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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple. Link Removed

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple. Link Removed

IDG News Service - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple. Link Removed

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple. Link Removed

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple. Link Removed

Tablet devices are big news at the moment and so as not to be undone by the competition the laptop manufacturing giant Lenovo is the latest company to announce a new LePad tablet (on show at this year’s CES). However, this one seems a little different, the most notable difference being that it...

Poor old Microsoft, damned of they do and damned if they don’t. With US or EU competition regulators ever ready to pounce on them if they add a new feature that somebody claims is anti-competitive. The Sticky Notes feature in Windows 7 offers only minimal functionality, and there’s a far better...

Microsoft, Nokia may find common ground in battle against Apple and Android in mobile market. More...

Microsoft has had an embarrassing fall, fending off accusations by competitors and critics that it has been talking big but still hasn't delivered on CEO Steve Ballmer's boast last summer that gaining a solid foothold in the evolving market for slate computers is Microsoft's "job one." Link Removed

Windows has been around for as long as we could remember. It's installed in 90% of computers in the world leaving only 9% for mac osx and 1% for linux. I personally think Microsoft came up with great business ideas, such as making deals with every single computer company in the world to have...

News Analysis: Acer's new crops of Microsoft Windows7 and Google Android tablets will add more competition to this red-hot market. Link Removed

Microsoft last night posted a video (below) taking a mild jab at Apple for the lack of Blu-ray on Macs. The roughly minute-long spot personifies a MacBook and a Windows 7 notebook on a flight and has the Windows system play a Blu-ray copy of Avatar that the both of them enjoy. The Mac isn't...

Microsoft last night posted a video taking a jab at Apple... More...

Steam, The world's biggest digital distribution platform for games is under attack as MCV reports, they understand that key retailers will drop titles that integrate the popular Steam service as fears mount that the service has a ‘monopoly’ on the download market. Insiders say Steam, run by...

Following the failed experiment known as the KIN, Microsoft shells out Windows Phone 7 - the real successor to Windows Mobile. And while it is not up to par with the iOS, Android, Blackberry or Symbian platforms in terms of marketplace apps, it is definitely a worthy competitor for the top spot...

Microsoft has offered free protection with Microsoft (MSE) for some time, and it recently expanded the availability of the antivirus protection for small businesses. A recent move to push out Microsoft Security Essentials to Windows systems that don't have any antivirus protection, however, has...

SEATTLE – Smart phones running Microsoft’s new software are now available for AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA customers. They phones will compete with Apple Inc.’s iPhone and an expanding number of phones with Google Inc.’s Android system. More...

hp-slate-500.jpgHewlett-Packard has recently unveiled its own computer tablet — expected to rival Apple’s iPad and Research in Motion’s (RIM) PlayBook — called the Slate 500. (Photo courtesy of ZDNet) MANILA, Philippines —The growing tablet market just got even bigger with Hewlett-Packard (HP)...

Wow! I have seen some sick horsepower over the years. This car not only pulls a wheelie at the 1\8th mile marker, it almost seemed like the car was constantly trying to come off the ground. A must see! Source: Link Removed - Invalid URL

In addition to all the hot stories that you'll hear about on this episode of Ping, Paul and Laura FINALLY played that grudge match of Scrabble. Clearly, one of them cheated. IE9 Beta rocks Link Removed Super Fun Happy Tokyo Game Show Halo reach hits stores...BIG time Link Removed