The New York Times’ Randall Stross is taking note of what seems to be the final, official end to one of Microsoft’s oddest exercises in branding, Windows Live:
An array of products, with no natural connections to one another,
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Microsoft Hounds Google for Piracy Takedowns, but Some Bing Results Remain
If you’re trying to search the web for pirated copies of Xbox games, Microsoft’s Bing is apparently the way to go.
This week, Google updated its transparency reports to show which copyright owners most frequently ask Google to …
8 Ways Microsoft Will Tweak Windows 8
For the past few months, Microsoft has observed while techies dug into the Windows 8 “Consumer Preview“–in geek parlance, the beta. The result is several big changes to the operating system, many of which will appear in the …
Report: Microsoft Office Coming to iPad and Android Tablets This Year
Once again, the rumor of a Microsoft Office tablet app has reared its head, and this time, the app is reportedly coming to Android as well.
Microsoft Office will launch for the iPad and Android in November, Boy Genius Report’s …
Xbox 360 Should Be Banned from U.S. for Violating Patents, Judge Says
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 should be banned from import and sales in the United States for violating Motorola patents, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled.
The Xbox 360 violates four Motorola patents, according to ITC …
Windows Aero: Why I’m Glad It’s Dead
BREAKING: Chrome Just Became the Web’s #1 Browser (Unless It Didn’t)
Number One: Google Chrome Finally Slips Ahead of Internet Explorer
I haven’t paid close attention to browser piecharts or percent usage spreadsheets since the late 1990s, when Microsoft and Netscape were slugging it out and some of us were still using Navigator’s “Netscape Composer” WYSIWYG HTML …
Technology’s Perfect Storm Is Coming This Fall
Thankfully, I’ve never been in a perfect storm. I have seen a movie about it, but the worst storms I’ve encountered were of the lightning, thunder and torrential downpour variety when I attended college in the Midwest. I came …
Report: Windows 8 Tablets with Intel Chips Coming in November
More than a dozen Windows 8 tablets with processors from Intel will hit stores in November, according to a report from CNET.
At least half of those devices will be hybrids that can transform from a tablet into a laptop with a …
Samsung Focus 2 Continues AT&T’s Windows Phone Love Affair
At a time when no other wireless carriers are launching Windows Phones, AT&T has announced the Samsung Focus 2, the carrier’s third new Windows Phone in less than two months.
The Focus 2’s main attraction is its price of $50 …
The $99 Xbox 360 Is Official – Here Are the Details
Rumors of the $99 Xbox 360 have just become Pinocchio-like in their realness.
Here’s the skinny:
- You’ll shell out $99 for an Xbox 360 4GB console with Kinect.
- You’ll have to agree to a two-year, $15-per-month Xbox Live
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