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Times have changed: No iTunes water in Windows 8 Hell for Microsoft Metro...
“It’s like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell” That’s what Steve Jobs said of iTunes for Windows when asked why Apple made its software for competing Microsoft users in 2007. But times...
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Latest Windows 8 tablet commercial uses Siri to mock iPad ads, pricing,...
Microsoft’s latest television commercial for Windows 8 tablets uses a Siri voice-over to mock the iPad’s pricing and capabilities. The ad appears to frame Windows 8 tablets as more capable for...
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Microsoft hits iPad again, this time about hardware specs, multitasking,...
Following up on its ad from yesterday claiming that the iPad is not a productivity device, Microsoft has posted a new ad pitting Windows 8 tablets against the iPad. Today’s ad focuses on expressing...
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Microsoft lies and cheats to portray advantage in tablet ads
Optical illusions? The iPad screen on the left is actually bigger Earlier today Microsoft unleashed its second ad in what appears to be a new campaign focusing on directly comparing iPad to Windows 8...
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Steven Sinofsky on iOS 7 & flat vs skeuomorphic design [video]
Question is 36:38 in With Tim Cook teasing the Jony Ive redesign of iOS 7 that we exclusively told you would be introducing a new flat design for iOS, we thought it would be interesting to get former...
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Apple announces iWork for iCloud, new apps for Mac and iOS coming later this...
Confirming our earlier suspicions, Apple today showed off some new features for its iWork suite of apps, which includes both Mac and iOS versions of the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps. While Apple...
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Microsoft hits Apple’s iPad with another TV ad about multitasking
Microsoft is continuing its Windows 8 vs iPad TV commercial series by airing a new ad squarely focused on the multitasking capabilities in Windows 8 (via Tom Warren). On Windows 8 tablet devices,...
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Apple’s U.S. PC shipments decline more than overall market if you don’t count...
Gartner is today out with a report detailing its estimates for Q2 2013 global and U.S. PC shipments. Globally, the industry average for shipments is down 10.9%. This is the fifth consecutive decline...
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Microsoft takes its first hit at iPad mini with new ad showcasing 8-inch Acer...
Following its string of ads pinning up Windows 8 tablets against the full-sized iPad, Microsoft has just posted a new ad that pits the 8.1-inch Acer Iconia W3 against Apple’s 7.9-inch iPad mini. The...
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Apple Stores to push Macs to businesses with new Parallels/Windows 8 demos
Apple is pushing its business-focused Apple Retail salespeople to sell Macs to businesses currently running in Windows environments, according to Apple retail employees briefed on the new initiative....
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Intel CEO Paul Otellini: Microsoft Windows 8 OS is being released before it’s...
This cannot be good. Intel Corp. (INTC) Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini told employees in Taiwan that Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 operating system is being released before it’s fully ready, a...
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Intel’s answer to iPad’s ARM processors sees delays due to power management...
A new report by Bloomberg, citing unnamed inside sources, revealed Intel’s software for a new processor, codenamed “Clover Trail,” which would give the iPad’s ARM processors a run for their money...
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Microsoft launching ‘unlimited’ Xbox Music tomorrow with an iOS app coming later
Microsoft announced this evening its new music service, called “Xbox Music”, that aims to compete with iTunes, Spotify and RDIO. The service is set to launch tomorrow for the Xbox 360 and Oct. 26 for...
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Parallels warns Mac users to not upgrade to Windows 8
Parallels for Mac virtualization software has been getting major updates this year with the recent release of version 8, making it even easier to run Mac and Windows apps side by side. In version 7,...
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Apple SVP Phil Schiller talks ‘thinnovation’ on Mac lineup, Optical media,...
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller, who was on stage for the majority of Apple’s Mac announcements earlier this week, sat down with TIME following the event to talk Macs....
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Microsoft ‘already’ has an answer to the iPad Mini: The XBOX Surface 7-inch...
The Verge reports that Microsoft’s fashionably-late entry into the smaller tablet market will be the smaller “XBOX Surface”. Microsoft is building its own 7-inch gaming tablet. Multiple sources...
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Parallels 8 updated with USB 3.0 support, Windows 8 tablet gestures, more
Parallels introduced a big update today for Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac. It includes new features for Windows 8 users, full USB 3.0 support, and improved Retina display settings. On top of support for...
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Microsoft CEO Ballmer still thinks iPhones are too expensive, opens door to...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been making the rounds following the launch of Windows 8 and Surface, and yesterday he sat down for an interview in Santa Clara with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman....
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Just months after being ejected from Microsoft, former Windows Head Steven...
Immediately following the release of the Microsoft Surface in November, Microsoft sent its Windows head Steven Sinofsky packing. Just a couple of months later, he is already trying out a new platform:...
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The 64GB version of Surface Pro has 23GB of free storage out of the box?!
