Michael Miller

Apple on Wednesday introduced Boot Camp, a program to allow Windows XP to run on an Intel-based Macintosh. Although Windows has already been successfully booted on several Macs, the software is Apples acknowledgement that customers are interested in dual-booting the Apple OS as well as Windows XP on its new Intel-powered Macs. Boot Camp will […]

Jim Louderback and I attended The Wall Street Journals “D: All Things Digital” conference this week. Jim left Tuesday to attend the Future in Review conference, while I stuck around for the second day of “D,” hosted by the Journals Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. The conference actually started Sunday night with a discussion with […]

Apple has announced that the next version of its OS X operating system, called “Tiger,” will go on sale on Friday, April 29. While Im still waiting for the final code, Ive seen a number of demos of the new system, and it certainly looks impressive. /zimages/2/82445.jpg Tigers big news is a desktop-search system called […]

MIAMI— Today, Hewlett-Packard announced a variety of new products, including printers, cameras, TVs, and its version of the iPod. At a Miami event, timed to coincide with the MTV Video Music awards (which HP is sponsoring), HP CEO Carly Fiorina discussed how the announcements support her CES description of a world that is increasingly “digital, […]

This week, Apple introduced new versions of its popular iPod music player that give more capacity for the dollar, better battery life, and a better scroll wheel. The result is the fourth-generation iPod. Changes in this version arent as radical as with the iPod mini introduced last year, but they look like nice enhancements that […]

The Supreme Courts ruling this week that rejected the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) is the right decision. Of course, we should protect our children from filth on the Internet, but COPA raises a lot of First Amendment issues and could prevent people from reaching legitimate sites. But the biggest reason why COPA should be […]

PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Michael J. Miller recently had the opportunity to talk with Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen about open-source software, the Macintosh and the software scene. Here is that complete interview: Michael Miller: What do you think about the progress open source and Linux are making? Bruce Chizen: The server side clearly has momentum. I […]

In our February 17 issue we published a cover story on the e-mail mess, in which we examined the problems people are having with spam and viruses. Despite the recent passage of the federal CAN-SPAM legislation and the updating of a number of antispam tools, the problem has only gotten worse in the past few […]

Symantec chairman, president, and CEO John W. Thompson and PC Magazine editor-in-chief Michael J. Miller sat down recently to explore the explosion of spam and virus attacks. Michael J. Miller: Microsoft has been talking about the things its doing to stop problems like MyDoom. What is your reaction? John Thompson: Well, I think there is […]

As I write this, were just getting over the latest virus scare—if indeed its really over. MyDoom, also known as Novarg, Shimg, and Mimail.R, started propagating itself at a furious rate, initially through Kazaa and as an e-mail attachment. Soon, the fastest-moving infection yet on the Internet was everywhere. MyDoom wasnt anything special. Most people […]

Coming off a summer of widespread virus attacks, a year without a significant Windows update, and new attacks on Microsofts multimedia plans, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Bill Gates sat down with PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Michael J. Miller late last year to set the record straight and talk about some of the bigger issues facing the […]

If you want your watch to deliver the news headlines, local weather, and stock prices, youll like Microsofts new MSN Direct watches. Bill Gates first showed off his SPOT technology at last years Consumer Electronics Show a year ago. Its now a year later, and the first watches are here. Over the last few weeks, […]