Observations about Microsoft, the world’s largest software vendor
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Asking the right questions is often the key to new directions, as Qwest Software found out this year in conducting its annual user survey at The Experts Conference. Each year, the systems mana... More >
Some of the folks anxious to see how the coming launch of Windows 7 goes over are those hoping that the operating system's touchscreen or multitouch capabilities will increase demand for their touch-... More >
Over in the discussion area of our Knowledge Network, Lisa Orrell, author of "Millennials Incorporated," is fielding questions from readers about millennials in the workplace , as well as broader ge... More >
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Ahead of Interop in Vegas this May , I assigned one of my editors the task of talking with some of the 400-plus exhibitors slated for the trade show about the decision-making process that led them ... More >
Our collective fascination with the Forbes list of the world's billionaires has never been as strong as it is now. The bad financial news keeps coming, all day, every day, so yesterday's report on ... More >
The last week or so saw several notable stories related to Microsoft's involvement with green technology. At the highest level, the company signed on as a partner with the United Nations Envir... More >
I just spent at least 15 minutes searching for some of my colleagues' blog posts about the amount of time that workers spend searching for information, so that I could link to them here. I consumed s... More >
Mitchell Baker, CEO of the Mozilla Corp., blogged Friday on her agreement with the EU that Microsoft's anti-competitive actions in tying together IE and Windows together "harms competition between w... More >
Since it hit the market, folks have been saying that the iPhone may be a major factor in Apple's inroads to the enterprise. Rob Enderle wrote a few months ago that it's not just the smartphone's fun... More >
The economic downturn and staff reductions merited a mention in Wednesday's hearing before federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Microsoft's antitrust compliance. The judge brought up reductions in... More >
Bill Gates was always fascinated with the evolution of the ways that humans and machines could interact. At his last CES keynote in 2007, he spoke of the "connections" that were missing and that wo... More >
As they count down the hours until Steve Ballmer's keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Wednesday evening, folks are compiling their lists of what they hope to hear from the CEO. Along with... More >
The steady slide in Microsoft's share of the overall Web browser market with Internet Explorer inspires glee in some folks. One quarter sees the lessening of its dominance as a move toward a less "bo... More >
I have to say, it is refreshing to see a story with a figure in the billions that isn't referring to losses or bailouts of any kind. Even though Microsoft has been criticized for moving its software ... More >
For the last couple years, the IEEE has taken a lot of raw data about patents in a variety of industry segments, added a bit of massaging and come up with what it calls an Adjusted Pipeline Power n... More >
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