The folks at Apple have never been shy about taking a few good-natured pot-shots at their competitors -- the "Hello, I'm a Mac; And I'm a PC" ads are, of course, the most brilliant example -- but a press release they issued this morning, touting improvements in the...

By now you've seen, no doubt many times, Apple's most recent Get a Mac commercial, in which poor PC can not get a word in (or out) without first clearing it (Cancel or allow?) through his grim, Secret-Service-style security agent. If for some reason you haven't seen it -- your...