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Singing the praises of Windows Phone 7, and who really is to blame for iPhone problems?
I just got this rather interesting email from a longtime friend, who I trust implicitly, of an exchange he had with a very close friend of his who works for a major wireless provider in the U.S. It provides some interesting thoughts on the iPhone and how some carriers are actually looking forward to carrying ...
Daily Brief #23: Poor, Poor Baldy – No Love from Ex “Softies”
Paul O’Flaherty and I talk about Google TV, Windows Phone 7 haters, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. [Cross-posted at Winextra]
Microsoft meeting with Adobe, acquisition one of the topics
The New York Times is out with a report that Steve Ballmer from Microsoft and Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen recently got together for a behind-closed-doors meeting. The two men; and their entourages of executives, apparently not only discussed working together to try and head off the incredible growth of Apple but the talk of Adobe ...
It’s Really No Surprise that Microsoft Gets Bad Press
Everyone was chuckling a few days ago, ourselves included, in reacting to the the report that Microsoft has fallen out of favor with the media. As humorous as that might be, the flip side is that Mircrosoft, when it does get press, usually gets the crap end of the stick in the tech blogosphere. A ...
The one tweak you should never use on Windows 7
Tweaking Windows is something that a lot of Windows users love to do, and with every fresh install the first thing done is to install one’s favorite tweaking program and fine-tune Windows to your liking. There is nothing wrong with that, even though many of the most well known ones are questionable as to their ...
The new Zune Marketplace is still a stupid mess
One of the things that I have been looking forward to as part of the launch of Windows Phone 7 is the move to increase the number of countries that the Zune Marketplace is available in, as well as the range of services. After all, just as with Xbox Live, the Zune Marketplace is considered ...
How search will change because of IE9, Bing and HTML5
Thanks to Richard Hays at Windows Observer for pointing this video of Jeff Henshaw, the Bing Search Group Manager, showing how search is about to change. The video is of his keynote speech during the Internet Explorer 9 Beta release last week. [Cross-posted at Winextra]
Windows Mobile 7 Celebration: Biggest Hubbub Since Windows 95?
You have to know that the smart-ass comments are going to start flying over this but you know what? Screw ‘em guys, you’ve worked hard on both Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7, not to mention the soon to launch IE9 Beta, so if you want to do a little Michael Jackson Thriller or act ...
Microsoft Releases Free eBook. You Know, For Kids. [Dark Cloud]
Thanks to Richard Hay over at Windows Observer for this tip about a free eBook from Microsoft for kids to learn how to keep themselves safe on the Web. From the dedication: This book is dedicated to every teen who takes the time to learn about security and how to stay safe and be smart ...
See, I Told You So: Windows Phone 7 Coming October 11th
Pocket-lint is out with a reliable sources post that claims Microsoft will be holding a global launch in New York for Windows Phone 7. Multiple sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to Pocket-lint that Microsoft will launch its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, on 11 October 2010. Pocket-lint has learnt that the ...
