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Microsoft exec says Apple asked them stop airing Laptop Hunters ads
Apple may have publicly responded to Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters ads with a counterpunch of its own back in May, but it looks like it may have been singing a slightly different tune behind the scenes more recently, at least according to Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Turner. Speaking at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference earlier today, [...]
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Microsoft Gloats: Apple Begged Them to Stop Running "Laptop Hunter" Ads [Microsoft]
When Micorosft COO Kevin Turner revealed Microsoft Stores will open next to Apple Stores and rain falls upward, he also talked about the “greatest single phone call in the history” he’s ever received: Apple crying about the Laptop Hunters ads.
And so we’ve been running these PC value ads. Just giving people saying, hey, [...]
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Bill Gates calls Chrome OS more of the same, "surprised people are acting like there’s something new"
We’ve already heard from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Chrome OS, and it looks like Bill Gates has now had his say on the upstart operating system as well. Speaking with CNET News, Gates more or less described Chrome OS as just another Linux distribution, saying that “there’s many, many forms of Linux operating systems [...]
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Microsoft confirms retail stores coming this fall
Well, this is going to be fun! Microsoft, which hired former Wal-Mart exec David Porter to be its corporate vice president of retail stores back in February, has just confirmed that stores are, indeed, on the way — and soon. COO Kevin Turner confirmed the plans at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans yesterday, [...]
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Microsoft trademark application hints at cross-platform "OneApp" app store
Microsoft’s attention may now be focused on Windows Marketplace, but a recently filed trademark application seems to suggest that the company could maybe, possibly have something even bigger in store for the future. As noted by istartedsomething, Microsoft is going after the name “ONEAPP” (or “One Application”), which it describes as a trademark for “online [...]
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When Tech Gods Were Mortal Men [Gizmodo 79]
Anyone who knows tech knows certain names—Gates, Jobs, Woz, Kamen, Stringer—but before they became legends, they were busy doing, well, some curious stuff. Here’s a glance at their lives circa 1979:
Steve Jobs
Now: Just returning to daily work at Apple after a prolonged health scare, he’s still one of the most powerful—and recognizable—names in the [...]
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Microsoft Opening Shops Right Next to Apple Stores This Fall [Microsoft]
Hell froze. Microsoft is openly acknowledging Apple’s consumer electronics threat and going for the jugular. The company’s COO Kevin Turner has officially announced that they will open their own retail stores “right next door to Apple this fall”:
And stay tuned, because we’re going to have some retail stores opened up that are opened up right [...]
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Windows 7 pre-orders begin in UK, selling out fast
If you’re hoping to get in on discounted pre-order pricing for Windows 7 in the UK then you’d best get to clicking, son. We’re hearing that copies of the £50 Windows 7 Home Premium E are already sold-out on Amazon but still available at Play.com, for example. Stocks of Windows 7 Professional E look plentiful [...]
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Bill Gates: Natal for Windows coming to an office near you
The idea of bending over to pick up a virtual tennis racket in front of that 50-inch flat screen in our living room makes perfect sense to us. In fact, we can’t wait to see Natal come to the Xbox platform. However, the idea of manipulating an excel spreadsheet on a 15-inch screen within a [...]
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Steve Ballmer calls Chrome OS "highly interesting," says Google "can’t make up their mind"
You just knew Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would have some choice words about Google’s Chrome OS at today’s Windows Partner Conference, and he didn’t disappoint, saying that while he finds the project “highly interesting,” the late-2010 ship date and existence of Android have him wondering exactly what it’s supposed to be. “I don’t know if [...]
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Samsung Giorgio Armani 2 specs leaked by Bluetooth SIG
As best as we can tell, that June 11th Armani event with Samsung and Microsoft came and went with nothing more than a new ad campaign featuring David Beckham in his knickers, and Sammy’s June 15th solo fête was devoted to the Omnia lineup and said nothing of any impending Windows Mobile fashionphone. So whatever [...]
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Google Loses Guy Who Caused Steve Ballmer To Throw a Chair [Google]
Remember the incident back in 2004 where Steve Ballmer threw a chair across the room when he heard an employee was leaving Microsoft to go to Google? That guy, Mark Lucovsky, is leaving Google for VMWare.
If Google’s Eric Schmidt doesn’t up the ante and throw a table, maybe Ballmer was right in calling him a [...]
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CBS, Comcast On Demand Online partnership faces off premium vs. free internet streaming; 17 cable channels jump onboard
After stocking up on premium networks with HBO and Starz, Comcast’s On Demand Online project has added its first broadcast TV partner, CBS. One of the worries regarding TV Everywhere / On Demand Online has been what it would mean for free streaming portals like Hulu, with broadcasters potentially shifting content behind pay-tv walls to [...]
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Ballmer Goes Nuts Again, Gets Confused As to What Type of Venue He’s At [Microsoft]
Steve Ballmer loves to play a lot of roles at Microsoft, and one that he takes great pleasure in is being a cheerleader to everyone who reports to someone who reports to someone under him. This ain’t the right way.
In what’s a very awkward ending to what seemed like a relatively calm interview, Ballmer bolts [...]
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Why Windows 7 RTM Doesn’t Mean Windows 7 Is Done [Windows]
Windows 7 may be Released to Manufacturing, but that doesn’t mean it’s done. Nope. When you’re Microsoft and have many companies to work with, you need to make sure they’re ready too, lest you want Vista Launch 2.0.
The two major things left to do before Windows 7 launches are language packs, since Windows can’t launch [...]
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$400 eMachines EZ1601-01 All-In-One [PCs]
If you are looking for a low-cost All-In-One that somehow reminds me of a Darth Vader version of Humpty Dumpty, the Atom 1.6GHz-powered eMachines EZ1601-01—loaded with Windows XP and 1GB of RAM—may be the ticket for just $400.
eMachines EZ1601-01 All-in-One Desktop • $399.99 (MSRP) • Microsoft® Windows® XP Home • Intel® Atom(TM) Processor N270 (1.6GHz, [...]
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Windows Marketplace taking app submissions on July 27, coming to WinMo 6.0 and 6.1 later this year
Windows Mobile devs should start dotting their I’s and crossing their T’s, because Microsoft’s going to be ready to take a good, hard look at their latest and greatest apps come the 27th of this month when the company finally swings open the doors to the submission processes for inclusion in the Windows Marketplace. The [...]
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Windows Marketplace for Mobile Will App-ify All 6.x Handsets, Not Just 6.5 [Windows Mobile]
Fantastic news for current Windows Mobile users: Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft’s forthcoming app store, will work on 6.0 and 6.1 handsets as well. When? Still a cryptic “Fall,” unfortunately.
Developers will be able to submit applications to get started on the vetting process as soon as July 27th, giving Microsoft a little lead time to [...]
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Repost: Geek Mustache [Giz 79]
There is history between geeks and facial hair. See: 1978.
The very first staff photo of Microsoft includes several bearded members totaling 7 out of 9 men, mostly programmers. And I presume it wasn’t 8 out of 9 because young Bill Gates looks incapable of sprouting much at this time. (The talented female programmer [...]
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Windows 95 on iPhone: the worst Parallels installation you’ve ever seen
Give a guy an iPhone, a jailbreak, and an open-source, cross-platform x86 emulator, and it’s just a matter of time before hilarity ensues. In this case, said hilarity involves getting Windows 95 to boot on an iPhone 3G, a process that takes 5-10 minutes worth of pure boot time only to yield an environment useless [...]
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