Category: Microsoft

Apple, Intel, Microsoft look into sync bug

November 5, 2009

Apple, Intel, Microsoft look into sync bugThere are apparently problems between Apple’s iTunes and either Windows 7 or a certain processor from Intel (or both), according to reports from users who have experienced iPhone sync failures.

StatCounter says Windows 7 is off to ‘encouraging’ start [guffaw]

November 3, 2009

Geez Louise this has gotta sting and more than a little. To date, two of the more prominent Web metrics firms have pegged Microsoft’s operating system launch somewhere between good for Apple and the Mac, to better than Vista. So much for a holiday home run for Redmond this Christmas shopping season.

In tech, only Microsoft’s valuation greater than Apple

October 29, 2009

Forget Dell and Google, the only company standing between the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone maker and the top tech company valuation is Microsoft. Steve Jobs’ fortunes and those of his company have skyrocketed over the last year, whereas the rest of the industry, including Redmond, have declined.

Microsoft’s first shop cribs heavily on Apple Store

October 22, 2009

Yes, great artists do steal, but there is an art to larceny. However, watching this video of the opening of Redmond’s Scottsdale, Arizona retail store, seeing how it’s designed, the employees dressed and customers greeted with whoops and high fives leaves one feeling cheapened.

Apple rolls new iMac, MacBook, Mac mini, multi-touch Magic Mouse

October 20, 2009

And they went ahead and did it anyway. At least three hours after new product hit the streets on Tuesday morning, the company has — better late than never — released updated iMacs, MacBooks, Mac minis (including a server edition, baby!) and a multi-touch mouse.

Snow Leopard bests Windows 7 in benchmarks

October 18, 2009

Of course the Windows fan boys will whimper and whinge that one or another aspect of these tests aren’t “fair” or otherwise inaccurate. Nevertheless, this is just the latest in a string of many comparisons, going back over four or five years that show the Mac is just plain faster, better and longer lasting.

Apple to report results on Monday, expect to be dazzled

October 16, 2009

It’s earnings season and evident joy is emanating from 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California. Moreover, the stars and planets are aligning to both humiliate Microsoft on the eve of the Windows 7 launch and deliver another stunning holiday quarter for the Mac, iPod and iPhone maker.

Windows 7 launch, sales won’t trouble Apple’s Mac

October 13, 2009

The world is all abuzz with hype about the upcoming release of Windows 7 and some pundits have even gone so far as to predict that Redmond’s “new” operating system will help it claw back market share gains made by Apple’s OS X over the past few years. If past performance is anything to go by, however, Cupertino’s Mac masters have little to worry about.

Pining for Jobs [and the fjords] ahead of the new iMac launch

October 3, 2009

This fall’s Mac refresh is turning into a fairly substantive affair. What pundits thought would be a simple speed bumping of the iMac and MacBook has turned into a wider ranging makeover of the company’s computer and input device product lines.

Apple rehires Newton tablet computer guru

September 29, 2009

Apple rehires Newton tablet computer guruApple has rehired a former employee who worked on the Newton tablet computer project during the 1990’s, which may be yet another sign that a new tablet from Apple is in our immediate future.


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