Macs are easy to use, so everyone says, and indeed, that's how I found them when a mate introduced me to them back at the beginning of 1988.

It's emerged that a senior engineer and antenna expert at Apple had told management last year that the iPhone 4's design may cause reception problems.

The test of a company can often be how it responds in the face of adversity, so it will be fascinating to watch Apple over the coming days and weeks.

Apple's iOS4 lock-down may cost it in the smartphone market, the same way its 'no clone' policy hit it in the 1990s.

There's always a backlash that gets picked up by the legions of Apple haters who gleefully spread negative stories far and wide, writes Mark Webster.

'If the iTunes account hacking part is true, then Apple really needs to step in and fix this,' wrote one.

Apple's mobile operating system, iOS4, is now available through iTunes for iPhone and iPod Touch - iPad users will have to wait.

High-def video shooting - and even editing - can be done on Apple's latest iPhone.

Australians are buying up iPads at an alarming rate - but Kiwis still have to wait until 'sometime' in July.

People called Apple a flash in the pan - but Flash is on the way out and Microsoft just got passed by Apple in market capitalisation.

Bentley's stunning new Mulsanne will cost well-heeled Kiwis in the "low $600,000s" range when it goes on sale here.

The iPad doesn't come with instructions - and it's not the only gadget to do so. Are we losing our curiosity about how technology works?

It's not easy becoming an Apple Reseller in New Zealand, writes Mark Webster.

Is it worth braving customs officials to get your hands on Apple's latest gadget?

The worldwide release of the iPad will see New Zealand children's literature translated into numerous languages.

International customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, Apple said, massively understating the face-clawing anguish now spreading across the globe.