With the release of Apple’s latest laptop lineup, Apple has quietly removed FireWire 400 ports from their lineup. Released in 1995, FireWire has long been the preferred standard for attaching external hard drives, high-speed card …

I’m a little perturbed, but not completely insensed, at not being given the option to NOT backup up my iPhone every time it’s connected to my computer. And since upgrading to 16 GB of potential …

Back in the early 1980’s, my dad bought a VTR (video tape recorder, the term VCR came later) from Bruener’s in Pleasant Hill. At the time the magical tan and brick red device went for …