Microsoft can’t catch a break. Everyone keeps stepping on the company’s news cycles. First, the Surface tablet finally got pricing and availability details Wednesday. Magically, Apple announced its iPad Mini event the same day, absorbing enormous amounts of the press coverage Microsoft wanted for the official launch of Windows 8. Rumor has it, pre-orders for […]
MediaMall has long been thinking about streaming video on the internet. Back in 2004, CEO Jeff Lawrence developed the idea for PlayOn, a service that allows internet video to be viewed in an optimized way by streaming it to devices that allow you to watch it where you like, such as using a networked Wii […]
Having just finished reading David Pierce’s first impressions on using Windows 8, I’m compelled to write my own rebuttal. Like Mr. Pierce, I’m primarily a Mac user, though certainly also comfortable using Windows. I have no doubt I’ll install a copy of Windows 8 on at least one of my home computers when it’s released, […]
Last night at Lenovo’s 20th anniversary celebration, Lenovo introduced the ThinkPad Tablet 2, the ThinkPad T430u, and the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. I had the opportunity to go hands on with all of these products, and to put it lightly, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a ThinkPad user’s wet dream. The X1 Carbon has a 14-inch […]
Lenovo’s ThinkPad line has always been geared towards business users on the go. In the post-PC (PC plus?) era, that has meant adding a tablet to the ThinkPad family. The ThinkPad Tablet was a bit of an odd fit for the role, though. It ran Android, not Windows, which meant no access to the Office […]
Microsoft’s announcement of its Surface tablets left many consumers and original equipment manufacturers (such as Acer, Dell, and HP) perplexed. Why would Microsoft seek to cannibalize its own partners’ sales of Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets? This development was at the very least surprising, and at most, a direct attack on the companies who […]
Windows Weekly co-hosts and experienced Microsoft watchers Mary Jo Foley and Paul Thurrott revealed yesterday that Microsoft is considering selling Windows 8 in only OEM and upgrade forms to retail outlets, cutting out the full retail edition it normally sells of Windows. While this may sound like a step in the wrong direction, for the […]
After over a year of uncertainty, Microsoft finally makes it official; Windows Home Server is no more. In a recently-released Windows Server 2012 Essentials FAQ, Microsoft says it’s “combining the features that were previously only found in Windows Home Server, such as support for DLNA-compliant devices and media streaming, into Windows Server 2012 Essentials and […]
Last night, Microsoft unveiled its attempt to compete with Apple’s iPad. The Microsoft Surface tablet (technically Surface 2.0 because the name is repurposed from Microsoft’s original table-top touch-screen device) comes in two flavors: an nVidia Tegra 3 ARM CPU based version running Windows RT and an Intel Core i5 CPU based version running full-blown Windows […]
It’s been three years since Internet Explorer 7 was officially replaced, and many people have yet to update to another browser. According to StatCounter, Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) accounted for 1.53 percent of browser use worldwide in May 2012. It’s a good sign in the struggle to get users to use current technology, but for […]
