newsweek.com - 29 days ago
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Last month Microsoft rolled out Windows 7 and opened the first of a chain of new retail stores. As usual with such announcements, there's been loads of hoopla and ginned-up excitement. But mostly people are just relieved. Windows 7 replaces Vista, one of the most disastrous tech products ever. ...
gizmodo.com - 23 days ago
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gizmodo.com —
Chuck Anderson , creator of Windows 7 's
laid-back, cerulean-cool default wallpaper and login screen, showed me...
the evolution of his work—including Easter eggs, avoiding Mac tropes and why flaming skulls didn't make the final design. Chuck ...
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Ask the Artist: How Windows 7's Iconic Home Screen ...
networkworld.com - 23 days ago
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networkworld.com —
A lot of open source advocates like to
rage against the machine at Microsoft , but when...
a former Microsoft Research employee says that Windows 7 won't stop Linux from market domination, that's an opinion to note. Keith Curtis, author of the book After ...
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Microsoft Linux: Why one free software advocate wants it
blogs.zdnet.com - 22 days ago
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Only suckers pay retail. You don't have to
pay full price for Widows 7. Most people have...
much better options available, I've researched deals in three separate categories: upgrade offers available to anyone, special deals just for students, and ...
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Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or ...
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Newsweek: Don't like Microsoft's past 10 years? Blame Ballmer
The Microsoft Blog —
Newsweek columnist Daniel Lyons apparently isn't a big fan of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. In a blog post Thursday, Lyons blames Ballmer for what he sees as the company's slow but steady retreat into irrelevancy over the past 10 years. From Lyons' column: Now, instead of being scary, Microsoft has become a bit of a joke. Yes, its Windows operating system still runs on more than 90 percent of PCs, and the Office application suite rules the desktop. But those are old markets. In new areas, Microsoft has stumbled. Apple created the iPod, and the iTunes store, and the iPhone. ...
Is there any sense to Microsoft's 800 layoffs?
Betanews —
... 5. Dan Lyons hit a nerve that sent Wall Street analysts and Microsoft investors screaming. Lyons' October 29th Newsweek commentary, "The Lost Decade: Why Steve Ballmer is no Bill Gates," is a scathing indictment of Microsoft's current CEO. Commentaries like this rattle analysts, CEO peers and investors, who in turn shake a company. An attack so personal can lead to reaction or overreaction, with Ballmer putting on a tougher guy face and cutting where Wall Street would like to see it. By the way, Lyons (aka "Fake Steve Jobs") is wrong about Ballmer's ...
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Microsoft 's first store is ready to open and it could as early as Monday according to multiple published reports. Phoenix will play host to the first store as the software maker ups the ante in its competitive posturing with Apple.
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maximumpc.com 10/20/2009 —
In just a few days, Microsoft at long last will officially release Windows 7 to an eager public ready to put the Vista saga behind them. It's a been a long wait, particularly for those who opted to stick with XP until something better came ...
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computerworld.com 10/22/2009 — Computerworld - Microsoft's standing as an operating system developer is on the line today as the company launches Windows 7, according to analysts and other experts. "There's a reputation issue at stake here," said Michael Silver, Gartner's primary ...
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finance.yahoo.com 10/23/2009 — challenges to Microsoft's business model; intense competition in all of Microsoft's markets; Microsoft's continued ability to protect its intellectual property rights; claims that Microsoft has infringed the intellectual property rights of others; the ...
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