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A smart, huge company should buy Yahoo immediately
There is value in Yahoo. It's real and tangible. While conventional wisdom would look at the trends and the follies...
Will Yahoo passing up on Microsoft’s offer go down as the biggest business blunder in tech history?
There's a reason why mothers shouldn't judge their children in beauty pageants, why chefs rarely run the business side of...
Microsoft joins forces with with Barnes and Noble against Amazon, Apple
There are certain brick and mortar outlets that simply refuse to go down without a fight. Barnes & Noble is...
Microsoft has its cake and eats it too in deal with AOL, Facebook
When Microsoft won the auction that brought over 925 US patents from AOL's portfolio, there was clear indication that Facebook...
Smartphones and smart ads: Microsoft ups their game
Essentially everyone has a smartphone now. If you don’t, don’t feel badly – my phone is intelligent enough to function...
Google blinks in battle with Microsoft to focus their gaze on Facebook
There has been a conspicuous lack of news about Google Apps, their cloud-based business software division, over the past few...
Microsoft finding success in “neighborhood watch” against botnets
While national and worldwide agencies wage a war against online crime through the criminal courts, Microsoft is finding success using...
The Windows Phone may be the best but it isn’t helping Nokia
Chances are if you're reading this article that you and most of the people you know have a smartphone. If...
Google adds “discussions” to get in on the presentation discussion
Microsoft may be trying (and failing) to slow Google's emergence into business productivity with their Google Apps for Business, but...
Microsoft attempts (and fails) to destroy Google Apps with “Googlighting”
It may not be the first time Microsoft has tried to use humor and aggressive attacks to go after Google,...
Why Windows web browsing market share drop means very little to Microsoft
If you torture numbers long enough, you can make them say anything. In this case, it's Chitika, Techcrunch, and others...
Microsoft simplifies Windows logo for 8
Over the years as Microsoft Windows has evolved since the late 80s, the logo associated with each major release has...
Windows Phone 7 will see 3 LTE releases within 6 months
Just when many (including us) were writing off Windows Phone 7 and waiting for their more-anticipated next generation of phones...
Apps are rising on Windows Phones. Should they be taken more seriously?
I'll never forget when my boss at the time showed me his shiny new Windows Phone. I liked the interface,...
Xbox 360 dominated gaming sales in November
Most were impressed with Microsoft and their Xbox 360 when it was reported that they had sold 1.44 million units...
Is Microsoft on to something with “Graymail”?
For many tech-savvy web users, Microsoft's Hotmail has become a badge of ancient times, a service that was valid a...
Steve Ballmer discusses Microsoft’s past, present, and future
Steve Ballmer can never be called shy. Within moments of opening his appearance oat the Web 2.0 Summit this week,...
If Microsoft fails in the mobile phone industry, it will be for lack of confidence
Here's a quote from the head of the Windows Phone unit at Microsoft: “So, I think that what our strategy...
IBM is now more valuable than Microsoft (but still way behind Apple)
For the first time in 15 years, IBM has a higher market value than Microsoft., closing at $214 billion yesterday...
Windows 8 at BUILD
It's the most exciting release by Microsoft in years. Windows 8 is actually making the Apple-loving blogosphere open their eyes...