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The iPad-sized nail in the Windows PC’s coffin

Monday, April 15, 2013 12:30 pmMonday, April 15, 201323 Comments

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

Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:00 pmThursday, April 11, 20138 Comments

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

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 10:28 am41 Comments

Windows 8 is doing significantly worse than Microsoft’s biggest failure, Windows Vista…

As Surface and other Windows tablets flop, Microsoft slashes Windows 8 and Office prices for OEMs

Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:30 pmThursday, March 7, 201328 Comments

Microsoft Corp. has recently been offering price breaks on its 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…

Can Microsoft executives really be that stupid?

Thursday, March 7, 2013 1:01 pmThursday, March 7, 201338 Comments

So here we go again…

Samsung likely to pull the plug on its failing Windows RT tablet in Europe

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 6:45 pm24 Comments

By now it’s clear that the early reception to Windows RT has been…

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…

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…

To stellar CEO Steve Ballmer, Office without iPad support makes ‘a lot of sense’

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:01 pmWednesday, January 30, 201366 Comments

The question of Office for iOS has burned for a year, but a release…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Windows 8 early adoption number 5 times lower than Windows 7

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 11:02 amMonday, October 1, 201229 Comments

With just weeks before the public launch of Windows 8…

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