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- "It's all about the platform" as two Microsoft units merge.(REDMOND RESHUFFLE)
- In late September, Microsoft announced a major reorganization that collapses its seven business units into three. For manufacturers, the eye-opening part was the integration of Microsoft Business Solutions MBS--now rebranded Microsoft Dynamics--w In late September, Microsoft announced a major reorganization that collapses its...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- How Microsoft Can Beat Google In Search
- Would-be Google competitors in Web search make two fundamental mistakes that doom their efforts from the outset: one is competing with Google on its own terms, and the other is drumming up hype that their search engines can't possibly match. But Microsoft's new Web search engine, apparently...
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
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- Apple Harvests Biggest Crop in a Decade
- Mobile & Wireless Slideshow:Apple Harvests Biggest Crop in a Decade For 2009, Wall Street is nervous that global economic crisis will invade the Apple orchard and kill the crop. But 2008 brought a bountiful harvest, the biggest since Steve Jobs returned to Apple in late 1996. We pick the three...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Is Microsoft Store just a cheap Apple Store rip-off?
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Yesterday, Black Friday 2009, I drove 70 miles north from San Diego to Mission Viejo, Calif. My goal: To answer that question. In October, Microsoft opened two retail outlets , in Arizona and California, that do remind of...
- News items 2009-11-30
- Apple Beats Nokia In Profits, Apple Doesn't Beat Nokia in Profits [Smartphones]
- While Nokia still commands the worldwide market share, Apple has finally overtaken them in profits. At least, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. Things are not that clear, however. According to Strategy Analytics, Apple made a $1.6 billion profit in iPhone sales alone, while Nokia only made $1.1 billion...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Joseph D. Wilcox
- Joseph D. Wilcox, 66, formerly of Baton Rouge, La., passed away September 4 in the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Talihina, Okla. He was the president of IT Solutions Management, the oldest of the American Public Human Services Association affiliates, from 1997 to 1998. He was active in the organization for...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- Nokia Flubs Ovi Store Opening
- Nokia's launch of its Ovi mobile application store was a fiasco, and bodes ill for the world's leading handset vendor's hopes of catching up with Apple. As paradoxical as that statement seems, Nokia is indeed chasing the momentum and cachet Apple enjoys, in large part because of the very iTunes...
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Microsoftâ??s Competition for Windows 7
- Ignore the upfront needling against straw-man "Mac fanboys", and Joe Wilcox makes a good point in this piece about what Microsoft's competition is for Windows 7: Windows 7's biggest competitor will be Windows XP, which runs on about 80 percent of PCs, according...
- News items 2009-10-15
- Microsoft Azure: Set Your 'Teasers' To Stun
- BURLINGAME, Calif. -- With the Windows 7 launch now behind it, Microsoft is on to the next big thing. At the company's Professional Developers Conference Tuesday, chief software architect Raymond Ozzie announced that Microsoft will launch its highly-anticipated cloud platform on Jan. 1. Called "Windows Azure," Microsoft's ( MSFT -...
- News items 2009-11-17
- Is Windows 7 Just a Vista Service Pack?
- Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: The folks at Pacific Crest Securities are at it again, talking about the implications of Microsoft’s MSFT forthcoming Windows 7 operating system. Monday, the firm’s analysts produced a massive report noting improvements of the software and implications for the Netbook market and for chip and...
- External links 2009-02-03
- Word: Why Microsoft Is Patently In Trouble
- The mind-numbing number of lawsuits filed by so-called patent trolls has inured us to the consequences of patent suits that actually have merit. But despite the fact that i4i filed its suit against Microsoft in a district known to lawyers as "rocket docket" because of the speed and likelihood of...
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- I would rather cut bait than be phished in Hotmail's waters
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Nagging Capital One credit card commercials ask, "What's in your wallet?" Perhaps for the connected age, the question should be "What's in your digital wallet?" If the answer is a password used at Windows Live Hotmail and pretty much...
- News items 2009-10-05
- Should you trust Microsoft with your data?
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews That's probably not a hard question for many Sidekick users to answer, given recent events. If you're a Sidekick user, please offer your answer -- or your experience during the week-long data crisis -- in comments. I ask the...
- News items 2009-10-12
- Microsoft sends Danger signal by not taking full responsibility for Sidekick service failure
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Microsoft should be lauded for doing what days ago seem miraculous: The recovery of Sidekick service data lost sometime last week. But Microsoft has failed to take responsibility for the data disaster, in statements issued publicly and given to...
- News items 2009-10-15
- Apple declares war on the entire PC industry
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews There is absolutely nothing coincidental about Apple launching new products today. The big product launch is Apple's first preemptive marketing strike against Microsoft, Windows 7 and the entire PC industry. It's a bold move exploiting a position of strength...
- News items 2009-10-20
- The Crook in the Nook: Barnes & Noble ebooks are overpriced compared to Amazon
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Yesterday, I excitedly preordered Barnes & Noble's "Nook" ebook reader . Today, I cancelled the order -- and I'm none to happy about it. Why can't Barnes & Noble learn from its past mistakes? The bookseller's digital titles...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Microsoft Q1 2010 by the numbers: Windows license sales at record levels
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Microsoft may have quite a headache, but the economy finally isn't whacking the company as hard. This morning, Microsoft announced fiscal 2010 first quarter results before Wall Street's opening bell, beating analyst consensus expectations. Mixing metaphors, Microsoft's results don't...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Web Responds to Jobs Macworld No-Show
- News Commentary. Speculation runs rampant as to why Apple CEO Steve Jobs pulled out of the Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 keynote. After market close today, Dec. 16, Apple announced that this would be Apple's last Macworld and that Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Macs Mean Business, but Are Windows Locked?
- News Analysis. Enterprises are starting to really warm up to Macs, no thanks to Apple. That's the story according to Laura DiDio, principal with ITIC, based on a recent IT survey she conducted in conjunction with Sunbelt Software. Among the 700 surveyed IT managers, 68 percent said "they are likely...
- News items 2009-08-07
- What Apple Must Do at Macworld
- News Commentary. I won't join the chorus of Macworld Expo predictions. I'm more arrogant than that. I'm telling Apple what it better to hell announce next week. By the way, if the rumors and predictions buzzing around the Web are true, Apple has got a crop full of worms ready...
- News items 2009-08-07
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