Tag Archives: Microsoft

Why the Google Phone will not be released to the public

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase The hype machine is in overdrive. Google has confirmed that it has issued special Android-running “dogfood” phones to some of its employees, and every tech blog is speculating about when this will be released to the public … Continue reading →

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Dumb Windows users write dumb things about malware. News at 11.

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Over at PC Pro, my old chum Chris Brennan is conducting a brave experiment. As an ardent Mac user, in the cause of science, he’s put aside his Mac and is living with Windows 7 for a while (catch up … Continue reading →

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Windows 2009 = Macintosh 2001 (well, nearly)

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

It took Microsoft six years, from the release of the first Mac in 1984 to the release of Windows 3.0 in 1990, to make something that matched Apple. It’s taken them eight years, from the release of Mac OS X … Continue reading →

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How Microsoft is snatching Windows 7 defeat from the jaws of victory

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

I made the point with rather more swearing on Twitter yesterday, but Joe Wilcox says it without the bad language: “After commandingly executing Windows 7 development, Microsoft had run off the track right before the finish line. Suddenly, Windows 7 … Continue reading →

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Microsoft drops European Windows plan, so where next for upgrades?

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

PC Advisor: “It’s unclear how Microsoft will deal with customers who have already pre-ordered Windows 7E and paid the upgrade price but were told they would receive a full-package edition. Ironically, the users who may be most affected by the … Continue reading →

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Ballmer predicts Windows PC 2010 = Macintosh 2008

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

More from the analyst’s meeting with Steve Ballmer: “Ballmer told analysts there would be a new class of “ultra-thin” PCs” — or high-end netbooks –coming this year that would combine the light weight of netbooks with high-power and high-performance of … Continue reading →

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Watch out, Mac-using analysts: Ballmer knows where you live

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Via Joe Wilcox, comes this bit of Steve Ballmer’s speech to financial analysts: “We have low share, by the way, in the investor audience. I can see the Apple logos versus the PC logos. So we have more work to … Continue reading →

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Daring Fireball is wrong about Microsoft’s weakness

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

I am, you’ll have noted, an argumentative sod. This is a great source of irritation to my dear other half, who rolls her eyes as I shout at the television or Internet. But sometimes, you read something and… well… you … Continue reading →

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Chrome OS is not a threat to Windows « GartenBlog

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

“Launching a new PC OS is not easy even if your target is a cloud. Targeting netbooks in 2010 isn’t the answer either. As I’ve pointed out, netbook are laptops with a pivotal axis of price. We’re seeing netbooks with … Continue reading →

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Windows 7, Mac OS X and Ubuntu: A Tale of Three Operating Systems

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Joe Wilcox picks up on a comment that I made on his post about Windows 7 and its relationship to the Mac: “As you know, Joe, I’m a Mac to Linux switcher (with over 20 years Mac use under my … Continue reading →

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