Mac OS X that its PCs were actually Macs. It was a clever bit [...]

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As if it wasn’t sweet enough…

by Nik Rawlinson on 13 May 2010 in Editorial

…Apple has piped the final icing on the iPhone cake: a choice of network. Apple CEO Steve Jobs came to London in 2007. He pulled up a stool at the front of the Regent Street Apple Store and announced to the nation that iPhone was here. Or at least it would be within the next [...]

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Touching on a painful lesson

by Nik Rawlinson on 13 May 2010 in Editorial

Storing all your data on a mobile device isn’t always a good thing. It’s all too easy to coast through life, doing what you do because everyone else does the same… until it’s all too late. Only then do you consider the consequences. Here’s a cautionary tale. I was out for a meeting as we [...]

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