Microsoft

Why Windows Phone 7 Was a Flop (So Far)

by Mike Mansell January 17, 2011

From the day that it was announced, Windows Phone 7 sounded like a very promising mobile product for both individuals and businesses. Even before it was heavily advertised to the general public, we as consumers and technology enthusiasts were flooded with the prospects of a truly revolutionized mobile OS and a completely revamped user experience. Simply put, Windows [...]

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Microsoft Argues Against Apple’s Pending “App Store” Trademark

by Mike Mansell January 13, 2011

As it stands today, the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad are three widely used devices that arguably pioneered the new mobile trends that we have been seeing over the last couple of years. One of the biggest features behind Apple’s “iOS” – the underlying operating system that is used on all of Apple’s non-MacBook [...]

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Will Internet Explorer Rebound?

by Mike Mansell January 5, 2011

While often quickly replaced and looked down upon by technically savvy individuals, one cannot argue that Microsoft‘s Internet Explorer web browser is the most widely-used web browser in existence, carrying about half of the world-wide market-share according to recent estimates. While a market-share of this magnitude is definitely noteworthy, it’s also undeniable that it is a number significantly [...]

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Everything You Should Know About the Microsoft Kinect

by Jeff Weisbein December 25, 2010

So you just got your brand new Kinect for XBOX 360 and now what you’re wondering what to do next? No problem, we have compiled everything you need to know about the Kinect to get you started and on your way to a ton of fun. The basics: What is the Kinect? The Kinect turns [...]

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3 Companies That Cannot Afford to Fail in 2011

by Jeff Weisbein December 19, 2010

The new year is right around the corner and for some 2011 will be a crucial year to rebound. For AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo 2011 is the year which will be the determining factor of each companies success in the future. If these companies do not step it up in 2011 it will drastically effect [...]

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Would A Windows App Store Catch On?

by Mike Mansell November 30, 2010

One of the biggest announcements at the “Back to the Mac” event in October was that Mac OS X was going to get an “App Store” in which developers could market their software applications and users could purchase and install them with relative ease. While there are definitely some flaws with the idea, I think that the [...]

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Despite Failure, Microsoft Holds Onto Bing

by Mike Mansell October 30, 2010

In the world of online search engines, Microsoft’s Bing is definitely not unheard of. After coming out in June of 2009, Bing is the forth largest search engine in the world and is used for aproxamately 3.25% of web searches. While this is somewhat of a low number, it is important to consider that in [...]

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Remember How Secure Windows 98 Was?

by Jeff Weisbein October 24, 2010

I stumbled across this animated gif file on Reddit today and it reminded me of how secure Windows 98 was. That’s a joke by the way. For those of you who remember Windows 98, I’m sure you remember the super secure the login screen. You know, the one you could easily bypass with a little [...]

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Unless We Change Core Business Functions, Microsoft Isn’t Going Away.

by Mike Mansell October 16, 2010

A few months ago, I switched to Linux as my primary desktop operating system. In doing so, I found the transition process to be relatively easy and pain free. And over the last few months, I have become so comfortable using Linux that I cannot see myself switching back to Windows. Because of my newfound [...]

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Windows Phone 7: A Hard Sell.

by Jeff Weisbein October 11, 2010

Today, Microsoft announced their latest attempt in the smartphone arena. The introduction of Windows Phone 7. It’s quite clear that Microsoft put a lot of work into WinPho 7. Judging by what I have seen so far, the interface looks well designed and the support Microsoft Office and .NET applications is a definite plus (especially [...]

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