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Rob Enderle has once again shown his stupidity in “Companies Should Prepare for the iPhone," a story written by Poonam Khanna for IT Business.

He has been taken to task by both John Gruber of Daring Fireball and by El Macalopo of the The Macalope. The one point that neither Gruber or the Macalope address is an obvious one, which is perhaps why they don’t bother addressiing it.

How the hell does Enderle have any clue as to how secure or insecure the iPhone is? It won’t even be released for another 115 days and yet Enderle has already written it off as being too insecure to use with corporate networks. So, tell us Rob, what’s your secret for fortelling the future?

Bill Gates, sir, you are a damned liar!

See Daring Fireball for more.

Today Apple turns thirty. In the not so distant past tech pundits, mavens, and moguls were predicting the imminent end of the world’s most innovative computer company. Luckily for mac lovers and the millions of happy iPod users they were all wrong. I’m looking forward to Apple’s next thirty years, and more importantly, how they plan on celebrating their 30th.

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Yesterday I had to go to the Consulate in Fukuoka City to have a consular officer witness the signing of various documents. An uneventful trip, however, was made more interesting by something I saw while walking through Tenjin. I walked past a homeless man, who had camped out near a subway entrance. Nothing unusual in that. What caught my eye was the white cable running out of his jacket and up to the earbuds in his ears. Sure enough, I spotted a homeless guy who owns an iPod, and it wasn’t a cheap shuffle either. It was a 4 gig white nano. I know because I asked him. I think when the homeless are buying iPods that it is a good sign that Apple is completely dominating the market for mp3 players.

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John Gruber of Daring Fireball has written an excellent piece on the iPod’s past and continuing success and how it differs from the early success of the Macintosh in the mid 1980’s. Check it out. The iPod Juggernaut

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The next major update to Mac OS X comes out this Friday, and I really want a copy. Too bad, since the trouble” ((“Trouble and strife–Cockney rhyming slang which means wife.”))” forbade me from buying anything “expensive” until after June. I might have to break out my credit card and pull a fait accompli!

Apple recently released AirPort Express and AirTunes. This is pretty cool, and I’m sure that my wallet will soon be $150 lighter. However, I think Apple has left plenty of room for improvements. If Apple doesn’t make them I hope a third party does soon. Here are things that I think would make these products even better:

• speakers that receive the streamed music from AirTunes wirelessly
• a remote control for iTunes
• playback of system sounds etc. over the speakers

Okay, I am rational enough to realize that Apple is unlikely to support wireless speakers since that would eat into their sales of AirPort Expresses, but I can dream can’t I?

A remote control for iTunes is a must have in this situation. I’ve seen some remotes in the past, but none that had Apple’s fit and finish. Feel free to correct me if you think I’m wrong.

The last idea would be great for watching DVD’s on that brand new 30 inch HD display Apple is going to release at the end of the month. Instead of having to buy multiple speakers most people could get by with one set. It looks to me that Apple is positioning itself well for a personal media mac.

Of course you could do other cool things like have mail notify you of important incoming email with a sound of your choice, which would be heard anywhere in your house via the AirPort Express and multiple speakers.

John Gruber has an excellent article at Daring Fireball on the reasons why viruses, spyware, and adware, or as he calls them crapware, abound on Windows but not on the Mac. He also addresses the myth that the Mac’s lack of viruses etc. is due to Apple’s low market share. Good amunition for the next Windows user who won’t accept that the Mac is better.