Tag: Microsoft
Tip: Leave Google Apps Behind, Use Outlook.com To Host Your Email
Last week we published an article about Google closing its free email hosting service for businesses. Google plans to continue access for those already connected...
Apple Has Just Hired An Ex-Microsoft Security Expert
Apple has just hired Kristen Paget, a former Microsoft security expert who worked to rid Windows Vista of its bugs. Paget was reportedly on one...
In Defense of Reality: Premature Ruination
Some call me a contrarian. Others call me a glutton for punishment. And yet some even call me the pompetous of love, but that’s a...
Microsoft Trolls The Trolls In Its Latest Internet Explorer Ad
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE), hasn’t been the most accepted web browser over the past few years. Developers have had to make special style sheets for...
New Windows Phone Ad Shows How Its Better Than iPhone, Makes You Feel Awkward
Microsoft has released a new video in its series of “Meet Your Match” advertisements featuring the Windows Phone pit against Android and iPhones. In this...
Impromptu Study Finds iPads Drastically Outselling Surfaces On Black Friday
Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray did a little survey on Black Friday at the Mall of America in Minneapolis and came up with some interesting...
Mac Sales To Businesses In U.S. Grows Almost 50%
Charlie Wolf of Needham & Company recently pointed out Apple’s success with Mac sales in the business sector in the U.S. during the September quarter....
Microsoft To Directly Compete With Apple TV Using Xbox Branded Streaming Device?
According to the Verge, Microsoft may be brewing a new streaming device under the Xbox brand name to compete with the Apple TV. This device...
Almost Half Of Potential Windows 8 Upgraders Thinking About Switching To Apple Products
Our fine, fine friends at Avast software managed to publish a ginormous survey of potential Windows 8 users today, and have indicated that a lot...
Steve Ballmer Still Thinks iPhones Are Too Expensive, He’s Kind Of Right
It’s probably not all that surprising that the man behind “Developers! Developers! Developers!” thinks that the new iPhone – and all iPhones in general –...
Microsoft Surface Screen Is Better Than iPad 2, But Not As Good As Retina iPads
Before its release, Microsoft claimed that its new Surface tablet’s ClearType display was better than the third-generation iPad’s Retina display. Well, according to Dr. Raymond...
Microsoft Office App For iOS To Be Released In Early 2013 With Basic Functionality
It’s been rumored that Microsoft is planning to bring Microsoft Office to iOS devices and now the Verge is reporting that this will become a reality...
Inforgraphic: Chrome 19 Fastest Mac Browser, Internet Explorer 10 Fastest For Windows
The web performance firm New Relic has made an infographic showing the fastest web browsers on the market. They’ve broken the infographic up into four...
Microsoft Merging Live Messenger With Skype, And Killing Off Messenger
Just over a year ago, Microsoft purchased Skype for $8.5 billion. At the time, plenty of people questioned the move. Today, we’re finally getting a...
Funny: New Video Shows Off Keyboard Abilities On An iMac Touch
Apple recently released a new video for the iPad mini showing someone using it to play the keyboard. After just a few days it had...
Apple And Amazon Continue To Squabble Over “App Store” Term, Looks Like Apple Might Lose This One
Apple filed a suit claiming Amazon falsely advertised by using the term “app store,” and at a hearing on Wednesday in Oakland Federal Court, Apple...
Microsoft Surface Gets Teardown, Ranks 4 Out Of 10 In Repairability
Since Ballmer thinks the Microsoft Surface is the panacea for the entire tablet industry, we figured that now would be a good time to tell...
Ballmer Off His Rocker Again, Claims Apple’s iPad Unusable
Never one to watch his words, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is at it again, but this time he’s telling anyone who will listen that people...