Tag: Microsoft

With Google struggling in the tablet market (i.e. the iPad market), the door is wide open for Microsoft to take a shot at becoming a solid number two. The secret weapon may very well be its Xbox Live service.

A 25MB install, the app is an attempt to catch the likes of Dropbox, Microsoft's SkyDrive, and Google's Drive by integrating your computer's file system with the cloud.

Given Microsoft's huge built-in install base, it's hard to tell if numbers like 500,000 downloads (of Win 8 preview) are impressive, or merely an indication of a roadside curiosity.

Please though, Microsoft, don't ratchet up the defcon alerts... I'm just trying to see how the 49ers did on Sunday.

According to NPD Group, Microsoft only owns 2% market share - a dead heat with HP/Palm WebOS for last place.

Until Microsoft steps up its sharing of sales data, it risks allowing the rumor mill that is the Internet, tech sites and blogs do the talking.

The lineup includes: the HTC 7 Pro, HTC 7 Surround, HTC HD7, and HTC 7 Mozart.

Is search more fun when you bring your friends?

But will Angry Birds be available on the new mobile OS?

It was only a matter of time; 9:37pm Pacific Time on July 7, 2009 in an innocent appearing blog post to be exact. With "cloud computing"—a term used to describe the new world of light weight computing where local storage and processing matters less—on the rise, Google is taking the...