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Microsoft FAM 2010, Part 1: Microsoft’s Consumer Initiatives

By pthurrott

If you don't follow Microsoft closely, you may be surprised to discover that its annual one-day meeting with financial analysts, called the Microsoft... »

 

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Microsoft FAM 2010, Part 1: Microsoft’s Consumer Initiatives

By pthurrott

If you don't follow Microsoft closely, you may be surprised to discover that its annual one-day meeting with financial analysts, called the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting, or FAM, has traditionally been a day of interesting revelations. This year's event happened yesterday, and while you could pour over all the speech transcripts and videos... »

PC Market Share, Q2 2010

By pthurrott

Both IDC and Gartner have reported their PC market share estimates for Q2 2010. As usual, I average these figures to present a clearer picture of what's going on in the market »

I’m Saying No to the iPhone 4

By pthurrott

Like ZD's Matthew Miller , I won't be getting an iPhone 4 today, or in the foreseeable future. The reasons for this aren't all that complex, but I feel like I should at least explain it »

The New Mac Mini

By pthurrott

So I'm not one of those compulsive Apple blogger guys, obviously, but ... my God. Have you seen the new Mac mini ? »

Uh-oh. New iPhone will mean more motion-controlled games.

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One of the features of the iPhone 4, which will be released later this month, is a gyroscope. When the feature was revealed, Apple's Steve Jobs demonstrated it by playing a Jenga mock-up that let him look at the game from different sides by spinning in place. And just when I thought we'd... »

Safari 5. Yeah, You Should Trust the Web To These Guys

By pthurrott

Apple has now fixed this, but their original advertising page for Safari 5 didn't display correctly in any browser. Including Apple's. Here's how it looked originally in Safari 4 (Windows) »

WWDC 2010 Keynote Notes

By pthurrott

Here are some notes from Apple's WWDC keynote. You know, the other event occurring today »

Apple, It’s Not A Standard If It Only Works In Your Browser, And On The Mac

By pthurrott

Apple today posted an interesting new HTML 5 and Web Standards section to its web site, a counterpoint of sorts to Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive site (and yet another assault on Adobe Flash). There's just one problem: Unlike the Microsoft effort, Apple's site only works properly in its own Safari web... »

MobileMe Beta Arrives … Time For a Comparison?

By pthurrott

I was pretty critical of Apple's MobileMe service when it arrived in 2008 because it was too expensive (i.e. "not free") and, like many Apple products, offered more to Mac users than it did to Windows users. These issues still exist two years later. »

Apple Turns Off the Bile, Sells Macs For What They Are

By pthurrott

I was a vocal critic of Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ad campaign for two reasons. One, they often lied about Windows »