Category Archives: Microsoft

Jan
30
2013
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Android OS Successfully Ported To Windows

Posted by at 11:33 pm

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Earlier this week, a mysterious Chinese company released an early preview of their ambitious project: WindowsAndroid. Socketeq, the Chinese company, claims they’ve ported Android OS to run natively on Windows. Immediately after the news went viral, their website went offline for several days due to traffic overload.

Socketeq’s website is now back online, but instructs visitors to search the web if they want to download the preview program. Luckily, I managed to download a copy and have been testing it out. Initial impression and video after the break. (more…)

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Jan
30
2013
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Steve Ballmer on Office for iPad: “I Have Nothing to Say”

Posted by at 5:48 pm

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While Apple may be aiming the iPad at a higher-end segment of the market with a 128 GB model, Microsoft still doesn’t seem to want to launch its flagship document creation product on the platform.

In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer was asked about the iPad version of Office that we all know exists. His reply was a classic non-committal sidestep:

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Jan
29
2013
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Microsoft’s 64GB Surface Pro Has Less Free Space Than a 32GB iPad

Posted by at 8:05 pm

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If you were actually planning on purchasing a new Surface Pro when the tablet goes on sale in a few weeks, you might want to reconsider. Microsoft has confirmed today that its 128GB Surface Pro has only 83GB of free space, while the 64GB model has just 23GB available storage.  (more…)

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Jan
27
2013
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Week in Microsoft: Q2 Earnings, Surface Pro Incoming, and Sweet Rumors

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Microsoft This Week

After a quiet week, probably due to the CES hangover, Microsoft is back in full force. Top stories for this week includes a Microsoft bailout for Dell, record $21.5 billion Q2 revenue, and an official date for the imminent launch of the Surface Pro. Here are the summaries for the week of January 21st-27th: (more…)

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Jan
24
2013
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Starting Saturday, Unlocking a Cellphone is Illegal in the US

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Back in 2010, an exception was added to the United States’ Digital Millennium Copyright Act by the Librarian of Congress that made it perfectly legal to jailbreak, unlock, or install unapproved third-party apps on any hardware (at the time, the exception was added with a focus on the iPhone, though it currently applies to any device). However, a change noted by Tech News Daily in the DMCA means that starting this Saturday, unlocking a phone through unofficial means will become illegal in the United States. (more…)

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Jan
23
2013
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MG Siegler on Surface Pro Pricing

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Surface Pro Pricing

TechCrunch pundit MG Siegler was recently posed with a question about the pricing of Microsoft’s Surface Pro, which retails for $899. Essentially, the user wanted to know why someone would purchase an entry level Surface Pro, which is $899 without a Touch Cover, over a MacBook Air for $999 or less. And I couldn’t agree with MG Siegler’s response any more than I do. You?

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Jan
22
2013
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Surface Pro: How Does it Compare to Apple’s Offerings?

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Microsoft today announced that the Surface Pro would be available in Best Buy, Staples, and (of course) their own chain of retail stores on February 9th. While the Surface RT has experienced “lousy” sales, many believe that this Intel-powered tablet will be a bright spot for Microsoft. However, at $899 and roughly four hours of battery, the Surface Pro isn’t so much a tablet as it as a very portable notebook. Comparing it to the iPad, which is cheaper in every configuration, seems a little misguided: while both can certainly complete similar tasks, the current design and price of the Surface Pro puts it more in line with an ultrabook.

Apple also makes an “ultrabook:” it is known as the MacBook Air. (more…)

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Jan
22
2013
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Samsung Loves Windows Phone, But Carriers Want Leverage

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There has been a growing concern in the Windows Phone camp as to why Samsung hasn’t released any Windows Phone 8 devices in the United States. After all, Samsung was the first OEM to announce a Windows Phone 8 flagship device, the ATIV S, way back in late August last year at IFA 2012 in Berlin.

The ATIV S was missing-in-action at the launch of Windows Phone 8 last November. Since then, there has been no words from any U.S carriers about availability of the ATIV S flagship. When there are announcements from other international carriers, the ATIV S ran into multiple setbacks and delays. (more…)

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Jan
21
2013
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Official Next-Gen Xbox Specs Supposedly Leaked, Looks Like a PC

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The website VGleaks has purportedly revealed the official specs of the next-generation Xbox console, codenamed Durango. Most of the specs are in line with previous rumors, which consist something along the line of an 8-core x64 CPU and 8 GB of DDR3 RAM. There is no confirmation on the GPU manufacturer, but earlier rumors point to an AMD Radeon 7900-based GPU.  (more…)

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Jan
20
2013
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Was Tim Cook Sidetracked by PCs When He Dismissed the 7-inch iPad?

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No weekly report on Microsoft this week, folks. There wasn’t much going on with Microsoft and the general tech world this week, even though Facebook’s Graph Search event did involve Bing. So there it is folks: I technically did not miss my column on Microsoft this week.

With that poor excuse, I would like to turn my focus to Apple this week, and only because it could relate to Microsoft’s future in a big way. (more…)

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