This is where Microsoft started with Windows 8, or at least tried, but…
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OS X Yosemite adoption is breaking Windows
This is yet another symptom of Microsoft’s broken business model…
China bans use of Windows 8 on government computers; Microsoft ‘surprised’
China has banned government use of Windows 8…
Losses mount for beleaguered Microsoft’s moribund Surface tablet
Economies of scale continued to elude Microsoft’s Surface line…
Microsoft considering allowing Android apps to run on both Windows and Windows Phone, sources say
Of Microsoft’s many challenges in mobile, none loom larger than the app deficit…
Bill Gates spends entire first day back in office trying to install Windows 8.1
Bill Gates’ first day at work got off to a rocky start…
Samsung races against rumors of an Apple ‘iPad Pro’ with two new 12-inch Android tablets
South Korean electronics giant Samsung on Monday fired a preemptive shot…
Microsoft needs to give up trying to target Apple’s iPad
Instead of making head-to-head commercials against Apple, Microsoft…
Beleaguered Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update; crashes Surface tablets
Microsoft has pulled a Windows update from its website…
Microsoft took a big risk with Windows 8 and it’s backfiring
The widespread backlash to Windows 8, combined with Microsoft’s decision to…
Years after being shown by Apple, poor Microsoft still doesn’t understand what tablets are for
Microsoft aims to solidify their hold on a key niche market: People who hate fun…
Turns out, nobody wants to touch Windows 8 (and Microsoft is screwed)
Windows 8’s flaws have resulted in the worst of all worlds…
Class-action suit filed against Microsoft over Surface tablet flop
The law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd has filed a class-action suit against Microsoft…
Microsoft’s AppLack: Just barely half of top 100 apps are on Windows 8
Most of the top apps are still not supported by Windows 8…
Desperate Microsoft cuts Surface Pro tablet prices; could signal even more losses
Just over two weeks after Microsoft (MSFT) took a $900 million charge…
Microsoft’s Surface sales figures are in, and they’re a total disaster
Microsoft’s total Surface revenue for all of fiscal 2013 amounted to just…
iPad roadkill: Microsoft’s Surface flops despite relentless advertising
Microsoft announced Surface last summer to great fanfare…
More nonsense about OS X from the pundits
I could probably devote every one of my columns to the silly comments…
Samsung unveils hybrid tablet that runs both Android and Windows 8 apps
Samsung Electronics Co. introduced its first tablet that can run…
Over 92% of Maine educators choose Apple MacBooks, iPads over HP laptops
For the first time since the Maine Learning Technology Initiative began…
Apple’s MacBook Air and Pro: Better multi-touch support than Windows 8, no touch screen required
The MacBook Air recently released is a notebook that sets the bar…
Dvorak: A standing O for Apple’s new Mac Pro
Ever wonder why there has been a massive slowdown in PC growth?
Desperate Microsoft marks down Windows, dangles free Office in bid to move tablets
Microsoft today confirmed what many analysts suspected, that it has cut prices…
Windows 8 continues to flop hard
Windows 8 continues to fall behind…
Microsoft brings back ‘start’ button in attempt to reverse declining Windows sales
Microsoft Corp is bringing back the Windows ‘start’ button…
Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 timing is all wrong
It is going to be very difficult for Microsoft to succeed with Windows 8.1…
Microsoft’s cheap shot at Apple’s iPad actually spotlights exactly why Windows 8 tablets suck (with video)
A brand new Windows 8 ad pits the iPad against Microsoft’s Windows 8 tablet…
Microsoft wants Apple to make iTunes for Windows 8 tablets, but it’s not coming ‘any time soon’
Microsoft wants Apple to create a “Metro” version of iTunes…
About those so-called 100 million Windows 8 sales
This doesn’t mean that 100 million copies of Windows 8, or anything close to that number…
Microsoft offers no apology for Windows 8, promises better with Windows Blue (Screen of Death)
With Windows 8, Microsoft ignored the basic tenets of change management…
The difference between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Yesterday Bill Gates took some heat in the media when he proclaimed….
Windows 8ista: Microsoft admits failure
One of the most prominent admissions of failure since Coca-Cola’s New Coke fiasco…
Microsoft cautiously preps 2nd-generation of Surface tablet flops with smaller displays
Microsoft is expected to announce second-generation Surface tablets…
Microsoft partners say Windows 8 caused ‘millions of customers’ to switch to Apple
With PC sales crashing and burning…
The iPad-sized nail in the Windows PC’s coffin
When we say tablets are to blame for the decline of the Windows PC, we really mean the iPad
Analyst: Consolidation in beleaguered Windows PC market ‘inevitable’ as sales plummet
The latest data from IDC showed that PC sales declined 13.9 percent year over year…
Why Microsoft’s Windows 8 is an even bigger flop than Windows Vista
Windows 8 is doing significantly worse than Microsoft’s biggest failure, Windows Vista…
Apple releases Boot Camp 5 for booting Macs into Windows 8
Apple yesterday released Boot Camp 5, a major new version…
Microsoft’s Surface tablets said to fall far short of predictions
Microsoft Corp. has sold about 1.5 million Surface devices…
Analyst: Microsoft’s Surface RT on track to join Zune and Kin in the great consumer electronics discount rack in the sky
Microsoft has never had a good track record with consumer hardware…
Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina display bests 18 Windows 8 laptops, Samsung Series 3 Chromebook in battery life test
We test every laptop for battery life…
As Surface and other Windows tablets flop, Microsoft slashes Windows 8 and Office prices for OEMs
Microsoft Corp. has recently been offering price breaks on its Windows 8…
