Vista was Microsoft’s opportunity to prove operating systems still matter…
Given the time it took to develop and deliver Vista - and the money spent marketing it - I am sure that Microsoft has been taken aback by the market’s tepid reaction to it (even after the first service pack prerelease everyone said they would […]
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Price Cuts: So Useless Even A Caveman Can See it…
Published March 3rd, 2008 in Apple, Microsoft, Open Source and Trends. 1 Comment
Microsoft & Yahoo - The Time Is Right…
Published February 1st, 2008 in Internet, Marketplace and Microsoft. 0 CommentsIt may be happening…
Reuters is reporting that Microsoft has made a formal bid for Yahoo:
Technology giant Microsoft Corp said on Friday that it had offered to acquire Internet media company Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion in cash and stock.
Microsoft said it had offered to buy Yahoo for $31 per share, which it said represented a […]
Microsoft has just made a very interesting acquisition…
The Redmond giant announced this morning that they have acquired the Norwegian search company Fast. Fast has an impressive product suite focused on the search needs of large enterprises.
It still needs to be voted on by the Fast shareholders, but I wouldn’t see there being any […]
An era is drawing to a close…
Though I have always had a strong personal affinity for Apple’s systems and products, I have spent most of my professional tech life working with software from Microsoft. And while I do feel that Microsoft’s products typically lack that certain spark that distinguishes the ‘great’ from the ‘merely […]
J Allard Must Have Cringed…
Published October 5th, 2007 in Digital Media, Gadgets & Gear, Humor and Microsoft. 0 CommentsIt can be tough doing media events with your boss…
Just ask Microsoft’s J Allard.
From his days heading up development of the XBOX 360 platform to his role as head of Microsoft’s consumer products division, J Allard has always been able to articulate a compelling vision of where Microsoft is going. So with the […]
Microsoft On The Hunt Again…
Published August 31st, 2007 in Current Events, Humor, Microsoft and Rumors & Speculation. 0 CommentsMicrosoft has been busy on the M&A front recently…
It was announced this week that Microsoft has acquired Parlano, makers of MindAlign. MindAlign is a group messaging and communications platform (built on Microsoft technology) that has gained some tracking in corporate verticals. I am most familiar with it in the Financial sector, where fast […]
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