By Paul Thurrott, 09/03/2010
An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including ... an IE 6 usage drop is an IE 8 gain, Microsoft's Fix It tool for the DLL vulnerability, Toshiba's new Tablet PC is no Tablet PC, HP's $2.3 billion purchase of a company no one's heard of, Microsoft patents OS shutdowns, Paul Allen vs. the world, and some upcoming browser updates ......
By Paul Thurrott, 09/02/2010
This week, Apple held its annual music event, announcing new iPod, Apple TV, and iTunes products as expected....
By Paul Thurrott, 09/02/2010
Confirming news I had exclusively revealed in early July, Microsoft this week announced that the popular but limited-time Windows 7 Family Pack offering would be coming back for this holiday season....
By Paul Thurrott, 09/02/2010
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its Windows Phone 7 OS has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and delivered to its partners for inclusion on new smartphones that will be provided to consumers in the months ahead....
By Paul Thurrott, 09/01/2010
It was all touched off by a classic bit of know-nothing blogosphere silliness: A prominent Silicon Valley blogger claimed that Microsoft's mobile business was "fatally flawed" because, get this, the software giant actually charges handset makers a small per-unit fee for its Windows Phone software....