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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology -- whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helping them get the most from their new MP3 player or...- more about Adrian Kingsley-Hughes »
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- Xbox division post $1.9 billion loss
- Microsoft continues to plough money into Xbox, but a profit is nowhere in sight.On Friday the Xbox division posted a staggering $1.9 billion loss. This loss is partly down to the absorb $1.2 billion the company had to throw as upgrading the 360s warranty and maintenance program. I'm betting that...
- Tags: Microsoft, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Friday Rant - Why is ActiveSync so rubbish?
- On why on why can't I ActiveSync over WiFi?I used to like Windows Mobile devices. There was a time when I carried an iPAQ with me pretty much everywhere I went. Over the years I've had a few different versions and found them all to be pretty useful (well, all...
- Tags: Thoughts, Mobile Technology, Microsoft, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Zune screen cracks - Fact or fiction?
- Yesterday Engadget ran a piece about a possible flaw in the design of Microsofts Zune PMP:Interesting news on the Zune front: a friendly tipsters buddy works at a Microsoft call center and handles Zune-related issues. Apparently theyve received numerous reports of the Zune screen cracking for no apparent reason, after...
- Tags: Microsoft, Gadgets, Microsoft Zune, battery
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
- Zune is now Vista compatible
- A few weeks ago the media were predicting the death of Microsofts Zune portable media player based on the fact that the software wasnt yet Vista compatible. Forget about the fact that Vista was two months away for home users at the time, this fact alone was going to...
- Tags: Vista, Gadgets, Microsoft, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- Crazy Zune Marketplace pricing scheme
- One of the key selling points of the iPod Id go as far as to say that its the unique selling point is that the iTunes store is easy to use. In fact, its very simple to use. Id hoped that Microsoft would follow suit with the Zune...
- Tags: Microsoft, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
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- Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?
- Things just keep getting worse for Yahoo. The company's stock reached a five-year low today, closing at $15.31 - or less than half of the $31 per share that Microsoft had offered to pay for Yahoo in February. On top of that, the...
- Tags: Google Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Business Structures, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A
- There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...
- Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'
- Just a couple of months after releasing to manufacturing SQL Server 2008, Microsoft is starting to offer details about its next release of its flagship database. That product, code-named "Killimanjaro," will ship in the first half of 2010, according to Microsoft officials. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Team, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Kilimanjaro, Project Madison, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Team Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- SAP: Business drop was 'sudden and unexpected'; Credit crunch hurt IT financing
- SAP said Monday its business fell off in September as the company warned that its third quarter wouldn't meet its previous targets as a broad swath of customers delayed information technology projects. In contrast to SAP's upbeat outlook in July, the company in a statement said it...
- Tags: Software, Revenue, Information Technology, Financing, SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- SAP: first to hit the buffers
- SAP pre-announced its Q3 results at what could not have come at a worse time for the beleaguered stock market. Although executives were bragging about 4% growth in software sales as though BusinessObjects doesn't exist the reality is that year over year growth was off 9%. Management...
- Tags: Software, SAP AG, U.S. GAAP Software Revenue, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Mono 2.0...why not Microsoft?
- The release of Mono version 2.0, the open source implementation of .NET that is available for use on Mac, Linux and Windows platforms, is an achievement in itself. I often wonder, however, why Microsoft has no interest in releasing a cross-platform, fully-supported version of the .NET framework themselves. by...
- Tags: Mono, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Development Tools, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- No company-wide hiring freeze (yet) at Microsoft
- Is Microsoft slowing its seemingly never-ending hiring or actually putting a halt on it? It sounds like certain groups inside the company have been told to stop hiring, at least for now. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Hiring, Microsoft Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows
- Do people who pay $299 to $399 for a Linux notebook suffer greater levels of buyer's remorse compared to those buying Windows machines? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Linux Laptop, Laptop Computer, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Welcome to the Data Cloud ?
- ‘The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...
- Tags: Web, Data, UKOLN, Channel Management, Internet, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- A Consumer Electronics Carol
- I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!) As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...
- Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Yahoo: What happens if Google deal doesn't go through?
- Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google, which is expected to increase the company's ability to monetize its Web pages, has been delayed to give the Department of Justice more time to evaluate it. This Google-Yahoo partnership has raised hackles from Microsoft as well as others, but the larger question is...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- The top five reasons why Windows Vista failed
- On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs. While this doesn't impact enterprise IT -- because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many years to come -- the move is another symbolic nail in Vista's coffin....
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IT Department, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Techies choose Obama - by a landslide
- If techies could choose the next President, Obama would win in a landslide. Checking donors from 10 large tech companies, including Apple, Dell, Google and Microsoft, over 90% of the donations support the senator from Illinois. Why does high-tech love Obama? First the numbers The...
- Tags: Landslide, Broadband, Obama, McCain, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
- Microsoft bad cop is up against the wall
- Last time they played this game they were pushing OOXML as an ISO standard. Before that they were promising to bury open source in patent suits. Now they're trying to sneak semi-proprietary code on their own site. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Cop, Wall, Lex Luthor, Godzilla, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
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