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Rethinking the PC

By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2012

Windows 8 will usher in a new era of tablet devices that will make today’s traditional laptops look like the dinosaurs they are.

China OK’s Google Purchase of Motorola Mobility

By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012

China antitrust authorities have approved Google’s proposed $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the online advertising giant to ...

EU to Google: Settle or Be Charged with Antitrust Violations

By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012

A lot has changed with antitrust regulators in the EC since they took Microsoft to court again and again to answer for its predatory practices in the desktop OS market. Now, ...

Facebook Stumbles Out of the Gate with Weak IPO

By Paul Thurrott, 05/21/2012

Anyone hoping that last week’s Facebook IPO was going to trigger a new wave of Internet bubble hysteria came away disappointed after the social networking giant stumbled badly and ...

WinInfo Short Takes, May 18, 2012

By Paul Thurrott, 05/18/2012

An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including Windows Phone market share surges thanks to Lumia 900, AT&T has big expectations for Windows Phone thanks to Windows ...

Google: Hey, We Can Update Our Search Engine Too

By Paul Thurrott, 05/17/2012

Just hours after Microsoft launched the biggest revamp of its Bing search engine since its inception 3 years earlier, the search industry’s 800-pound gorilla announced an update ...

Apple Ships Flashback Malware Removal Tool for OS X 10.5, Patches Quicktime for Windows

By Jeff James, 05/16/2012

Windows 7 is arguably one of the most hardened and regularly updated OSes available, and now Apple and the Macintosh are in the headlines for fighting off malware and patching ...

New Bing Is a Bit Socially Awkward

By Paul Thurrott, 05/16/2012

Microsoft rolled out a set of previously announced changes to Bing that represents the biggest overhaul to its search service since its debut 3 years ago.

No, Windows RT Isn’t Windows . . . Yet

By Paul Thurrott, 05/15/2012

There’s been an interesting debate lately about whether Microsoft’s ARM-based derivative of Windows 8, called Windows RT, is really Windows.

Intel, AMD Align for Windows 8 Battles of 2012

By Paul Thurrott, 05/15/2012

With this week’s launch of the AMD “Trinity” processor chipsets—now renamed to the more pedestrian 2nd-Generation A-Series APUs, or Accelerated Processing Units—both of the major ...


 

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