By Thurrott, Paul, 03/09/2010
Responding to critics who claimed that the new browser ballot screen that it delivered to Windows XP, Vista, and 7 users in the EU was flawed, Microsoft last week quietly changed the code to be truly random....
By Thurrott, Paul, 03/08/2010
Almost two months after promising to ship its iPad tablet device in the United States in March, Apple did what Apple so often does: It slipped on a ship-date promise. Now, the iPad will start shipping in April instead, and customers who had hoped to preorder the device have to wait until March 12. ...
By Thurrott, Paul, 03/05/2010
An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including massive PC sales growth for 2010, Microsoft's big bet on the cloud, a Microsoft-branded phone, Windows Phone developer dribbles, a non-surprising Apple iPad delay, and more......
By Thurrott, Paul, 03/04/2010
In a speech yesterday at the London School of Economics, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner says he sees a gradual recovery in business spending this year. But that won't dampen the prospects for the company's blockbuster new OS. According to Turner, Microsoft expects to sell over 300 million copies of Windows 7 this year alone....
By Thurrott, Paul, 03/04/2010
It doesn't sound like that dramatic of a proposal: At the RSA Conference 2010 this week in San Francisco, Microsoft corporate vice president Scott Charney followed up on comments he made at last year's show and vaguely proposed standards for more secure and private access to the Internet....
By Thurrott, Paul, 03/03/2010
Apple this week launched a proxy attack on Google's Android smart phone OS, by accusing handset maker HTC of violating 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone. HTC makes a number of popular smart phones, including the popular Nexus One, which is based on Google Android....
By Thurrott, Paul, 03/03/2010
Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that it will offer an Office 2010 Technology Guarantee Program by the end of March. Under terms of the program, users who purchase various Office 2007 versions will receive a free copy of the equivalent version of Office 2010....
By Thurrott, Paul, 03/03/2010
Just two months after revealing that it had sold over 60 million copies of its new Windows 7 operating system in its first quarter of availability, Microsoft this week announced that it has now sold over 90 million copies. Windows 7 continues to be the fast selling OS release in PC history....
By Thurrott, Paul, 03/02/2010
The European Union said that over 100 million European PC users would be given the choice to switch web browsers in the coming months, a statistic it believes proves the validity of its years-long antitrust suit against Microsoft. This announcement comes in the wake of Microsoft's enabling of a so-called browser ballot screen in EU-based versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7....
By Thurrott, Paul, 03/01/2010