Archive for July, 2010

Microsoft CEO Ballmer Digs at Google, Suggests Bing Challenges

Saturday 31 July 2010 @ 12:00 pm

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer poked Google in the ribs during a talk at Microsoft’s Financial Analyst Meeting, but suggested Bing faces substantial challenges in the search-engine space.

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Microsoft Scrambles to Catch up with the iPad

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 8:51 pm

Analysis: Ballmer backpedals on tablet talk; can Microsoft imitate Apple once again? Microsoft - IPad - Steve Ballmer - Apple - Business

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Making the Case for a Microsoft Phone

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 6:07 pm

There’s a good chance that Microsoft will build a “Microsoft phone” at some point, simply because the temptation may prove irresistible. Microsoft - Monopolies and Oligopolies - Economic - Business - Companies

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Zune HD Gets Two New Apps, MSN Money And Animalgrams [Apps]

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 2:40 pm

Both apps are free and currently available for download in the Zune Marketplace . MSN Money lets you monitor stocks, convert currency, and get info on companies and past trends, and Animalgrams is a basic word game where you to come up with as many words as you can from an animal's name before the time runs out. [ Zune Spring and Zune Boards ] More »

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Microsoft, Get Back to Work!

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 2:20 pm

Microsoft is still in pursuit of the tablet market according to Ballmer, but it needs to get back to its roots and stop dabbling in every consumer technology that comes along. Microsoft - Steve Ballmer - Apple - Business - Monopolies and Oligopolies

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Analyst’s View: Microsoft’s Tablet is Coming! Well, Not Really

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 12:28 pm

Much has been made in the last 24 hours about Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer's vague references to a Microsoft tablet competitor to the iPad. But the truth is that there isn't a story here.

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Microsoft should starve on radical penguin diet

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 10:30 am

Capitalism and open source Open...and Shut When the mouthpiece of American capitalism calls a company a dog, it's time to re-evaluate that company's chances.…

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CEO of Microsoft in panic over iPad – afraid to repeat debacle with iPhone beating Windows Phone

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 6:32 am

July 30, 2010 [mobile PCs (Tablet PC, mini-PC, ...)] | By Edward J. R. Tablet PC powered by Windows - very small niche. UMPC (ultra mobile PC) - powered by Windows - massive failure.

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Taking a bite from Apple

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 5:09 am

The iPhone 4 is in Australia but it's worth remembering it's no longer the only 'superphone' in town.

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Microsoft Totally Going to Make Things Happen in Tablets

Friday 30 July 2010 @ 4:00 am

Microsoft -- which foresaw the tablet PC, but failed to commercialize it -- has a lot to prove in the market currently dominated by Apples iPad, and every intention of proving it. Bringing a Windows-based slates to market is job one urgency around here, CEO Steve Ballmer at the company's Financial ...

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