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Wild Rumor – Sprint commits to buy 30.5 million iPhones; iPhone 5 will be Sprint 4G WiMAX exclusive
By David Goldman: As is typically the case, iPhone rumors are flying in furiously now that we have less than 24 hours to go before Tim Cook introduces the latest updates to Apple’s iPhone line. Earlier we remarked on an analyst report indicating that the iPhone 3GS will be available for free with contract, and [...]
Continue reading...Windows XP users won’t be getting the iCloud treatment
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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Lost in the fine print, so to speak, of Apple’s iCloud press release is that Windows users who want to use iCloud must have Windows Vista or Windows 7. What’s missing, you ask? Why none other than Windows XP, the world’s most ubiquitious OS. Michael Rose of TUAW writes: Considering that Apple’s backwards-compatibility on iTunes [...]
Continue reading...Vandals plaster Windows Logo on upcoming Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany
Saturday, June 4, 2011
On Friday morning, folks walking past the upcoming Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany were greeted with some Banksy inspired nerd vandalism on the side of one of the building’s construction barricades. You see, plastered on the side of the Apple Store to-be was a bright and colorful Windows logo. Quick to respond, here are workers [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s iOS profits are 2.3 times higher than Microsoft’s Windows profits
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
By John Hiesler: In an era where PC growth is declining, Apple is the lone company actually seeing an uptick in PC sales. More than that, because Apple offers a unique and non-commoditized experience, the margins it enjoys for each Mac sold is the envy of the entire industry. In the most recent quarter, Apple [...]
Continue reading...Roger McNamee: Not excited about Android, says Apple is killing the world wide web – in a good way
Friday, April 15, 2011
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You might recognize Roger McNamee as the angel investor who invested heavily in Palm and came up with this ludicrous prediction back in March of 2009: You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone. Not one of those people will still be using [...]
Continue reading...Windows Users ain’t checkin’ out TechCrunch the way they used to
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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A few weeks ago, MG Siegler observed that the percentage of Windows users visiting TechCrunch is plummeting. In February of 2007, 83.24 percent of users visiting TechCrunch did so from a Windows machine. One year later, in February 2008, the stranglehold remained firm at 80.44 percent. In February 2009, the number was at 74.04 percent. [...]
Continue reading...Back when Microsoft product launches had flair [Video]
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
It’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when Microsoft events were huge mainstream affairs. Nowhere was this more apparent than with the momentous launch of Windows 95 which featured the involvement of Jay Leno and the licensing of the famous Rolling Stones song Start Me Up. While Windows 95 was a yawner for [...]
Continue reading...Windows running on the iPhone [Video]
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Windows XP running on an iPhone? Yikes. Now before you go running for the hills, what you see below is actually Windows running through VMware Fusion on a Mac notebook. Add in some AirDisplay software which utilizes the iPhone as a second screen, and wallah! Every Apple fan’s nightmare. via The Next Web
Continue reading...Google revamps new employee computer policy; Windows now out of the equation
Monday, May 31, 2010
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While Steve Ballmer was busy taking solace in the fact that 94 out of 100 computer purchases are Windows PCs, Google updated its employee computer policy to explicitly exclude Windows machines due to security concerns. Whereas new employees were once given a choice between Linux, Windows, or Mac OS, Windows is now effectively out of [...]
Continue reading...The Secret Origins of Windows 1.0
Friday, March 12, 2010
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Technologizer has a fasctinating look at the development of Windows 1.0 with Tandy Trower, the man who served as the Windows 1.0 product manager. Regarding the inclusion, and inspiration, for the mini-apps that fast became a standard on Windows PCs: When the Macintosh was announced, I noted that Apple bundled a small set of applications, [...]
Continue reading...How OS fanboys look at other operating systems [Graphic]
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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Now ain’t this the truth.
Continue reading...Proof that Snow Leopard is the hottest OS on the market
Monday, December 7, 2009
A lot of College girls use Halloween as an excuse to put on skimpy outfits and dress up as sexy devils, policewomen etc. Now this, of course, is nothing new, but we gotta give props to the girl below for extending the sexy Halloween motif to include Snow Leopard. What better way to show your [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft planning to release Windows 8 in 2012
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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The latest word from Microsoft’s partners regarding Microsoft’s Windows roadmap suggests that the next significant Windows upgrade is scheduled for 2012 and is tentatively titled Windows 8. Now what are the odds that Microsoft keeps up the numeric title releases for Windows, a strategy that will culminate with the epic release, a few years down [...]
Continue reading...Windows 3.1 Launch Party
Friday, October 23, 2009
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Check out this hilarious spoof of those atrocious Windows Launch Party videos.
Continue reading...Is apathy Windows 7′s greatest threat?
Friday, October 16, 2009
John Gruber of DaringFireball writes that the general ambivalence PC users have towards their computing experience may be the biggest challenge Microsoft faces as it attempts to convince users to upgrade from Windows XP, a goal which they didn’t achieve with the release of Vista. But so here’s a thought: What if the reason why [...]
Continue reading...Will the release of Windows 7 actually help increase Mac sales?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Computerworld cites analyst Brian Marshall of Broadpoint Am Tech who submits that Mac sales actually increase in the aftermath of a large WIndows OS release. I analyzed the impact of the last four Windows launches and found no negative correlation between them and Mac sales. In fact, [Microsoft's launches] almost act like a delayed accelerant [...]
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Monday, October 3, 2011
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