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Tuesday, 14th May 2013

Windows Blue Will Be Free - And Called Windows 8.1

Windows Blue Will Be Free - And Called Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 - Microsoft's real name for its Windows Blue operating system update - is now promised for this year.

Enterprise ReadWrite Editors comments

Wednesday, 8th May 2013

Microsoft Is Trying To Build - And Sell - A Kinder, Gentler Windows 8

Microsoft Is Trying To Build - And Sell - A Kinder, Gentler Windows 8

Microsoft says it is working to both make Windows 8 easier to use and to better explain to shoppers the new operating system's benefits. Will the changes come in time?

Infrastructure Mark Hachman comments

Monday, 6th May 2013

Surface Will Top iPad? What The Heck Is Bill Gates Smoking?

Surface Will Top iPad? What The Heck Is Bill Gates Smoking?

Like Steve Ballmer before him, Bill Gates gets it all wrong about Office and iPad vs. Microsoft Surface.

Mobile Brian S Hall comments

Wednesday, 1st May 2013

As Microsoft Tries To Sell Windows 8 To Enterprises, Most Say They Really Want Windows 7

As Microsoft Tries To Sell Windows 8 To Enterprises, Most Say They Really Want Windows 7

Even as Microsoft pulls out all the stops to sell Windows 8 to enterprises, many companies are reporting that they really want Windows 7 instead.

Enterprise Mark Hachman comments

Friday, 26th April 2013

5 Ways Microsoft Could Fix The PC (and Windows 8)

5 Ways Microsoft Could Fix The PC (and Windows 8)

Patching Windows 8 with a boot-to-desktop option and a Start button misses the point. It's the PC that needs saving, not Windows 8. Here's how.

Mobile Mark Hachman comments

Thursday, 18th April 2013

Microsoft Profits Are Up, But Its Outlook For Windows May Be Down

Microsoft Profits Are Up, But Its Outlook For Windows May Be Down

Microsoft's current business is doing great, at least in its most recent earnings report. Read between the lines, though, and the future for Windows appears to be darkening.

Enterprise Mark Hachman comments

Wednesday, 10th April 2013

Windows 8 Stabs The PC Market In The Gut

Windows 8 Stabs The PC Market In The Gut

IDC reported Wednesday afternoon that the PC market reported the worst quarter ever since it began tracking it in 1994. Disaster.

Enterprise Mark Hachman comments

Wednesday, 3rd April 2013

Prices Of Windows 8 Machines Are Falling. Wow, Demand Must Be Red Hot!

Prices Of Windows 8 Machines Are Falling. Wow, Demand Must Be Red Hot!

Discounts on Windows 8 notebooks and tablets are suddenly rampant. It might be the time of year, though it's also clear that Win8 isn't exactly lighting a fire under the market.

Mobile Mark Hachman comments

Wednesday, 13th March 2013

Microsoft Is Basically Screwed In The Tablet Sector, IDC Says

Microsoft Is Basically Screwed In The Tablet Sector, IDC Says

Something is rotten in the state of Redmond. It's called Windows RT.

Mobile Dan Rowinski comments

Monday, 11th March 2013

PCs Are In Free Fall, But It's Not (Entirely) Windows 8's Fault

PCs Are In Free Fall, But It's Not (Entirely) Windows 8's Fault

A Samsung exec has smacked around Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, calling it out as a big reason the global PC industry's numbers are tanking. But this isn't the smoking gun Samsung seems to think it is.

Brian Proffitt comments

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