Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen ended his day-to-day involvement in the company’s operations way back in 1983, when it was working on a new product called Windows. (It didn’t actually ship the first version until late …
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The Experts on Microsoft’s New Logo: It’s Good! Or Bad!
When you’re a journalist, the experts want to talk to you — about every possible topic, and mostly in hope that you’ll quote them in articles. So I wasn’t surprised when I got two pitches concerning folks — both identified as …
Microsoft Swaps Its Logo for the First Time in a Quarter of a Century
Microsoft just rolled out the most significant change to its iconic corporate logo since 1987, trading curves for straight lines and black-and-white for vivid colors.
It’s not just the four-color Windows icon that’s morphed, …
Microsoft Surface RT Tablet for $199? Let’s Be Realistic
When I read Engadget’s report that Microsoft may sell its Surface Windows RT tablet for just $199, my first reaction was to write a silly tweet about it, then move on. No disrespect to Engadget, but the story seemed …
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Metro No More: Windows’ New Interface Suffers Trademark Woes
A few weeks ago, I met with a Microsoft executive and asked him a question about Metro, the streamlined user interface that both Windows 8 and Windows Phone sport, albeit in different versions. In the course of replying, he said …
Windows that Generate Electricity from Invisible Light? Is This the Future or What?
Slapping solar panels on your humble abode may not seem like the height of fashionable home design, but what if you could just use your windows to gin up a little juice?
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles …
ARM vs. Intel: How the Processor Wars Will Benefit Consumers
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley. He contributes to the “Big Picture” opinion column that appears every Monday on …
6 Tablets to Consider for Windows 8′s October Launch
The release timing for Windows 8 has been somewhat of an open secret, but now it’s official.
Microsoft says the final version of Windows 8 will be available by the end of October, along with the first PCs running Windows 8 …
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Windows 8 Speed: It’s Not About the Benchmarks
PCMag.com’s Michael Muchmore has helpfully performed an array of speed tests of various sorts on the Release Preview of Windows 8, comparing it to Windows 7. The news is mostly good: Windows 8, which we now know is due to arrive …
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The Secret Origin of Surface
The New York Times‘ Nick Wingfield has a good backgrounder on the roots of Microsoft’s decision to design and sell its own tablets. Basically, he says, Surface stemmed from Microsoft’s alarm over both the iPad’s ambition and the lack of ambition exhibited by Windows PC makers:
Microsoft learned through industry sources that Apple had
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TechRadar’s Surface Hands-On Is an Actual Surface Hands-On
At Microsoft’s launch event for its Surface tablets on Monday, it let the assembled journalists get their hands on some sample units–sort of. We were able to hold turned-off Surface for Windows RT systems to gauge their feel and weight and try the built-in kickstand. We could try out examples of the keyboard cover that weren’t actually …
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Why Microsoft’s Surface Unveiling Was So Vaporous
The blogosphere is still buzzing over Microsoft‘s Monday bombshell: the biggest name in software is going to start selling its own Windows 8 tablets. The reactions to Surface are all over the map — depending on whose take you …
