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APPLE   |  Comment

Developers Getting Windows 7

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 95
Thu Sep 25, 2008 at 6:30 PM

Moving at what seems like warp speed compared to their usual software timeline, Microsoft [MSFT] has announced that it will seed developers with an alpha version of Windows 7 at its Professional Developers Conference, which takes ...READ»

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RETAILING   |  31 comments

Horrible Idea of the Day: Microsoft to Build Retail Stores Right Next to Apple's

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 59
Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 5:12 PM

Microsoft's COO says that the stores will open this fall. Just one question: How epic will the failure be?READ»

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CAR   |  8 comments

Microsoft's Metered PC Idea Is Not Greedy. In Fact, It's Almost Brilliant

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 57
Tue Dec 30, 2008 at 5:27 PM

Microsoft's new "metered PC" concept has the nerd world united in a chorus of outrage. Despite all the yelling, the pay-as-you-go model might be one of the best ideas Redmond has had in years.READ»

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APPLE   |  Comment

When Will Microsoft Get a Clue?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 56
Tue Jan 27, 2009 at 1:24 PM

It's been a tough year for Redmond: bricking Zunes, class-action suits, and the people-hate-Vista debacle. You'd think those three catapstrophes would be enough to make the PC giant shape up. You'd be wrong. Microsoft [MSFT], it ...READ»

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MICROSOFT   |  Comment

Can Microsoft Grab Leadership Role With Mouse 2.0 and Other Interface Designs?

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 52
Tue Oct 6, 2009 at 10:12 AM

The software giant has produced five prototypes for multi-touch mice--and the stakes are high.READ»

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SIDEKICK   |  1 comment

Microsoft a "Bunch of Clueless Idiots," Says Danger Source

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 51
Tue Oct 13, 2009 at 3:26 PM

AppleInsider has reported disclosures from several sources close to the Microsoft/Sidekick debacle, saying that the failure is only a taste of Redmond's growing internal incompetence. The sources, which AppleInsider claims were ...READ»

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SEASONAL HACKS   |  3 comments

Hacking, Like The Weather, Is Seasonal

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 49
Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 7:04 AM

A survey of the hackers attending this month's Defcon 17 conference turned up these rather interesting results: About 81% of the hackers say they're more active during the winter holidays. READ»

APPLE   |  Comment

Zune Owners Getting Free WiFi at McDonald's

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 44
Tue Sep 16, 2008 at 7:10 PM

If you've ever sat in a McDonald's [MCD] munching on a quarter-pounder and thought, "man, I really wish I could download music right now," you're finally in luck. A new Zune software update from Microsoft [MSFT] will give ...READ»

APPLE   |  Comment

Microsoft to Release Zune Phone?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 43
Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 10:50 AM

There's been a lot of buzz lately about Microsoft's [NASDAQ:MSFT] new, if belated, campaign to get reluctant users to adopt Vista. What they're doing is the ol' on-camera switcheroo: filming "real" users reactions to a ...READ»

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WINDOWS   |  Comment

Furious Sidekick Owners Blame Microsoft

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 42
Tue Oct 13, 2009 at 1:04 PM

Update: T-Mobile says that much of the data may indeed be recoverable on Microsoft's backend, according to the New York Times. Engineers in Redmond are "optimistic that much of it can be recovered," but individual customers have yet ...READ»

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MICROSOFT   |  1 comment

Microsoft Opens Surface "Interactive Table" SDK for Free

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 41
Thu Nov 19, 2009 at 3:30 PM

Everyone loves Microsoft interactive table, Surface--just check out our list of killer Surface apps to see why. So it's good news that this week Redmond announced it would be opening up the Surface software developer kit, or SDK, to ...READ»

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Change - or Die!

