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Tag: Windows 8ista

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…

Nope, no ‘HoloLens’ vaporware; Apple is as ‘boring’ as it’s always been

Monday, January 26, 2015 5:33 pmMonday, January 26, 201553 Comments

Microsoft last week surprised the tech masses when the company unveiled…

Following Apple’s lead as ever, Microsoft says Windows 10 to be ‘free’ – but only for one year

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 3:56 pmWednesday, January 21, 201549 Comments

Microsoft has announced that its next operating system…

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…

Surface damage mounts at beleaguered Microsoft as losses surpass $1.7 billion

Monday, August 4, 2014 6:02 pmTuesday, August 5, 201448 Comments

Three strikes and yer out!

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…

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…

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…

Microsoft said to cut Windows price 70% to fend off Apple, Google

Saturday, February 22, 2014 12:01 pmSaturday, February 22, 201436 Comments

Microsoft Corp. is cutting the price of Windows 8.1 by 70 percent…

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…

Bill Gates spends entire first day back in office trying to install Windows 8.1

Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:51 pm55 Comments

Bill Gates’ first day at work got off to a rocky start…

As Windows PC profits evaporate, LG to exit traditional PC market

Friday, January 10, 2014 6:02 pm46 Comments

Korea’s LG Electronics is said to be preparing to exit the traditional PC market…

Even more Microsoft executive departures mark end of a Windows era

Thursday, January 2, 2014 1:29 pmThursday, January 2, 201432 Comments

A complete housecleaning following the Windows 8ista debacle…

Microsoft needs to give up trying to target Apple’s iPad

Monday, December 30, 2013 2:28 pmMonday, December 30, 201314 Comments

Instead of making head-to-head commercials against Apple, Microsoft…

Surging Chromebook sales this Christmas spell doom for Microsoft

Sunday, December 29, 2013 11:48 amSunday, December 29, 201367 Comments

Google’s browser-based Chrome operating system…

Former Apple exec: Has Microsoft gone nuts?

Friday, December 20, 2013 2:01 pmFriday, December 20, 201336 Comments

Of all of the dramas currently unfolding in the tech world right now…

Microsoft: Incomptetent management destroyed the company

Friday, December 13, 2013 7:14 pm85 Comments

Windows has failed, PCs are dead, and the misery that is Windows 8…

Ford’s Alan Mulally not looking likely as Microsoft CEO

Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:02 pmThursday, December 5, 201323 Comments

Also on Microsoft’s final candidate list are Stephen Elop…

Microsoft CEO candidate Elop said to mull focus company on Office, not Windows

Friday, November 8, 2013 9:32 am19 Comments

Stephen Elop, a candidate to replace Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO…

Microsoft said to include Kevin Turner on internal list for CEO

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 9:11 pm43 Comments

Microsoft Corp.’s board placed Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner…

Microsoft narrows CEO shortlist; Elop, Mulally make the cut

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 11:30 pm43 Comments

Microsoft Corp has narrowed its list of external candidates…

Beleaguered Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update; crashes Surface tablets

Monday, October 21, 2013 9:01 amMonday, October 21, 201354 Comments

Microsoft has pulled a Windows update from its website…

Microsoft took a big risk with Windows 8 and it’s backfiring

Monday, October 14, 2013 9:30 amMonday, October 14, 201343 Comments

The widespread backlash to Windows 8, combined with Microsoft’s decision to…

Fox News’ new 55-inch Microsoft touch screens have fewer pixels than Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 9:27 amTuesday, October 8, 201342 Comments

News anchor Shepard Smith proudly demonstrated a remodeled “Fox News Deck” featuring massive…

Years after being shown by Apple, poor Microsoft still doesn’t understand what tablets are for

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 4:00 pmTuesday, September 24, 201350 Comments

Microsoft aims to solidify their hold on a key niche market: People who hate fun…

Microsoft unveils Surface 2 tablet; nobody cares about this one, either

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 8:35 amTuesday, September 24, 201365 Comments

This will once again not end well for Microsoft…

Desperate Microsoft wants to pay you at least $200 to trade in your iPad for a Surface tablet

Friday, September 13, 2013 10:25 amFriday, September 13, 201339 Comments

After recruiting Siri to bad-mouth the iPad, beleaguered Microsoft

Microsoft plans September 23 Surface tablet event

Monday, September 9, 2013 5:43 pmMonday, September 9, 201368 Comments

Microsoft on Monday sent out invitations to a September 23 event…

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