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Apple’s Mac demand might be even better than soaring sales numbers suggest

Monday, July 27, 2015 12:28 pmMonday, July 27, 201515 Comments

Apple recently reported that both unit shipments and revenues…

Apple Macs and iOS devices now outselling Windows PCs annually

Thursday, July 23, 2015 4:41 pm8 Comments

The data shows both the growth of iOS sales and the Windows PC market…

Apple faces some stubborn OS X fragmentation, but it’s nothing compared to Windows

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 1:01 pmWednesday, May 20, 201543 Comments

Although Apple has done a better job of moving its Mac users along with each new OS…

Downgrades, price cuts flood over beleaguered Microsoft after earnings; shares plummet over 10%

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 9:52 amTuesday, January 27, 201514 Comments

In premarket reading, shares of beleaguered Microsoft shares are down 7.8 percent…

Microsoft down over 4% in late trading; Windows revenue under pressure

Monday, January 26, 2015 6:30 pm19 Comments

The slowdown is blamed on slowing business PC sales…

Apple destroys Google Android, others in the mobile enterprise

Monday, November 10, 2014 12:58 pmMonday, November 10, 201416 Comments

Good Technology analyzed both the mobile apps and devices activated…

Gartner: Only 14 percent of computing devices sold last year ran Windows

Friday, September 26, 2014 12:27 pmFriday, September 26, 201429 Comments

Nadella is resigned to the fact that sales of PCs have leveled off, and with it sales of Windows…

Apple’s Yosemite shows why Microsoft’s OS strategy is failing

Monday, August 4, 2014 2:28 pmMonday, August 4, 201422 Comments

With Windows 8, Microsoft’s marketing and engineering teams were clearly asleep at the wheel..

Beleaguered Microsoft’s Windows 8’s uptake falls again, now slower than Vista flop

Monday, August 4, 2014 10:28 amMonday, August 4, 201423 Comments

Windows 8’s uptake was stuck in reverse for the second straight quarter…

Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone says his Microsoft Surface tablet ‘didn’t work’ for portion of game

Monday, August 4, 2014 9:09 amMonday, August 4, 201423 Comments

The NFL has permitted teams to use Microsoft tablet computers…

Microsoft has decided to extort Windows 7 users, too

Friday, July 25, 2014 8:47 am58 Comments

If you are still dumb enough to use Windows…

China bans use of Windows 8 on government computers; Microsoft ‘surprised’

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 5:33 pmTuesday, May 20, 201437 Comments

China has banned government use of Windows 8…

Low-priced $899 MacBook Air taps Apple into massive $63 billion-per-year notebook market

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 5:03 pmThursday, May 1, 201412 Comments

Apple’s new entry-level 11-inch MacBook Air is the company’s most affordable notebook…

Apple kills the Windows PC and no one seems to mind

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3:29 pmWednesday, April 30, 201454 Comments

Consumers are beginning to get wise to the hidden costs of Windows PC ownership…

Losses mount for beleaguered Microsoft’s moribund Surface tablet

Monday, April 28, 2014 9:35 pmMonday, April 28, 201446 Comments

Economies of scale continued to elude Microsoft’s Surface line…

Say goodbye to Microsoft

Friday, April 11, 2014 11:00 amFriday, April 11, 201456 Comments

Microsoft desperately tried to get into phones, tablets, watches and TVs, but…

Microsoft risks even further Windows security woes by retiring XP

Monday, March 10, 2014 4:00 pmMonday, March 10, 201434 Comments

Microsoft plans to ship the final public patches for Windows XP on April 8…

Google has picked Microsoft’s low-hanging fruit

Monday, March 10, 2014 2:28 pmMonday, March 10, 201418 Comments

Microsoft may be nearing a free Windows 8 release if recent rumors are true…

IDC: PC shipments to fall by -6% in 2014 and decline through 2018

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 6:32 pmTuesday, March 4, 201411 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments fell by -9.8% in 201…

Paul Thurrott comes to another sad realization: Nobody can touch Apple

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 7:41 pmWednesday, February 26, 201467 Comments

Microsoft has confirmed the broad strokes of a report that it is dropping…

Milestone: Apple computers outsold Windows PCs in Q4 2013

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 4:00 pmThursday, July 23, 201547 Comments

Apple limits itself only to the high end, but still sells more units than the whole PC industry…

Microsoft considering allowing Android apps to run on both Windows and Windows Phone, sources say

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:51 pmWednesday, February 12, 201428 Comments

Of Microsoft’s many challenges in mobile, none loom larger than the app deficit…

Paul Thurrott comes to a sad realization: ‘Windows 8 is a disaster. Period.’

Monday, February 10, 2014 2:00 pmMonday, February 10, 201442 Comments

Windows simply grew, spaghetti-like, to accommodate every silly possible need…

Microsoft tries to revive floundering Windows by returning ‘start’ button in 8.1 update

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 6:19 pm73 Comments

Microsoft on Wednesday launched its latest effort to reverse…

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