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Windows 10 Launched Last Tuesday. Or Did It?
Windows 10 officially shipped two days ago, on 29 July. As I write these words, today is 31 July, and I just got the following email from Microsoft:
Living With Two Laptops (and Two Platforms)
Now I have two laptops. My MacBook Pro is relatively huge, but not that big, and it does absolutely everything I could want it to do, in style. My Surface Pro is smaller, thinner, and lighter. It does virtually everything—certainly…
I Got a Microsoft Surface Pro 3
And I’m surprised to say I really like it. Granted, it’s a second computer—I feel permission to like it, because if the going gets rough I can always retreat to the safety of my fully loaded MacBook Pro. But as a lightweight, powerful…
Paul Ford on File Formats
Paul Ford writes for The Manual about some of his favorite file formats, and along the way discusses the difference between WordPerfect, a good word processor that ultimately failed with users, and Microsoft Word, which is Microsoft Word.…
Microsoft Word Adds Dropbox Sync
Last week, Microsoft released a major update to Office for iOS, adding support for iPhones (including the new large-screen models) and, even more importantly, adding support for Dropbox as a place to open and save documents in the Office…
Evan Gotlib Buys A Microsoft Surface
evangotlib: I bought a Microsoft Surface yesterday. Long story, don’t ask why, it wasn’t for me. This is the story of the purchase. It started with a phone call to the Microsoft Pop-Up store at the Shops at Columbus Circle… Evan: “Hi, do…
Windows 8 To Be Priced At $199, Then $69, Also Maybe $99
The Verge: Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro software will be priced at $199 after a promotional price of $69.99 expires on January 31st 2013, according to one source familiar with Microsoft's plans. The software maker will also offer a Windows 8…
Microsoft Buying Skype for Some Reason
David Chartier and some other folks are worried what this will mean for the Skype user experience on Apple platforms, but they may be overstating the problem somewhat. I mean, could Skype 5 for Mac really get any worse? The Office 2011…
Paul Graham: “What Happened to Yahoo”
I didn't leave out a question mark or anything; Graham's not asking what happened to Yahoo, a company whose brightest talents have all left and who's best chance for long-term survival is as a unit of Microsoft. He's telling us it's…
“You Wouldn’t Drink 9-Year-Old Milk”
A delightful PSA from your friends at Microsoft Australia, about finally throwing out a certain 9-year-old browser. Note that this is from Australia—Microsoft's U.S. mothership has never been this direct.
Microsoft Cancels ‘Courier’ Tablet Project
Remember right before the iPad was announced, when Microsoft was all like, "whoa, dude, hold on there—what about our secret tablet project?" Yeah, that's been cancelled. (Though they say technically they never planned to ship it as a…
Cub Scouts Give New Meaning To “Achivement Unlocked”
The Boy Scouts of America now offer 'Video Games' awards for Tiger, Cub and Webelos Scouts. Among the criteria: With your parents, create a plan to buy a video game that is right for your age group. Compare two game systems (for example,…
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint
Think your office is too reliant on PowerPoint decks? Could be worse, you could be trying to manage U.S. military operations: Like an insurgency, PowerPoint has crept into the daily lives of military commanders and reached the level of…
Simple Elegance.
TechCrunch says the upcoming Foursquare app for Windows Phone 7 “destroys” its iPhone counterpart with its “simple elegance.” I have to admit, the WP7S version is a lot simpler. None of that pesky “information” to clutter the display,…
Adobe’s CTO: Flash Player is Fine, Thank You, We’re Fixing It Anyway
So, they don't have any known crashing bugs, and until now haven't seen much need to actually write a Mac-optimized version of Flash Player. Except now they're rewriting Flash's graphics engine, going from a direct port of the Windows…