Imagine if the 32GB iPad only had that much free space? When we posted a comparison of the iPad 4 and Microsoft’s new $999 128GB Surface Pro, Apple was yet to introduce its new 128GB iPad with Retina...
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Apple releases OS X 10.8.3 to the public with Mac App Store camera gift card...
Following the release of OS X Mountain 10.8.3 build 12D78 to developers earlier this week, Apple today released 10.8.3 to the public with a number of new features and enhancements. One of the more...
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Nokia tries teasing iPad users over lack of keyboard, fails miserably
It’ll come as no surprise that Nokia and its friends at Microsoft love to take cheap shots at the iPad and Apple products in general. This time around, a gentleman who just picked up a new tablet for...
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Microsoft hits iPad Air in new holiday-themed ads geared towards family usage
Microsoft has previously aired commercials that targeted the iPad comparing multitasking and mocked Siri. Microsoft airs new commercials in time for the holidays that pits the Surface 2 against...
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Analyst suggestion of converged iOS/OS X device flies in face of Apple...
CNET reports that JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz forecasts that Apple will release a converged iOS/OS X device he has dubbed the iAnywhere. While not a new idea, our global tech research team...
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Mac users four times more likely to run latest OS than Windows users
Some sums done by ComputerWorld show that Mac users are four times more likely to upgrade to the latest available version of the operating system than Windows users. Microsoft has convinced just 11.6...
View ArticleiPad 2 running iOS 5 vs Windows 8 Slate
Winrumors has posted a very thorough 11 minutes of an iPad 2 running iOS 5 compared to a Windows 8 Slate. The video above goes over almost every feature that these tablets offer, from lock-screen to...
View ArticleToo little too late for the Windows tablet?
A Windows 8 tablet mockup If you believe today’s Forrester Research report, a Window of opportunity is closing fast as customers are losing interest in the forthcoming Windows 8-powered tablets....
View ArticleReview: Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac
(We’re offering a $10 discount/free Parallels MacBook Air contest this week) If you are not new to Parallels, you will already be familiar with its ability to run Windows in a virtual machine within OS...
View ArticleWindows 8 Consumer Preview out of the gate: Demoed on 82-inch touchscreen...
Microsoft issued the Windows 8 Consumer Preview today for everyone to download and try. Demonstrating the operating system’s ability to scale from the smartphone screen all the way to high-end PCs and...
View ArticleMicrosoft releases SkyDrive for Mac app, updates iOS app
Following the launch of Microsoft’s SkyDrive iPhone app, the company gave a preview of its refreshed SkyDrive service for Windows 8 and OS X. Today Microsoft has launched a new app for both Windows and...
View ArticleiMac Touch concept incorporates a touchscreen, iOS, and Siri
[vodpod id=Video.16427916&w=650&h=350&fv=] “You can converge a toaster and refrigerator, but these things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user”- Tim Cook on Windows 8 and...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces AirPlay-like ‘SmartGlass’ wireless streaming app for...
Microsoft just wrapped up its presentation at this year’s E3 event. While we did not hear anything about iOS support for its new cross-platform Xbox Music service, the company did confirm Xbox...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches Surface Tablet with keyboard Touch Cover, kickstand
Microsoft unveiled its Surface Tablet at an event in Los Angeles today. As Microsoft attempted to demonstrate, it follows a long line of Microsoft hardware achievements including the Microsoft Mouse,...
View ArticleMicrosoft unveils Windows Phone 8
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Summit is happening now in San Francisco with Microsoft Vice President Joe Belfiore giving a demo on eight of the big new features to be included in Windows Phone 8. Some of...
View ArticleMicrosoft to buy multi-touch display pioneer Perceptive Pixel for Windows 8...
Apple made popular the use of touchscreen technology, but Jeff Han produced large multi-touch displays long before the iPhone’s mid-2007 launch. Now, Microsoft announced it would buy the company he...
View ArticleParallels 8 virtualization software announced, available September 4, free...
Parallels just announced the availability of its next generation of virtualization software for the Mac. Although details are scant at this point, it is safe to assume it is optimized for Mountain Lion...
View ArticleIs this how Microsoft’s team built its logo? (Hint: Like everything else,...
Frankly, at this point, it would be more surprising if Microsoft did not lift its designs from Apple products. Andrew Brett Watson shows us how it is done. Interesting that what they ended up with...
View ArticleHP CEO: ‘Apple taught us that design really matters’
The Wall Street Journal has a story today on HP CEO Meg Whitman “taking a cue from Apple” and planning to release a redesigned line of PCs that could one day rival Apple. While mentioning the “brick”...
View ArticleParallels 8 is a clear winner vs. VMware Fusion 5 in Ars shootout
. Ars put Parallels 8 against VMware Fusion this week and found there is not much of a contest between the two virtualization powerhouses. Parallels 8 out-gunned VMware across the board (as previous...
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