Sorry about that--the Macalope's been holding it in for, oh, " Yes, while the company's still having good quarters, thanks to its enterprise business, , and questions abound about its upcoming operating system releases. Is it fair to use the b-word?

Maybe not, but who cares?!

Look out, Apple! Microsoft's gunning to take down the iPad!

Well, take it down below 50 percent market share, anyway. And how does it plan to do that? Well, remember at the end of the last movie when the Romulan commander with the ridiculous backstory yells "Fire everything!"? Something like that.