Consumer Tech
For the Holidays: Time to Buy a New PC?
Is it time to put a new PC on your holiday list? As publications swell with holiday deals, it’s a question many of you should […]
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Consumer Tech
The Pen Is Mightier Than … The Surface Pen
The pen, as they say, is mightier than the sword. But only if you pick it up and write with it. That’s why, for the […]
Consumer Tech
Apple’s (Big) Blue-print for the Enterprise
The partnership that Apple announced with Cisco is the latest piece in the company’s unfolding vision to break into the enterprise. IBM, which began working […]
Consumer Tech
Time to Give Personal Assistance Apps Another Shot
If you were frustrated by early versions of personal digital assistance apps like Siri or Google Now, it might be time to try again. A […]
Consumer Tech
MicroSoft Rising
So let me get this straight: developers can now pull their iOS and Android apps straight into the Windows platform, and even enhance them with […]
Consumer Tech
Surface 3: Say Good-Bye to Windows RT
Windows RT was doomed from the start, with Microsoft offering only the Modern UI with few apps and shockingly little support for apps on the […]
Consumer Tech
No Reason to Buy a Tablet Anymore
When the first tablets bounded onto the scene four years ago, everyone wanted one. They sold quickly and immediately snagged our time and attention away […]
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Ballmer Couldn’t See the Desktop For the Tiles
It should come as no surprise that Steve Ballmer is out as Microsoft CEO. The company’s vision for client computing is miserably off base, and that’s […]
Consumer Tech
Chrome’s Prospects? Ask Microsoft
A year or so ago, clients first started asking me what I thought of the prospects for Chrome OS. What I told them was this: […]
Consumer Tech
2-in-1 PCs Brighten Holidays
For those with a stake in consumer PC sales, there is cause for hope this year. The environment is much improved from 2012’s disastrous holiday […]
Consumer Tech
To iOS or Not to iOS
Microsoft finally has given us a sign that the company understands its enterprise hegemony is at risk – and that it intends to do something […]
Enterprise
Great Time in IT for a Shopping Spree
Most IT managers are well aware that they have barely 200 shopping days to replace the Windows XP systems in their fleets before Microsoft stops […]
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Time for a Plan B at Intel?
It is time for Intel to begin placing bigger bets on Windows alternatives. Let me assure you that I’m not schizophrenic, although I do understand […]
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Don’t Give Up On The PC Just Yet
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich kicked off the first tech earnings call of the quarter by emphasizing that he’s putting a “much, much stronger effort on […]
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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 […]