Tag: Steve Ballmer
Windows 8 – Does it matter anymore?
Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft, announced availability of Windows 8 yesterday “shattering perceptions of what a PC is” and “kicking off a new era” for the company. Having completely missed the smartphone and tablet movements (along with Intel), it certainly needed a good kick as it attempts to make its comeback with an operating system that… Read More ›
Woops, surface just a “reference design” after all
Clearly perplexed by its OEM’s reaction to Surface, Microsoft has been doing some serious backpedalling of late. Turns out Surface really was just about teasing them into doing a better job of creating “stunning devices” after all.
HP dumping Windows RT in favour of Android?
Is Microsoft possibly shooting itself in the foot with its recent Surface announcement? Unsubstantiated reports claim that HP is (predictably) ditching Windows RT in favour of Android. If this is the case, it would be the second in perhaps many that wish to send a signal to Microsoft about where they should (not) be spending… Read More ›
Underground Project Surfaces from Metro
Clearly the powers that be at Microsoft got tired of Apple’s runaway revenues, profits and stock price. They got tired of their domination of the tablet and mobile segment. They got worried about Apple’s creeping enterprise market share and got even more worried about how cool enterprises viewed them at Microsoft’s expense. Something had to… Read More ›
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