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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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Smart Phones vs. PCs

By pthurrott

Many (myself included) have assumed that smart phones are poised to take over the computing market and surpass PCs as the primary way in which people around the world consume computing resources, whether they're local applications or web-based/cloud services. It turns out that it's more accurate to say that "phones" (i.e. not just... »

App Inventor for Android

By pthurrott

Google has just released a beta version of a tool called App Inventor for Android that lets you "build just about any app you can imagine." Similar in function to early versions of Visual Basic, this is a serious competitive threat to iPhone, Windows Phone, and other smart phone platforms, while harkening... »

KINNOT: Microsoft Kills KIN

By pthurrott

Barely a month after launching its KIN pseudo smart phone, Microsoft has decided to kill it. Here's the official word: We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned »

Office 15 Revealed

By pthurrott

Stephen Chapman has unearthed a surprising amount of information about the next version of Microsoft Office, codenamed Office 15. And no, this isn't Office 2010 ("Office 14"), which hasn't even shipped to consumers yet. This is the next version of Office, due in 2013. »

Can You Save Money with the New AT&T Tiered Pricing Plans?

By pthurrott

AT&T Wireless announced this week that they will soon stop offering unlimited data plans to new smart phone customers. »

Microsoft: Windows and Embedded, Not Windows Phone 7, on Tablets

By pthurrott

At the Computex trade show this week, Microsoft executives firmly stated that Windows Phone 7 is not designed for tablet devices and will not be ported to these PC-like devices. (I was previously told that the company had nothing to say on this topic.) Instead, Microsoft will focus on Windows Embedded 7 for... »

Sorry, But the iPad is Not ‘Killing’ Netbook Sales

By pthurrott

Hopefully by now, most readers of this site understand how the tech world works: Apple releases a successful product (the iPad) but it suddenly becomes The Second Coming (tm). So much so that Fortune's web-based Mac blog, Apple 2.0, has suddenly decided that--get this-- the iPad is "killing" the netbook . Only in... »

HP Acquires Palm

By pthurrott

As I just revealed on the This Week in Google podcast, HP is purchasing Palm. More info soon. »

What’s New in the Next Windows Live Messenger

By pthurrott

On that Windows Live Preview site, Microsoft has also posted a nice list of new features in the next version of Windows Live Messenger: The new Messenger is packed with new features that make it easier to stay in touch with the people that matter most and offers great new ways to connect... »

FOA Reviews Are In: The iPad Is ‘A Winner’

By pthurrott

As expected, The Friends Of Apple (FOA) reviews of the iPad have arrived two days before the actual iPad itself, and as expected, those reviews are overwhelmingly positive. Also, I think it's interesting that each, in its own way, addresses the standard iPad complaints ("it's just a big iPod," "the A4 chip isn't... »