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- News to know: Android notebooks; Twitter bugs; Samsung, Nokia
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks Ryan Naraine: Coming in July: Month of Twitter Bugs ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Notebook, Nokia Corp., Smart Phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Smart Phones, TVs, Cellular Phones, Tv & Home Theater, Handhelds, Channel Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Microsoft fumbles the digital TV transition
- With all its Media Center experience, you’d think that Microsoft would have sailed through the long-awaited transition to all-digital over-the-air TV broadcasts in the United States this past weekend. Instead, the company failed, in dramatic fashion. I've got details on what went wrong. by Ed Bott
- Tags: Transition, Microsoft Corp., Digital Television, Media Center PCs, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- News to know: Palm Pre weekend; iPhone Monday; Bing; DTV conversion; Twitter accounts
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Palm Pre weekend: Sprint could steal Palm's moment Matthew Miller: Initial Pre thoughts and answers...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Digital Television, Twitter, Sam Diaz, E-mail, TVs, H-1B, Embedded Linux, Cloud Computing, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Operating Systems, Software, Linux
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Microsoft's name-game: they're "netbooks" - plain and simple
- What's in a name? In the case of Microsoft trying to rebrand "netbook" computers, the name game could lead to confusion. For some reason, Microsoft doesn't like the term "netbook" and instead is trying to get the phrase "low cost small notebook PCs" into...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, FireWire, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- News to know: Bing, Twitter, Kindle, E3, Red Hat, Istanbul
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback? Bing's real return: A catalyst to a...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Red Hat Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Engineering, Game Players, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Networking
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Microsoft Expression Media 2.0.2096.0 (Mac)
- Digital asset management and cataloging solution for photographers and other creative professionals. It enables you to create a customized, centralized and searchable repository through which you can manage a wide variety and high volume of digital files. MediaPro supports more than 100 different file formats including images, audio, video, fonts,...
- Tags: Professional, Apple Macintosh, Media, Microsoft Corp., Operational Planning, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-06-02
- Microsoft beefs up Xbox 360's entertainment offerings with 1080p HD streaming
- It hasn't beat out the Wii, but Microsoft's Xbox 360 is doing fine in second place in sales of the current generation of videogame consoles. It helps that it costs quite a bit less than the PlayStation 3, though a lot of that price difference comes in the...
- Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, 1080p, Entertainment, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Images: Microsoft shakes up gaming at E3
- A recap of the motion-sensor system, games, and social-networking features Microsoft is bringing to the Xbox 360. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-06-01
- E3: Microsoft's living room dream coming true through Xbox
- One of the coolest things about playing games on the Xbox 360 is trash-talking with players throughout the Internet. I don't know if it "trash-tweeting" would have the same effect. But that will be for the players to decide later this year. News out of E3, the...
- Tags: Living Room, Apple Inc., Video Game, Microsoft Corp., TV, Microsoft Xbox, Games, Game Players, Internet, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Microsoft's Zune HD ... looks an awful lot like an iPod touch to me
- It seems like it took the designers and engineers at Microsoft two and a half years to figure out something that a lot of us already knew - that a small, touch-screen, solid-state media player (just like the iPod touch!) is what people really want in a portable media player....
- Tags: Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod Touch, Media Player, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Keyboards, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Microsoft confirms Zune HD, video-service tie to Xbox
- A week before E3, Microsoft has let its Zune announcements out of the bag, confirming it will start shipping new Zune HD multimedia players this fall and connect them to Xbox consoles via a "connected entertainment" Zune video service. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- News to know: Social media screwups; Microsoft's search; iPhone; Google
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Robin Harris: The $17.5 million hard drive Jason Perlow: National Archives: What, Me Worry? Jennifer Leggio: The very worst of social media ...
- Tags: Apple AirPort Express, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple Airport, Social Media, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Microsoft struggles with Xbox vs. Windows Media Center positioning
- The introduction of Netflix's "Watch Now" service for Windows Media Center is a prime example of Microsoft trying to carve up markets in artificial ways -- and of how the company's positioning of Xbox and Media Center continues to be a source of confusion. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Windows Media, Media Center PC, Positioning, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Center, Microsoft Xbox, Media Center PCs, Game Players, Digital Media, Branding, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Microsoft finally shows why the Zune stands out against the iPod
- I've written a few times about the Microsoft Zune and why I think the subscription model is a better value for all of us who have small personal music collections. When Microsoft changed their subscription policy and started giving you 10 free tunes a month as part of your $15...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- New Microsoft ad pits Zune Pass vs. Apple iTunes
- The price point strategy that Microsoft has been pushing in its Laptop Hunters ads is moving into the downloadable arena with a new commercial touting that the $15 monthly price of Microsoft's Zune Pass service is far more palatable than a potential $30,000 in iTunes fees for the same 30,000...
- Tags: Ars Technica, Advertisement, Song, Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Bill Hill, eBook champion, leaves Microsoft
- The timing couldn't be more ironic. The day before Amazon announced its latest eReader, one of Microsoft's foremost champions of screen-based reading revealed he'd be leaving the company. Bill Hill, the kilt-wearing Scotsman known as the driving force behind Microsoft ClearType, seemingly is another casualty of Microsoft's latest round of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., E-books, Workforce Management, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Forget Kindle DX. How about the ZuneBook?
- The ZuneBook is a Windows Mobile 7-based color touchscreen tablet device the size of a Kindle that plays audio and video media, with built-in e-book reader capabilities, Wi-Fi, runs .NET mobile applications and uses a scaled down version of the "Surface" interface, also known as Oahu....
- Tags: Touch Screen, Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Media, built-In, Microsoft Corp., ZuneBook, Tablet Device, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Keyboards, Notebooks, E-books, Operating Systems, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Microsoft promotes social responsibility
- As many of you will be aware, even through visiting Google's homepage this morning, today is Earth Day, designed to show appreciation for all that we have on this glorious planet. Microsoft have recently launched Microsoft Student TV as part of their efforts towards the Student Experience....
- Tags: Student, Microsoft Corp., Public Relations, Corporate Communications, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-04-22

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