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Tag: WART

Microsoft Surface Touch Cover splits within days, exposing wire; early users complain

Friday, November 9, 2012 8:40 amFriday, November 9, 201249 Comments

Some early users of the Touch Cover of Microsoft’s Surface tablet…

Slate reviews Microsoft’s Surface tablet: Too slow, mercilessly buggy; why is it so bad?

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 2:33 pmTuesday, November 6, 201238 Comments

Why is the Surface so bad?

Microsoft’s bloated Windows RT eats 16GB of Surface tablet

Monday, November 5, 2012 10:23 pmMonday, November 5, 201254 Comments

Windows has a bad rep for gobbling up storage space on PCs. Ditto Surface…

InfoWorld reviews Microsoft Surface RT: A disappointment; you’re better off with Apple’s iPad

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:30 pm38 Comments

You can do a lot more with an iPad…

Acer delays Windows RT tablets; adopts ‘wait and see’ approach after poor Surface RT reviews

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:32 pm30 Comments

Taiwanese computer maker Acer is putting off the launch of tablets using…

Ballmer: We’re going to make more Microsoft-branded hardware

Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:16 pmThursday, October 25, 201246 Comments

Microsoft’s chief boss has confirmed he plans to release more devices…

Gizmodo reviews Microsoft Surface RT: Do not buy; inferior to Apple’s iPad; the worst of both worlds

Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:51 pm43 Comments

Microsoft’s Surface RT is not worth your paycheck…

The Verge reviews Microsoft Surface RT tablet: ‘The whole thing is honestly perplexing; who is this for?’

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 3:27 pmWednesday, October 24, 201258 Comments

Microsoft’s US$499 (and up) Surface with Windows RT…

Why Microsoft’s Windows just can’t win

Friday, October 19, 2012 10:34 amFriday, October 19, 201252 Comments

Microsoft is about to have its biggest product release in nearly 20 years…

Microsoft profit slips as Windows PCs fizzle

Friday, October 19, 2012 8:41 amFriday, October 19, 201239 Comments

Microsoft Corp’s quarterly profit fell a greater-than-expected 22 percent…

Dvorak: ‘Microsoft’s Surface tablet isn’t the Apple iPad, so it shouldn’t be priced like one’

Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:30 am43 Comments

To compete with an Apple product, Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet must be priced aggressively lower…

Microsoft airs first TV ad for Surface tablet (with video)

Monday, October 15, 2012 11:12 pmTuesday, October 16, 2012102 Comments

Microsoft on Monday kicked off a $1 billion advertising campaign for Windows 8/RT…

Apple likely moved ‘iPad mini’ launch to screw up Microsoft

Monday, October 15, 2012 11:20 amMonday, October 15, 201251 Comments

Much to the chagrin of Apple aficionados, October 10 came and went and the press did not…

Apple’s ‘iPad mini’ to obliterate Microsoft’s Windows 8, Surface RT tablet launches

Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:00 amSaturday, October 13, 201235 Comments

The 23rd of October is a very useful date for the success of Apple’s diminutive tablet…

Developers overwhelmingly choose iOS first as interest in Android wanes for third time in last four quarters

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:01 pmTuesday, October 2, 201214 Comments

For Microsoft Corp, and Amazon.com, and the clutch of other companies that hope…

Deathmatch: Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion vs. Microsoft’s Windows 8

Thursday, August 16, 2012 5:05 pmThursday, August 16, 201235 Comments

How does Microsoft’s new Windows 8 compare to Apple’s new OS X Mountain Lion? Not well…

How Microsoft could – but shouldn’t – sell Surface Windows RT tablets for $199

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:00 amWednesday, August 15, 201223 Comments

Microsoft, master of nothing but unwieldy names…

Microsoft Surface Windows RT tablet to start a $199, says source

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:34 pm40 Comments

Price estimates for the Windows RT version of Microsoft’s Surface tablet…

Microsoft forced to kill off ‘Metro’ name due to trademark infringement

Friday, August 3, 2012 10:55 amFriday, August 3, 201247 Comments

Microsoft has issued an internal memo requiring employees to refer to Metro as ‘Windows 8 style UI’…

Does Microsoft finally know what they’re doing? Or are they just misreading Apple’s playbook?

Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:19 pmThursday, July 26, 201243 Comments

Microsoft is in a very unique position these days…

Microsoft Surface tablet pricing leaked; US$1,000 for ‘cheapest’ Windows RT model

Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:57 amThursday, July 26, 201225 Comments

Microsoft’s Surface tablets look to be priced well above the Cupertino Colossus’ market-defining, market-dominating iPad…

Analysts predict slow enterprise adoption of touch, Windows 8

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:16 pmWednesday, July 25, 201221 Comments

Enterprises may see little need to buy a touchscreen enhanced OS like Windows 8…

Microsoft to make mystery announcement today at noon PDT

Monday, July 16, 2012 10:00 amMonday, July 16, 201261 Comments

Microsoft Corp. will announce news live from San Francisco via webcast on July 16 at noon PDT…

Ballmer: Uh, yeah, ‘Surface is just a design point,’ you know

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:11 pmWednesday, July 11, 201268 Comments

After proclaiming in his keynote address at the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference…

Samsung to debut Windows RT tablet in October, sources say

Sunday, July 8, 2012 10:18 am25 Comments

Samsung will release a tablet that features Microsoft’s Windows RT…

Bill Gates: Apple may have to make a Surface-like device

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 5:35 pmTuesday, July 3, 2012116 Comments

Now that he’s in his 50s, Bill Gates is still fanatical…

Microsoft’s ‘Surface’ ARM tablet is a terrible mistake

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 2:01 pmWednesday, July 11, 201253 Comments

When Microsoft unveiled its Surface with Windows RT tablet last month…

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