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Why Microsoft Should Make Windows Blue Free
Windows 8's gloomy narrative could be rewritten when Windows Blue arrives later this year. The first step is to give it away for free.
Why PC Sales Are In Free Fall
Microsoft's hardware and software strategies for Windows 8 have been miserable failures so far. A rumored 7-inch Surface is one avenue for them to...
How To Bug Mitch McConnell's Office
"Bugging" in the context of politics raises images of burglars messing with telephones and clunky tape recorders in the Oval Office. Now you'd...
Windows 8.1 (Blue) is Incremental - That's a Good Thing
For those of you expecting a major new version of Windows already, that's not the way the world works. Windows Blue, likely to be released as...
Windows Blue's Got Me Down
Microsoft has allowed that something called "Windows Blue" exists. Too bad the company seems hell-bent on taking Windows in the wrong direction.
Windows Blue/9: No Desktop? No Way!
A leak of an allegedly major revision of Windows 8 hit the web last week. Microsoft's focus seems to be on developing the Metro interface, but...
Open Public Wi-Fi: How To Stay Safe
Open public Wi-Fi networks are still very common in coffee shops like Starbucks, public libraries and other common areas, yet using them can...
The Office for iPad Myth Lives On
Microsoft Office for iPad makes perfect sense if you think Surface and Windows 8 are losers and even Microsoft doesn't believe in them. It's way...
Intel Haswell: $599 Touch Ultrabooks In 2013
[UPDATE Questions have been raised about some of Intel's power consumption claims.] The PC industry used to taunt Apple about their price...
10 Epic CES Fails
Consumer Electronics Shows have launched great technologies like VCRs and HDTVs, but many product reveals turn out to be duds. Here are some of...
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Why Microsoft Should Make Windows Blue Free
May 14, 2013Windows 8's gloomy narrative could be rewritten when Windows Blue arrives later this year. The first step is to give it away for free.
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Tablets To Outsell PCs 3 To 1 By 2017
May 06, 2013Touch-based devices will become the dominant form of mobile computing this year, says NPD DisplaySearch.
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Is Apple Looking For Tim Cook Replacement?
April 22, 2013Apple board may have started secret search for new CEO, one report says.
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Why PC Sales Are In Free Fall
April 11, 2013Microsoft's hardware and software strategies for Windows 8 have been miserable failures so far. A rumored 7-inch Surface is one avenue for them to...
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How To Bug Mitch McConnell's Office
April 10, 2013"Bugging" in the context of politics raises images of burglars messing with telephones and clunky tape recorders in the Oval Office. Now you'd...
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Windows 8.1 (Blue) is Incremental - That's a Good Thing
April 03, 2013For those of you expecting a major new version of Windows already, that's not the way the world works. Windows Blue, likely to be released as...
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Dell Latitude 10-ST2 Windows 8 Pro Tablet: the Good and the Bad
April 01, 2013The Dell Latitude 10-ST2 is billed as a full Windows 8 Pro tablet and Microsoft Surface Pro competitor. Like Windows 8 itself, the product isn't...
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Windows Blue's Got Me Down
March 28, 2013Microsoft has allowed that something called "Windows Blue" exists. Too bad the company seems hell-bent on taking Windows in the wrong direction.
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Windows Blue/9: No Desktop? No Way!
March 25, 2013A leak of an allegedly major revision of Windows 8 hit the web last week. Microsoft's focus seems to be on developing the Metro interface, but...
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Mac as a Tablet?
March 19, 2013The Modbook Pro transforms the MacBook Pro into a device that mimics a tablet, without a touch screen.
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