Apple Computer Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:03:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Apple and China, or Why the U.S. Middle Class is Shrinking https://dfarq.homeip.net/apple-and-china-or-why-the-u-s-middle-class-is-shrinking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-and-china-or-why-the-u-s-middle-class-is-shrinking https://dfarq.homeip.net/apple-and-china-or-why-the-u-s-middle-class-is-shrinking/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:38:10 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=4874 “Companies once felt an obligation to support American workers, even when it wasn’t the best financial choice,” said Betsey Stevenson, the chief economist at the Labor Department until last September. “That’s disappeared. Profits and efficiency have trumped generosity.” Apple Computer,

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/apple-and-china-or-why-the-u-s-middle-class-is-shrinking/feed/ 2 4874 Help someone plug a computer into a TV, become a criminal https://dfarq.homeip.net/help-someone-plug-a-computer-into-a-tv-become-a-criminal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=help-someone-plug-a-computer-into-a-tv-become-a-criminal https://dfarq.homeip.net/help-someone-plug-a-computer-into-a-tv-become-a-criminal/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:00:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3777 Digital video is confusing. You get some clear advantages, since signal degradation becomes a thing of the past, but if you’re not someone who works in video for a living, it’s difficult to keep it all straight. And standards are

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/help-someone-plug-a-computer-into-a-tv-become-a-criminal/feed/ 4 3777 How IBM and DOS came to dominate the industry https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-ibm-and-dos-came-to-dominate-the-industry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-ibm-and-dos-came-to-dominate-the-industry https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-ibm-and-dos-came-to-dominate-the-industry/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:27:30 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=175 Revisionist historians talk about how MS-DOS standardized computer operating systems and changed the industry. That's very true. But what they're ignoring is that there were standards before 1981, and the standards established in 1981 took a number of years to take hold.

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