BY The Founding Editors
Relevancy Score: 40
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:37 PM

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  4 comments

Technology: No More Vista "Kill Switch"

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 38
Tue Dec 4, 2007 at 4:26 PM

Microsoft announced today that it will stop remotely disabling versions of Vista that its registration servers deem pirated. If you're not privy to this feature of Vista, here's the lowdown: when your register your shiny new copy of ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  1 comment

Microsoft Updates Windows Home Server

BY Fast Company staff
Relevancy Score: 38
Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM

We're all probably pretty happy with the red-eyed laser on the bottom of our optical mouses, but apparently, Microsoft's isn't. They've released a tantalizing new ad campaign with the slogan "Say Goodbye to Laser," and while they ...READ»

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Microsoft Confirms New Zunes

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 33
Wed Aug 27, 2008 at 4:46 PM

A few weeks ago, there was web-wide speculation that Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] was giving up on its beloved Zune. That, of course, would be a true shame, as the company has put together a pretty stellar device, even if it was a little ...READ»

TEAMWORK   |  2 comments

The Corporate Shrink

BY Dr. Kerry J. Sulkowicz
Relevancy Score: 33
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:56 AM

Why are we obsessed with PowerPoint?READ»

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ZUNE HD   |  1 comment

Is This the Fabled Zune HD?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 32
Wed Apr 15, 2009 at 9:52 AM

A flurry of Zune-related fan art has coursed across the tech blogs this week, most of it aimed at predicting the form and function of a Zune "HD"--an alleged full-screen Zune that Microsoft may release later this year. ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  4 comments

Patent Happy


Relevancy Score: 32
Mon Aug 1, 2005 at 12:49 PM

When last we visited our friends in Redmond, we wrote about how money can't buy innovation. Back in December, Carleen Hawn chronicled Microsoft's $6.8 billion in annual R&D spending--and how little of it is spent on breakthrough ...READ»

APPLE   |  2 comments

Windows To Include a "Time Machine" Feature?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 32
Wed Sep 10, 2008 at 5:00 PM

Seeking to expand the functionality of their Windows Home Server software, Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] is reportedly looking to hire a software development engineer. The job description: someone to put together a "top-notch UI for ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  1 comment

Windows Vista Guidebook

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 31
Tue Jan 30, 2007 at 11:28 AM

Windows Vista went on sale today, but reports reveal that no one was lining up to get a copy of the latest operating system released by the Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. Sales results of the operating system will more likely be ...READ»

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MICROSOFT   |  3 comments

Microsoft Expects a Party From You

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Sep 23, 2009 at 4:19 PM

Barack Obama got a big lift from social Web-inspired parties during his presidential campaign. So why not do the same with Windows 7 when it launches on October 22?READ»

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SMALLER THAN A NOTEBOOK BUT LARGER THAN A NETBOOK   |  3 comments

Microsoft's Dumb New Name for Netbooks

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Jun 3, 2009 at 1:58 PM

Betraying an apparent hatred of all things simple, easy and natural, one of Microsoft's top marketers announced yesterday that Redmond will no longer be using the term "netbook" to describe mini-notebooks like the Dell ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT   |  1 comment

Better Business Blogging Bureau

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Oct 29, 2003 at 10:34 AM

Michael Hanscom was fired from the MSCopy print shop earlier this week because he posted a photograph of Apple G5's being delivered to the Microsoft campus in Redmond. Word is that sharing that Microsoft was all over the new G5's ...READ»

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SEVEN THINGS   |  3 comments

Seven Fascinating Stories About Human Nature

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 30
Fri May 29, 2009 at 4:40 PM

Harvard's shocking fiscal incompetence, a cave of hobos in L.A., murderous robots, and innate female aggression: it's been a fun week in human nature, if you trust the stories that have gone viral on the social news ...READ»

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MICROSOFT   |  5 comments

Could Microsoft Build a Great Phone?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Apr 29, 2009 at 1:24 PM

Microsoft and Verizon might be conspiring to build an iPhone challenger. The two companies make an inauspicious team: sales of Microsoft's Zune media player, the likely basis for the new device, have been in freefall for months. ...READ»

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