Jim Lynch: Tech Analyst and Community Manager

In my last column I pointed out why I’ve decided not to buy the new 3G iPhone. But since then new information has come to light that indicates that the 3G iPhone is ever worse than I thought initially. The 3G iPhone shouldn’t be called the second coming of the Jesus phone; it should be [...]

Well another WWDC has come and gone and this one left me somewhat disappointed. Oh sure, I thought the apps coming out for the iPhone were cool and it looks like the 2.0 software update is going to be great. I’m particularly interested in getting some fun games for my iPhone. I can’t wait to [...]

Microsoft has gone from being a feared technology powerhouse to being a mocked has-been and shell of its former self. The glory days of being able to run roughshod over competitors and instill a sense of terror in rivals have come to a screeching halt as competitors such as Google, Sony, and Apple have rolled [...]

The Hollywood morons (a term of loving endearment I like to use for the movie and TV industry) are still out of it when it comes to the realities of online content distribution in 2008. They seem hopelessly trapped in a 1980s perspective that they have control over their content and can decide when it [...]

Edit: I originally wrote this column for ExtremeTech a while back. We ended up not running it but I thought I’d publish it here for anybody who wants to read it. Take it with a grain of salt as I wrote it a bit tongue in cheek and in a slightly over the top manner. [...]

Apple has finally updated its iMac line, but I find the new offering sorely disappointing. At the moment I own a 20-inch aluminum iMac and, while I love it, I’ve been waiting for news about the new iMacs to see if it’s worth upgrading or not.Well it seems the answer is clearly no, this revision [...]

I’ve been playing World of Warcraft for about three years. In that time period, I’ve leveled the following characters:
Alliance:
* 70 Gnome warlock
* 70 Night Elf druid
* 61 Human mage
* 53 Gnome rogue
* 28 Human mage (twink)
* 34 Dwarf hunter
* 32 Dwarf priest
Horde:
* 62 Undead priest
* 13 Tauren druid
* 11 Undead mage
* 27 Troll hunter
I’ve seen [...]

Microsoft’s recent announcement of a price cut for Windows Vista illustrates the desperate position the company is in. By all reasonable accounts Vista has failed and Microsoft is desperately trying to prop it up and put some lipstick on a very nasty and very flawed pig. Unfortunately, it won’t work.
How did Microsoft arrive at this [...]

A while back I wrote a column critical of the PlayStation 3 and its legions of annoying fanboys. The fanboys struck back, resulting in an amusing and enlightening forum discussion. One of the things I raked the PS3 over for was the inclusion of a Blu-ray drive that ended up hiking the price of the [...]

Apple TV was one of those products that I always wanted to like but just couldn’t when it was released. Oh sure, it was neat to see my photos on my TV and play music or watch a TV show or two. The interface wasn’t anything to rave about, and I couldn’t get any kind [...]