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Microsoft’s Last Hope Is Too Little, Too Late For Consumers and Developers

Microsoft’s Last Hope Is Too Little, Too Late For Consumers and Developers

As much of an advocate I am for competition, I can’t help but laugh on the inside when I see...

Microsoft Gears Up For Head-To-Head Combat With Apple at the Mall of America

Microsoft Gears Up For Head-To-Head Combat With Apple at the Mall of America

This is just downright cartoonish. In an attempt to stay relevant, Microsoft, as you're probably already aware, has been at...

Ballmer Punished For Kin And Lack Of iPad Competitor

Ballmer Punished For Kin And Lack Of iPad Competitor

Steve Ballmer did not receive his maximum bonus this year because of missteps at Microsoft. The bald sweaty blob received...

Least Surprising News of the Day: Halo Reach Sells Real Well, Makes A Ton of Money

Least Surprising News of the Day: Halo Reach Sells Real Well, Makes A Ton of Money

You probably didn't need a blog post to tell you that Halo: Reach was going to do well. Every word...

We Want A Revolution – And Windows Phone 7 Promises It

We Want A Revolution – And Windows Phone 7 Promises It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ROL2_czpW0 Microsoft is bold. In this new ad for Windows Phone 7, a simple promise is made: 'The revolution is...

A Premature Look at Microsoft’s Arc Touch

A Premature Look at Microsoft’s Arc Touch

Awhile ago, I punched you in the eye with a tidbit on Microsoft's mystery device. That device, as you're probably...

Microsoft Flight Simulator Returns!… Sorta

Microsoft Flight Simulator Returns!… Sorta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbwdJeEWnn8 Fans of Microsoft Flight Simulator are all gathering today to hold hands and weep - the franchise, previously pronounced...

Internet Explorer Turns 15 – Next Year It’ll Want A Car

Internet Explorer Turns 15 – Next Year It’ll Want A Car

When you start to remember the dawn of things, you're getting old. I remember the dawn of Internet Explorer and,...

The Battle For Online Music Supremacy

The Battle For Online Music Supremacy

The music industry, while far from perfect, is finally beginning to take baby steps in the right direction. Nowadays, “Gettin’...

Microsoft Tech Advice: Hotmail is broken Sir, what do I do? Tell them to use Google Chrome!

Microsoft Tech Advice: Hotmail is broken Sir, what do I do? Tell them to use Google Chrome!

Microsoft just made a dumb move. I decided to recreate how I think the conversation went between the tech guy...

Hanvon Slate Vs. iPad Video

Hanvon Slate Vs. iPad Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2IuEH07xBg Since Microsoft's Steve Ballmer's announced that their ipad killer would in fact be tablet computers running the Windows OS,...

Microsoft’s Mystery Device: Possible Answer to the Magic Trackpad?

Microsoft’s Mystery Device: Possible Answer to the Magic Trackpad?

If there is one universal constant in the tech world, it's that Microsoft doesn't have much of a sense of...

Bada-Bing: Microsoft Actually Beats Google to a Feature

Bada-Bing: Microsoft Actually Beats Google to a Feature

This is worthy of note because honestly, it simply doesn't happen every day. Bing has actually beaten Google to a...

Microsoft Announces Office For Mac 2011 Dates And Prices

Microsoft Announces Office For Mac 2011 Dates And Prices

Microsoft has announced pricing and release dates for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. After the preview a few weeks ago,...

Voodoo Founder Says Microsoft Is Doing Gaming Wrong

Voodoo Founder Says Microsoft Is Doing Gaming Wrong

I'm totally a PC gamer, especially when it comes to first-person shooters. I play Team Fortress 2 most nights of...

4 Things Microsoft Could Learn From Steve Jobs

4 Things Microsoft Could Learn From Steve Jobs

What words come to mind when asked to describe Microsoft today? Cool, stylish, revolutionary, and innovative are probably out of...

Foursquare Will Find You. No Matter What.

Foursquare Will Find You. No Matter What.

Foursquare's looking for a search suitor, and Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are all on board to whisper sweet nothings into...

Windows XP, The Incredible Immortal Operating System!

Windows XP, The Incredible Immortal Operating System!

I love Windows XP. A lot. I've been a user since day one, and three of the four computers in...

Zom-book? Microsoft Courier Not Dead Yet

Zom-book? Microsoft Courier Not Dead Yet

There's the possibility that Microsoft's Courier may be, in fact, not as dead as previously thunk. Microsoft just received a...

Microsoft Unleashes The Archivist

Microsoft Unleashes The Archivist

Microsoft's MIX online lab actually contains some pretty cool stuff. Take The Archivist, for example. Microsoft's newest MIX online project...