Tag: Microsoft
Microsoft’s SideWinder X4
March 29, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
Microsoft’s anti-ghosting claims were recently put to the test by the good folks over at Tom’s Guide, and if you’ve been holding off on pulling the trigger to make sure it really lives up to the hype, you can finally cut loose and part ways with your hard-earned Greenbacks — maybe, anyway. For those unaware, [...]
Windows Mobile 6.5 to become Windows Phone Starter Edition
March 26, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
Windows Phone 7 Series might have been the big news out of Mobile World Congress this year, but it looks like Windows Mobile 6.5 will live on as the basis of Windows Phone Starter Edition. We’d already heard some whispers to that effect, but now it’s been confirmed by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, who got [...]
Entelligence: Windows Phone 7 Series
March 25, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
Entelligence is a column by technology stategist and athor Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicios cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he will explore where our industry is and where it is going – on both micro and [...]
Microsoft Should Never Have Built the Xbox
March 16, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
I’m having an ongoing debate with a number of folks on whether Microsoft should have ever made the Xbox. I’m arguing against it, and the best argument so far for the Xbox can be found here where there are links to all of the posts so far. What started all of this hullabaloo was a [...]
Windows 7 Phone – Three Different Chassis Designs
March 11, 2010 by Max · Leave a Comment
Microsoft [MSFT] will be making Windows 7 Phone Series available on three different chassis designs. The first of these will be called Chassis-1 and these phones will be large touch screen devices that feature a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.
The next design is called Chassis-2, these sorts of devices will be similar to the Palm Treo [...]
Windows Mobile 7: Too Late to Save Microsoft?
Microsoft’s problem stretches back at least as far as February 2007, when Windows Mobile 6 showed up on scene looking like an antique beside the just-announced iPhone. At that point, Windows Mobile held about a 14 percent share of the world smartphone market – already down from a high of 23 percent in 2004. But [...]
Microsoft Zune phone
January 31, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Being equal opportunity rumormongers, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you there could be a Zune Phone in your future. The “Project Pink” rumors have welled up again, fired up by a highfalutin’ analyst at Jefferies named Katherine Egbert. She claims her inside sources are leaking info about a Microsoft phone to be rolled [...]
The New Zune HD Price Rumors
July 17, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Officially unconfirmed news that the price of the Microsoft’s new 16 GB Zune HD will be between $249 and $289 has been circling the internet for some time now. The source of this information is an alleged software engineer of the product. The person, claiming to be working for Microsoft, also shared that Zune HD [...]
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 Advertising Strategy
July 7, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
As the market success of Microsoft’s latest browser – the IE 8 is not particularly great their copywriting teams have worked hard to make new ads to boost sales. Unfortunately for the software giant, the competition’s alternative products, such as Opera and Firefox, prove to be much more popular with internet users. Thus, to promote [...]
Keyboard and mouse going extinct?
Can you imagine a time in the future where you wouldn’t need a keyboard or a mouse for your computer? Imagine going to a restaurant and all you have to do to pay the waiter is drop your credit card on the table and the table process everything else. Well, that day may be closer [...]
