Earlier today, Microsoft announced that it was no longer going to have a booth nor deliver the keynote address at the International Consumer Electronics Show better known as CES after 2012. Instead Microsoft will still attend but won’t have the same role or presence that they have had for almost 20 years. During its last big show Microsoft will focus on the Xbox and Windows Phone.
It seems like the current chapter in a dispute that is seven years old is coming to an end between Novell and Microsoft. Recently, Bill Gates testified in court after Novell accused Gates of anticompetitive practices to squeeze Novell out of the word processing market.
Microsoft is rolling out silent updates for Internet Explorer in the new year. But as usual this is a half-baked effort that will let too many people off the hook to do any real good.
The curtains have been pulled back on So.cl, and what has been revealed is another pointless social network. Much as expected. Why, Microsoft, why?
Nokia has opted out of any significant holiday phone sales. Most of the Windows Phone 7 handsets on the market are at least a few months old and low to middle of the market. Unlike Samsung with its high end Galaxy Nexus Android phone or Motorola with its Droid Razr, there aren’t any really dazzling high end Windows Phone 7 handsets hitting the market anytime soon. The closest is the Samsung Focus S that recently hit AT&T. The other high end handset, the Nokia 800 isn’t expected in the United States anytime soon.
Microsoft’s new direction in the mobile application arena has many scratching their heads as the company recently started rolling out apps for Apple’s iOS platform. This seems like a different approach then previously seen with the company scrambling to poach development support for Windows Phone 7.
Grabbing yourself a free Windows Phone 7.5 handset could be as easy as tweeting. If you’re very, very lucky. And funny. And hateful towards Android.
It doesn’t take a genius to solve most tech issues. But it does require answers from people who know what they’re talking about. Therefore Microsoft’s Answer Desk trumps Apple’s Genius Bar.
Microsoft has ported Windows Phone 7’s tiles to Xbox LIVE as well as a host of new interactive features. The latest software upgrade allows you to use voice commands to find your favorite shows, pause them while you take a break and even save them to be shown using a different console.
Microsoft is set to publically unveil the all new Windows 8 app store tomorrow in San Francisco. While the app store was briefly shown at the BUILD developer conference back in September, very little was actually revealed about the new digital distribution platform.
Chrome is on the up, blah blah blah. Firefox is finished, blah blah blah. Internet Explorer is still number one, which cuts through all that bluster.
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