Stan's List

BusinessWeek repots, Cisco is using a long-held trademark on a new line of consumer handsets—less than a month before Apple is expected to release its own cell phone, A joke making the rounds on the Web Dec. 15 said the iPhone will be released on Dec. 18. More …

Fortune’s, Stephanie Mehta Nokia writes, “Motorola, Samsung and LG might be secretly rooting for the Apple phone to be a (minor) hit.” They admit they know little about Apple’s plans, who does? Yet, we believers, trust Apple to release a product that will be more than a cell phone. More …

David Pogue’s satirical look at Microsoft’s Vista recently, which compares its features with those of OS X, has attracted opprobrium from an unexpected source: most likely Mac users. As M-Net reports, some video-watchers don’t ‘geddit’.

Eloquently-phrased examples include You must be the dumbest man in America. You think that’s a DIFFERENCE? Who the @#*#*#** cares if they use a different term? It’s EXACTLY THE SAME THING! More …