windows 8

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble kiss and make up

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Microsoft (MS) and Barnes & Noble (B&N) have been involved in a patent dispute for the last year.  MS went after B&N (and others) , saying publicly unspecified patents of theirs were being infringed upon by the Android operating system.  Everyone seems to have paid up, with B&N being the last holdout.  Well, it seems … Read more

Analyst says iPhone 4S sales will decline

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I like the way Analysts approach the 800lb Gorilla with bad news. Very delicately but wrapped in positive sentiments. Such is the case with Mike Walkley of Canaccord Genuity that came out and said that he is expecting iPhone 4S sales to continue to slow down in developed markets. Basically saying that customers are not … Read more

Upgrade in July? Nah, I’ll hold out for Win8.

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So we’ve been hearing rumors of Win8 handsets coming out at the end of the year for a little while.  The latest is unwiredview.com reports that Taiwanese site ePrice.com.tw reports (yeah, that’s a lot of reports there…) Samsung is confirming a Win8 (“Apollo”) handset in October. This makes some sense to me.  That’s about the … Read more

Microsoft Details SkyDrive on Windows 8

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The best thing about Microsoft these days is they seem to understand there is a need for change.  Not just change for change sake but for a specific purpose and response to consumer demand.  Enter today’s Building Windows 8 blog post where Mike Torres and Omar Shahine display and go over SkyDrive integration in Windows … Read more

Apple is doing it again, leaving the door wide open: Mountain Lion

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As cute as Apple’s Latest Mac OS Mountain Lion OS may seem, there is still a hidden underwhelming feeling about the whole ordeal. It seems as if Apple has lost the “OMG THIS IS CRAZY!” factor and now made a home with the “aaah, yes….I see… that’s nice” crowd. Not that anything is wrong with … Read more