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Tag: Windows 8

The late, not-so-great Microsoft Windows 8

Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:43 pmThursday, March 7, 201330 Comments

by the end of 2013, Windows will be only the third most popular computer OS in the world…

As Surface flops, Microsoft CFO says there’s no ‘Plan B’

Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:08 pmThursday, February 14, 201346 Comments

Microsoft Corp has not made much of a dent in Apple Inc’s dominance…

Microsoft ‘sells out’ of undisclosed number of Surface Pro units

Monday, February 11, 2013 1:01 pmMonday, February 11, 201340 Comments

Microsoft appears to be ‘sold out’ of its horridly-reviewed flop…

The mobile train has left the Windows 8 platform behind

Thursday, February 7, 2013 10:13 pm43 Comments

According to Canaccord Genuity, Apple took in 69% of the handset profits in 2012…

Microsoft’s ‘Surface Pro’ tablet slammed by negative reviews

Thursday, February 7, 2013 10:20 am21 Comments

U.S. tech writers have given Microsoft Corp’s new Surface tablet-laptop hybrid…

The Verge reviews Microsoft’s Surface Pro: Too big, too fat, frustratingly poor battery life; it just feels limiting

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 8:35 amWednesday, February 6, 201313 Comments

It’s supposed to be freeing, but it just feels limiting…

Microsoft’s Windows RT: Circling the bowl

Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:05 pmWednesday, February 6, 201319 Comments

Over the past several days, Windows CFO and CMO Tami Reller…

Crash and burn: Windows RT tablet sales in 2012 likely to total less than one million units

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:30 amWednesday, January 30, 201345 Comments

Actual sales of Windows RT tablets, including, but not limited to Microsoft’s own Surface RT, so far are likely to be less than one million units…

Windows 8 bloat: Microsoft’s 64GB Surface Pro will offer users only 23GB of available storage space

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:01 pmTuesday, January 29, 201341 Comments

Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet was knocked for the dearth of storage…

Microsoft blames PC makers for Windows 8 flop

Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:02 pmThursday, January 24, 201346 Comments

Microsoft blames PC makers for underwhelming Windows 8 sales over Christmas…

Microsoft launching Surface Pro tablet on February 9, starting at $1090.95 with keyboard and mouse

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:49 amWednesday, January 23, 201348 Comments

Surface Windows 8 Pro will be available for purchase on Feb. 9 in the U.S and Canada…

Lenovo to release 27-inch Windows 8 table tablet starting at $1,699

Monday, January 7, 2013 11:28 amMonday, January 7, 201358 Comments

It’s a 27-inch screen that weighs 15 pound with the innards of a Windows 8 computer built into it…

With Surface tanking, clueless Microsoft digs faster

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:13 pmWednesday, December 19, 201274 Comments

Microsoft just doesn’t know when to stop doing itself severe damage…

Google’s Android fails to make inroads into business where Apple leads

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:07 pm10 Comments

Only 22 percent of information workers say they want a smartphone based on Google’s…

Philip Greenspun: Microsoft’s Windows 8 is a Christmas gift for someone you hate

Friday, December 7, 2012 9:29 amFriday, December 7, 201224 Comments

A dog’s breakfast of a user interface…

MKM Partners cuts Microsoft price target, estimates on lower than expected Surface, Windows 8 sales

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 2:32 pm17 Comments

Sales of Microsoft’s Surface tablet computer appear to be tracking lower than

Why Microsoft’s Surface tablet is doomed

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:46 amWednesday, December 5, 201239 Comments

Why you should think twice about betting your business on Microsoft’s new device…

Apple consistently convinces users to upgrade OS X

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 10:26 am55 Comments

Unlike rival Microsoft, Apple has consistently been able to get a significant portion…

Windows 8 uptake more like Vista than Windows 7

Monday, December 3, 2012 9:48 am24 Comments

After a month on the market, Windows 8’s usage uptake resembles 2007’s Vista…

Microsoft’s Surface Pro iPad killer to start at $899

Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:39 pm74 Comments

Beleaguered Microsoft…

Windows 8 face-plant: U.S. notebook and desktop sales down 21% in Windows 8’s first month

Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:24 pmThursday, November 29, 201235 Comments

Windows 8 has delivered no bump to flagging consumer PC sales in the U.S., a retail research analyst said today…

Analyst: Apple’s iOS is ‘The New Windows’ – and it’s not meant as an insult

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:13 pm25 Comments

The increasing diversity in tablets offered on the market plays to Apple’s advantage…

Windows 8 sales are ‘slow going, disappointing’

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:36 pmTuesday, November 20, 201264 Comments

Further confirming our suspicions that Windows 8 is off to a slow start…

Apple, Tesla completely embarrass Microsoft whose employees should be livid, ashamed or both

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:38 am35 Comments

Any person even remotely associated with Microsoft should be livid, ashamed…

Design guru Nielsen: Windows 8 a ‘misguided’ product; UI ‘smothers usability’

Monday, November 19, 2012 6:02 pm30 Comments

User interface design guru Jakob Nielsen is none too pleased with Microsoft’s Windows 8…

Jean-Louis Gassée: Apple can finish what Microsoft’s Sinofsky started

Sunday, November 18, 2012 2:43 pm33 Comments

Now that all OS X and iOS software is under one hat…

USA Today survey: 1 in 3 Windows PC users intend on switching to Apple Mac or iPad

Thursday, November 15, 2012 1:22 pmThursday, November 15, 201233 Comments

One-third of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP users who are ready to buy a new personal computer say they intend to switch to an Apple product…

Ballmer suggests more Microsoft-branded devices coming

Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:26 amThursday, November 15, 201231 Comments

Ballmer said Microsoft would look at more opportunities to build its own devices…

Beleaguered Microsoft has failed

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:38 pmWednesday, November 14, 201284 Comments

“Microsoft is in deep trouble, their two main product lines are failing…

Microsoft Windows RT and 8 sales: Signs point to a major flop

Monday, November 12, 2012 4:00 pm60 Comments

All signs point to the Surface with Windows RT selling slowly…

Ballmer: Microsoft Surface sales ‘modest’

Monday, November 12, 2012 2:02 pmMonday, November 12, 201240 Comments

Sales of Microsoft’s new Surface tablet have been ‘modest,’ according to Monkey Boy Ballmer…

Microsoft’s big hidden Windows 8 feature: Built-in advertising

Friday, November 9, 2012 2:39 pmFriday, November 9, 201222 Comments

While people can expect ads in a free app, no one expects ads in a piece of software that they just paid good money for

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…

74% of organizations have no plans to deploy Windows 8

Friday, November 2, 2012 2:10 pmFriday, November 2, 201219 Comments

73.7 percent of respondents say their organizations have no plans to deploy Windows 8…

Cringely: Six years from now Microsoft’s Windows will be dead or free

Monday, October 29, 2012 3:20 pmMonday, October 29, 201265 Comments

The real issue here isn’t the software at all but the platform…

Microsoft exec blasts Apple’s iPad mini as ‘seven-inch recreational tablet for $329’

Friday, October 26, 2012 4:32 pmFriday, October 26, 201274 Comments

With Windows 8, Steven Sinofsky said that Microsoft and its PC-making partners…

Tim Bajarin: Windows 8 is ‘welcome to the past’ instead of ‘welcome to the future’

Friday, October 26, 2012 4:01 pmFriday, October 26, 201241 Comments

Once Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage…

The time is here for OS X to put a serious dent in Windows

Friday, October 26, 2012 3:00 pmFriday, October 26, 201255 Comments

With the Mac having around 13% of the computer market share in the U.S. and Microsoft making one boo-boo after another…

Parallels warns Mac users to not upgrade to Windows 8; do full install to new virtual machine only

Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:02 pm14 Comments

With today’s launch of Microsoft’s Windows 8, Parallel’s is warning Mac users…

Microsoft’s Windows 8 release a non-event for most companies, some of which may never adopt it

Monday, October 22, 2012 9:01 am22 Comments

There was once a time when the launch of a new Windows operating system…

Windows 8 baffles consumers as Microsoft loads up the bases for Apple’s mighty Macintosh

Friday, October 19, 2012 4:28 pmFriday, October 19, 201261 Comments

The release of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is a week away…

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