You wouldn’t think it, but your choice of what browser you use has a pretty significant impact on your computer’s battery life. And since the majority of what we do on our computers is browse the web (unless you’re a graphic designer or video editor or hardcore gamer), it can add up to a pretty [...]
For whatever reason, Microsoft has decided that Windows needs a new logo. Fine. Come up with something snazzy, then. Or simple and sleek like Apple’s logo.
But not this ugly simplistic block of colors a kid could make with 10 minutes of training on Paint. Do they really expect this to sell?
Worse yet, although [...]
You might be wondering what the headline means. The biggest tech-related mistake you’ll ever regret?
I’m not talking about throwing your computer out the window. That I can understand, even if it is pretty dumb (at least cash it in if you want to get rid of it…but I suppose that’s not as satisfying). A computer [...]
Yesterday, Yahoo and Microsoft struck a deal to combine their search engines. After a long courtship that included several rebuffed takeover offers and management changes, Yahoo and Microsoft finally reached agreement on search collaboration. The 10-year agreement does not include upfront payments, but will see Microsoft compensate Yahoo for revenue generated on its sites. [Forbes]
What [...]
I found this on Engadget and found it pretty funny so I thought I’d share. I’m not sure if this photo is a fake, but someone had the ingenuity, humor, and free time to design a toaster that scorches the Windows logo onto bread. Or the ingenuity, humor, and free time to Photoshop a piece [...]
How does Microsoft know that its Laptop Hunter ads have been working? Because Apple has been getting all up in arms about it, according to Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Turner. Speaking at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference earlier today, Turner said that he knows the ads are working because “two weeks ago we got a [...]
Ever wonder why there’s always a Red Mango across the street from Pinkberry? A Wendy’s next door to McDonald’s? In the latest cat-and-mouse game from Microsoft and Apple, Microsoft is now planning to open its own Microsoft stores. [via ZDNet]
Microsoft still isn’t talking particulars — the whens and wheres — of the family of Microsoft-branded [...]
Google’s share of the search space has fallen from 78.72 per cent in May to 78.48 per cent in June, according to internet data firm StatCounter. Microsoft’s share of the market, meanwhile, has grown to 8.23 per cent since the launch of Bing, up from the 7.8 per cent share it enjoyed before the rebranding [...]
Microsoft’s energy management tool, Hohm, which launched as a beta this week, is a clear play to help consumers save energy. Log into the Hohm web site, enter your ZIP code and other details about your residence, and the service predicts your home energy use (or links to your historical energy use via your utility) [...]
As Bing wraps up its second week, the numbers are in. According to the net measurement group Comscore, Bing served up some 12 percent of all search results pages in the U. S. last week, when nearly 17 percent of searchers used Bing. While those are nice improvements for Microsoft’s perpetually sub-10 percent share, third-place [...]
