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Associated Press App Shows Off Windows Phone 7 Capabilities
May 16 by Toby Leftly | 1 commentNow that the developer tools and unlocked beta’s are out in the wild, we’re starting to see more details of the intriguingly un-iPhone-like Windows Phone 7 platform. While less polished and elegant that iPhone OS, Windows Phone 7 is bold and blocky, offering more »
Skype /shuns Windows Mobile 7 for iPhone and Android
May 13 by Amanda Machado | add commentDan Neary, the Vice President for Skype, spoke at an event in Sydney today stating that Skype will not be developing software for the new Windows mobile, Windows Phone 7 . Instead the company will be focusing on software for phones like the more »
Google Serves Microsoft on Their Official Blog
May 11 by Ransler Dier | 2 commentsThe now Internet powerhouse Google used its blog today to call out Microsoft on its new open source 2010 Office suite. A day before Microsoft takes its Office 2010 suite out of beta; Matthew Glotzbach, Google Enterprise Product Management more »
Windows Phone 7 Release Nears
May 11 by Toby Leftly | 1 commentI’m probably not one of Microsoft’s biggest critics, but I’m certainly no fan. I was however pleasantly surprised when they announced Windows Phone Series 7 back in February. Apple might be riding high in the mobile world right now, but the more »
Microsoft Office 2010 is Free, Allowing More Users Than Ever to Make Ugly Powerpoint Presentations
May 10 by Ty Dunitz | 11 commentsHey, you know Microsoft Office, that thing you’ve been downloading illegally for free all these years? It would seem that Microsoft’s finally catching up with the current state of computing – in June, they’ll be offering it for free, for real. more »
Microsoft Spends 2x More than Apple on Advertising
May 7 by Angela West | 2 commentsSilicon Valley Insider had a funky lil’ chart to show us today; a chart that reveals that Microsoft spends twice as much on advertising as Apple. We’re betting Apple stockholders just all collectively pumped their fists in the air after finding out that fun fact. The more »
IE Quickly Becoming Why-E
May 5 by Toby Leftly | 4 commentsMicrosoft once dominated the world of internet browsing, but yesterday their market share dropped to below 60% for the first time. Internet Explorer became king of the browsers back in 1996 when Microsoft began bundling IE 2 with Windows 95, more »
Nokia and Microsoft Team Gang Up On RIM
May 5 by Toby Leftly | 1 commentAn unlikely union, Nokia & Microsoft today announced the first fruit of their slightly unusual union, Communicator Mobile, software which will run on Nokia phones to allow colleagues to communicate using email, texts, chat or phone more »
Bill Gates Says Microsoft Has Many Tablet Plans
May 4 by Jon Edwards | add commentMicrosoft may recently have scrapped its plans for the Microsoft Courier device, but that doesn’t mean the company is out of the tablet computing game, company chairman, Bill Gates, told FOX. Microsoft chairman Gates and billionaire investor (and friend of Gates) more »
Who Will Win The Battle Over Open Web Video?
May 3 by Navneet Alang | 12 commentsWith Apple and Microsoft committed to one side, and Mozilla and Google committed to another, are consumers stuck in the middle again? A few years ago, in the battle between two standards for high-def video, one format seemed superior and more more »
Microsoft Sides With Apple On Flash
May 2 by Toby Leftly | 3 commentsAfter Steve Jobs very publicly and thoughtfully bitch slapped Adobe with his Thoughts on Flash essay, the web erupted in agreement, protest and every possible measure in between. On Friday however, Apple gained an unlikely ally in it’s crusade against the more »
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