Nissan and Toyota sue each other for making similar products. Toyotas are to be banned in the UK while Nissans are to be banned in the USA. Sounds ridiculous? Well it is and it’s not true. But this is exactly what Apple and Samsung are ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak. The KickPed is a custom Know-Ped, manufactured in the same factory in California, Patmont Motor Werks, but made to a lean and mean customized set of specifications, exclusively for one retail store, NYCeWheels in New York City. In some ways it ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak A couple of decades ago I bought a notebook computer and Windows 3.0 and Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Today, as I prepare my iMac for the upgrade to OSX Lion, I deleted all Power PC applications that will no longer ... Read More

Copyright © 2011 Apple Inc. By Jeffrey the Barak Back in the days of Windows 3.0, which I seem to remember being 1990, I acquired my first mouse. Then for twenty years I spent most of every day with my right hand on or near ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Very different capabilities and different prices, but this comparison is completely valid, because it’s about which system better serves lightweight, traveling, out of the home or office, on the go, computing. I work at home, and in my office I use ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak In the tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson, first published in 1837, the hero of the story is the little boy who screams “He’s naked”. In his innocence and honesty, he sees the truth. This little boy is ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Single serve coffee and single serve espresso are the fastest growing trends in home coffee preparation. While the cost per cup can be a lot higher than you would pay with a normal coffee maker or home espresso machine, capsule systems ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Some of you may have browsed to this review on the-vu between December 16th 2010 and January 17th 2011 and found a very different story. Due to a hardware conflict, namely a radio device in my particular computer, I failed to ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Stuff? That could mean anything but more often than not these days it means your information, not so much your pictures and music, but your contacts, and your calendar. Back in the paper and leather era, we could lose our Filofax ... Read More

I may be the thousandth person to publish a why I will be buying or won’t be buying an iPad rant, but here goes. I am an Apple enthusiast, with a 27″ iMac, a white Macbook and an iPhone 3G, and I like all of ... Read More