"But whether [Apple] Siri becomes the model for how humans interact with computers in the future or whether it gets laughed off the stage of technical innovation like so many AI systems that have come before hinges on whether it can tell the difference between “Andrew” and “Andrea”—especially when I’m in a crowded coffee shop, speaking with a Southern drawl, with a stuffed-up nose from a bad cold."

"Look, I’m not going to go into great detail about what I’ve been doing with Siri during my testing period, but I will tell you this — Siri says some crazy stuff.

Hit the gallery below for a look at a number of bizarre items the AI-powered / voice-recognizing “intelligent assistant” lays on you on the new iPhone 4S."

"If *I* was in charge of the DL's computer, I wouldn't put on *only* Linux or *only* Windows or what have you. I think the DL needs a multiboot machine, and would really appreciate it if you tried to make him one with everything."

"the so-called Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) - the Windows error screen ... projected onto the roof of the National Stadium during the grand finale to the four-hour [Olympic opening] spectacular"

"Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other application. If you heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you wanted to try the

"Storage is an exciting project to replace the traditional filesystem with a new document store. Storage is part of a larger design for a new desktop environment ... The current implementation offers natural language access, network transparency, and a nu

"Why can't my computer automatically show me things that will help me with what I'm doing, instead of making me search around for them? The goal of the dashboard is to automatically show a user useful files and other objects as he goes about his day."

"It isn't the features you can see in Vista, or the lack thereof -- it's the priority shift at Microsoft's core."

"Don't worry, there's plenty of gaping holes in the kernel too.!"

"The creator of the virus, who goes by the moniker "Anonymous Longhair", modified the well-known Melissa virus to download and install Linux on infected machines."

"The more we tighten our grip the more software will fall through our fingers. ....Oh wait, which ones are we Linux guys again, Rebels or Empire?" "Microsoft is the Empire. Apple is the Rebels. We are the Ewoks."

A post-SP2 patch pack for Windows XP.

Where Apple got inspiration for those new Leopard features.

Screencasts of various OSs and applications.