History rarely repeats itself, but in the world of technology, it often rhymes. For those who remember the late 90s and early 2000s, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was an unassailable titan, a default gateway to the web holding over 90% of […]
Dropping ChatGPT into Windows, Office, and other Microsoft products seemed like a brilliant idea, but the move was poorly executed. It seemed brilliant because it caught Google, Apple, and others napping, and it made generative AI into a household name
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Targeted PCs are rare, and I think that is a generic mistake made by OEMs who shotgun out many different PCs with little knowledge of who will use them. Apple, who should be focused on creators, has created a far
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This week was Microsoft Ignite. After Build, where Microsoft set the bar for large-scale events, I was expecting to be impressed. Microsoft didn’t disappoint, and they made several improvements event over event to increase engagement. While none of these events
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I was at the launch of these Microsoft Surface Earbuds in New York, and I wasn’t that impressed. Part of it was I wasn’t able to try them with my music or settings; part was the app that they need
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I like to watch old westerns, and there is a common thread that weaves through them that showcases that the lack of cooperation between the states led to profitable criminal organizations, which made living in the Old West very risky.
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Well time for a mea culpa. A few months ago, I was in an argument with a few readers who took exception to my calling the then new Surface Book with performance base the Surface Book 2. I’d been led
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I’ve been on the road for a week with the new Surface Laptop and I think I fully get what a lot of old Apple users used to see in their Macs. It is kind of cool to be using
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Microsoft isn’t new to containers. It developed Hyper-V containers and it has partnered with and embraced Docker within its Azure platform. Recently, Microsoft expanded its support for DevOps and containers with the acquisition of Deis. I’m sure it’s not news
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I have been using the new Microsoft Surface Dial for about a week now, and I am getting hooked. It takes a little adjustment to get used to interacting with the PC using both hands–but once you do it streamlines
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