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Microsoft: Yes, We Know Win8’s Difficult!
On the tables inside the press room at the Microsoft Build Conference — a room full of computer-savvy tech press and industry analysts — lay […]
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Haswell’s Here: Time to Go Shopping
Since Computex in early June, PC makers have been rolling out the next generation of ultrabook PCs. These systems are more than just another turn […]
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Poor Timing Will Handcuff Windows 8.1
It is going to be very difficult for Microsoft to succeed with Windows 8.1, and that has little to do with whether the official build will […]
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Can Blue Stop PC Users From Seeing Red?
After more than a month of silently watching the blogosphere dissect early builds of Window Blue that were leaked on the internet, Microsoft this week […]
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Are Two Heads Better Than One at Intel?
When Brian Krzanich and Renee James, the newly appointed CEO and President of Intel, respectively, take over for the retiring Paul Otellini in two weeks, […]
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Pining for All-Day Battery Life
I dug out an old cellphone for a friend to use in a pinch. It was an LG Shine, a circa 2007 slider that was one […]
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Signs that Microsoft Finally Gets It
The Windows 8 go-to-market plan last year played out like a Greek tragedy: the wounds that Microsoft endured were almost entirely self-inflicted. Like when the company […]
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Seeking Answers to the Mobile Data Crunch
How ironic that for much of the middle two days of the four-day Congress — the industry’s flagship venue for showcasing the world’s latest mobile […]
Wireless
#MWC13: It’s All About the Network
I’ve got quite the laundry list of new mobile device technologies to evaluate at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this coming week. The list is […]
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Why Seinfeld Won’t Buy a Surface Pro (But Your Boss Might Buy One for You)
People who have monkeys for pets should just go ahead and have kids, Jerry Seinfeld years ago joked in a standup bit about pet ownership. […]
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Model Years Can Help Lift PC Sales
In my last column, I offered PC vendors some advice on how to position Windows 8 systems. That’s not a miracle cure for solving PC players’ […]
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PC Industry: Now What?
Early returns confirm what we already knew: that Windows 8’s coming-out was no party. The problem: Windows 8 is being marketed as a touch-centric OS, […]
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Must-See Trends at CES
If you want to get the most out of CES, you have to peer around the big TVs and pimped-out automobiles. I’ll be keeping an […]
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Attention Tablet Shoppers
The battle lines between tablet vendors were so clear a year ago. Heading into the holiday season, suppliers for the most part believed that consumers […]
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A Month on the Surface
When my pre-ordered Surface tablet arrived, as promised, on October 26th, my editor suggested I journal my first week with the new device. Great idea. […]
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One Microsoft Way?
One Microsoft Way. The irony dripping from the address of the technology giant’s headquarters never fails to tease a smile out of me. In days […]
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The Apple-ization of Microsoft
Is Microsoft really planning to sell a branded smartphone? I’d be surprised to hear otherwise. Indeed, as the company prepares for what might be the […]
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Are PC Vendors Ready for Win 8?
The first Windows 8 advertisement danced its way across television screens across America during breaks in NFL football action on Sunday, and guess what? It […]