PC sales jump in February as Mac continues to decline
No, we’re not exactly out of the water just yet but growth in any market these days is definitely a diamond in the rough. The …
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Take that, Hulu content partners
By now you’ve no doubt heard of the recent Hulu on Boxee situation. Three sentence recap for those who haven’t: Boxee is a media management/viewing/streaming …
ExpanDrive: FTP that doesn’t suck
With the advent of intelligent one-to-one file sharing solutions such as Streamfile and the increasing popularity of great cloud storage and sharing solutions such as …
Windows Mobile 7 slated to arrive in 2010
In a Strategic Update Meeting on Tuesday, Steve Ballmer discussed all things Windows Mobile; its current market position, its standing within Microsoft and its future. …
Rumored pricing for Windows 7 emerges, XP upgrade confirmed
If you’ve tried Microsoft’s Windows 7 beta for any period of time, odds are you’re pretty impressed with its performance. Many call it what Vista …
Syncplicity opens Mac beta, your data rejoices
Mac users, rejoice – the cloud storage solution to end all cloud storage solutions is finally ready for public beta on OS X and trust …
Windows 7 beta, get it while you still can
To say Microsoft’s handling of Windows 7 to date has been nothing short of excellent would be an understatement. To paraphrase, the world wants 7. …
Microsoft’s new $150 million ad campaign stresses frugal enterprise solutions
Microsoft’s latest ad campaign, which began its run this past Sunday, is a sharp departure from the widely publicized I’m a PC campaign that has …
Boxee goes public with new features
Yesterday, Boxee announced that it was taking its XBMC-based media player into the public Alpha phase, opening up the software to any and all that …
Microsoft poised to make a Windows 7-fueled comeback
Microsoft and Mickey Rourke have more in common than you might think. Both went from being desirable to being painfully tolerated in an instant and …
Microsoft expects fewer Windows Mobile-powered handsets
What do you do when the honeymoon is over and interest in your mobile OS is fading fast? Spin city! In a recent discussion with …
Windows 7 beta (officially) flies free tomorrow
So let it be written, so let it be done. During Steve Ballmer’s decidedly humdrum keynote yesterday evening, the Microsoft CEO made several announcements that …
Microsoft may begin offering Windows 7 upgrades as early as July
According to a report this morning from Techarp, Microsoft may be making Windows 7 upgrades available a bit sooner than expected. Beginning July 1 of …
Windows 7 beta 1 coming soon; already reviewed
The first official beta of Microsoft’s knight in shining GUI will soon be issued but reviews are already beginning to pop up around the internet. …
Sony’s Japanese website hints at an upcoming new mobile VAIO
Sony’s Japanese website has a new teaser up hinting not-so-subtly that a “VAIO New Mobile” will be coming soon. An evening gown-clad woman pulls a …
Windows XP distributor availability extended; Vista still the leper of OSes for some
This is definitely not what Microsoft had in mind when it launched its recent $300mm ad campaign. In what can only be described as a …
Windows market share drops below 90% for the first time in 15 years
Microsoft higher-ups might not exactly be shaking in their boots upon hearing this news, but market research firm Net Applications has just released new information …
Blockbuster and Microsoft team up to deliver new mobile video service
A report in the Dallas Morning news suggests that Blockbuster may be planning to develop a mobile video service. The new streaming media service would …
FCC outs Sony’s latest endeavor, a WWAN-enabled netbook?
Admittedly “letting the pioneers in the market make the mistakes”, Sony has yet to develop a laptop that fits the “netbook” criteria. The times may …
Microsoft fails in blocking Ballmer’s testimony in “Vista Capable” lawsuit
Back when Vista was announced, everyone was upset that they’d have to make significant hardware upgrades in order to accommodate the new operating system from …
Samsung i770 to hit Verizon Wireless on November 14th for $199
A leaked Verizon document reveals that the Samsung i770 will be available via B2B, telesales and online starting November 14th. That is in 3 days! …
Microsoft may not be “embracing” WebKit, but it’s “interesting”
Steve Ballmer has been all over the globe lately. First, he was in South Korea teaming up with LG for a future with Windows Mobile …
Windows 3.x goes the way of the dodo
The election is over, the country is responding and here all we can think about is the fact that Windows 3.x is now officially dead …
Microsoft hits Apple on their own turf
The gauntlet has been thrown down and Microsoft is making it pretty clear that they’re not going to be bullied around by Apple’s advertising tactics. …
New Mac ads respond to Windows ads responding to Mac ads
First is was hilarious. The Mac, Justin Long, all cool and hip with his witty retorts and his, umm, jeans. The PC, John Hodgman, all …
Microsoft toying with the idea of an “Instant On” operating system
A survey sent from Microsoft to select users hints that Microsoft is interested in the concept of an “Instant On” OS where a select subset …
Steve Ballmer hatin’ on Google Android
Steve Ballmer needs to slow his roll! While on tour in the U.K. for the Professional Developers Conference, Ballmer saw it fit to take a …
Steve Ballmer announces Windows Cloud OS
“Developers, developers, developers, developers!” Steve Ballmer has just announced limited details about a new Windows Operating System: Cloud. Separate from the upcoming and highly anticipated …
Netbooks take the world by storm
Anyone keeping up on technology would notice a recent explosion in the netbook market. More or less started by the surprisingly successful Asus EEE Pc …
New Screen Shots of Windows 7 M3 Build 6780
PC users, feast your eyes. A Windows beta tester has just unleashed a whole bunch of screen shots of the latest build of Windows 7. …
