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April 10, 2013

Microsoft announces end of support for Windows XP

Microsoft has recently announced that it will no longer support its 11-year-old operating system, Windows XP, starting April of next year.

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March 13, 2013

The race to break the OS duopoly

During the course of the past six months, several companies have announced their new mobile platform hoping to break the Apple-Google duopoly. Today we’ll take a closer look at 5 of those operating systems and see which one has what it takes to be the next big thing in the OS wars.

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January 23, 2009

Microsoft blames Netbooks for lower revenues

The last quarter numbers from Microsoft are out and it’s not looking very good. As such, Microsoft has announced it will lay off 5,000 workers in the next 18 months including the 1,800 it sent out the door earlier today.

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September 19, 2008

Microsoft “I’m a PC” Ads

The first 2 Microsoft ads featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld got a lot of flak so they’ve rehashed the story-line to focus on the PC stereo-type as depicted by Apple. This time, Microsoft is using one its own Software Engineers — and they are simple but great ads.

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September 08, 2008

Is Apple the Republican and Microsoft the Democrat?

This is an odd comparison but you can blame me for watching too much of the Obama-McCain coverage on Fox News. Based on Apple’s series of ads on Mac vs. PC, there’s a revealing strategy compared to Microsoft’s latest commercial which features Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates.

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May 04, 2008

MS Photosynth on CSI

First, there was Twitter. This time, it’s Microsoft Photosynth. It turns out, the lab techs on CSI New York are using Photosynth to re-create a virtual 3D of a crime scene. Got a copy of the segments uploaded here.

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September 18, 2006

Microsoft Zune gets cloned already?

Chinese electronic manufacturer, Oriphe, must have seen the the leaked pictures of Microsoft Zune last July. Just look at their new media player called the MPF2110.

Zune Clone

* 128 MB-2 GB flash memory
* 1.5″/1.8″ color display
* Plays MP3, WMA, WAV audio
* Plays AMW, MTV, MPEG, AVI video
* JPEG photo support, Voice recorder, FM tuner w/ recording, Lyrics
* 9 color combinations

Here’s their product page. Could they be the same people who created the fake iPod Nanos?

The original Zune (originally came out as the Toshiba GigaBeat) is hard drive based as against the flash disk of the MPF2110 knock-off.

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Aside from the wider screen size and wifi feature, the Zune’s basic specs doesn’t excite a lot of people, including me.

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