Microsoft didn’t innovate the idea of the digital personal assistant, or virtual concierge. Apple with Siri, and Google with Google Now, as well as a myriad of other smaller companies like AiroCorp have already begun blazing that trail. However, the […]
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Microsoft support for Windows XP expired a month ago, and yet hundreds of millions of users around the world are still using it. Personally, I think that is a bad idea, but it’s a free world and people are entitled
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What’s in the Office 365 Personal plan? Microsoft announced at the beginning of March a new Office 365 plan aimed at individuals, and now the Office 365 Personal plan is available for would-be subscribers. There’s nothing wrong with Office 365
Office 365 Personal: Not an outstanding value Read More »
Microsoft and GoDaddy have partnered to offer Office 365 as the exclusive business-class email and productivity tools service for GoDaddy’s small business customers. GoDaddy is offering customers three different tiers of Office 365 service: Email Essentials, Business Essentials, and Productivity Plus. The
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Microsoft released eight new security bulletins for the November Patch Tuesday, bringing the total for 2013 to 95 security bulletins so far. With only three Critical, and five Important security bulletins, it’s a generally light month for IT admins. The
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet is a solid, well-engineered device. Many of the initial reviews were less-than-glowing–the most common complaint being the “short” battery life. But, if launch-day demand means anything, the Surface Pro seems like a hit. There’s one major
What the Surface Pro needs is a little polish by Dell Read More »
Guess what? Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet sold out on launch day. Are you surprised? You shouldn’t be. No, I’m not suggesting the Surface Pro is such an awesome tablet that you should have expected it to sell out. That may
Selling out on launch day isn’t exciting, it’s expected Read More »
Adam Hartung is not shy when it comes to expressing his disdain for Microsoft–and more precisely Steve Ballmer. However, that disdain also belies an underlying bias or agenda that makes his “analysis” of Microsoft suspect. Hartung believes that the ship
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