by Mike Beauchamp on May 21, 2013 in Gadgets, New Technology, News
Steve Kovach over at Business Insider spoke with Todd Holmdahl, the “hardware boss” at Microsoft, about the new Xbox One they announced today. Specifically, he asked about the new Xbox One not being backwards compatible with Xbox 360 games. Holmdahl told BI: “We created a new architecture [...] It was too much of a burden [...]
by Tyler Riggs on May 9, 2013 in Gadgets, News
Rumors circulated several tech news websites Wednesday suggesting that Microsoft is preparing to purchase the Nook ebook ecosystem from Barnes & Noble for upwards of $1 billion. Microsoft already owns about 17 percent of Nook Media LLC, which is Barnes & Noble’s subsidiary for the Nook business. Microsoft reportedly is seeking to take a controlling [...]
by Drew on May 7, 2013 in News
Pizza restaurant chain, Debonairs, is one of the largest food brands in South Africa. Recently it partnered with Microsoft on a unique promotional offer. When customers use Internet Explorer 10, Microsoft’s web browser, to place a pizza order on the Debonairs website, the customer is entered to win prizes including an Xbox, laptops, smartphones, Debonairs [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on March 28, 2013 in News
If you’ve never heard of the Wayback Machine, it’s essentially a “time machine” created by archive.org to take you back to different points in Internet history. It’s also a great time waster — you’ve been warned. I put together a list of 10 major websites and went back 15 years. A few of them didn’t [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on November 29, 2012 in New Technology, News, iPad
The Surface RT has gotten lackluster reviews from nearly everyone who’s used it. It’s buggy. It lags. It doesn’t offer many native apps. The navigation and UI isn’t intuitive and takes time to learn. Then there’s the whole “you get half the storage you think you’re getting” debacle. Then, DigiTimes dropped this report yesterday saying component [...]
by Tyler Riggs on November 27, 2012 in iPad
Saying the iPad is more popular with consumers than Microsoft Surface would be like saying that water is wet. It’s obvious at this point. But a combination of videos and research studies from Black Friday are illustrating just how poorly Surface is performing vis a vis Apple’s “Grandaddy of All Tablets.” First, the video, posted [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on November 15, 2012 in Gadgets, News
Remember my post from earlier this week about how misleading the storage allocation is for Microsoft Surface? Remember when I asked if anyone else smelled a lawsuit? The next day, that’s exactly what happened. Lead plaintiff Andrew Sokolowski accuses Microsoft of violating state consumer laws, false advertising and unfair business practices. He claims that the Windows [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on November 12, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology, News
We’re still uncovering things here and there about Microsoft Surface, the new tablet-style computer from Redmond. They released a 32GB and 64GB model for $499 and $699, respectively. But a funny thing happens when you open the box and turn on your shiny new Surface for the first time: in the case of the 32GB [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on November 7, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology, iPad
Say what you will about the Microsoft Surface or the iPad; this parody ad is funny. For some background, here’s the original iPad ad being spoofed. —– You should follow Mike on Twitter for more great tech insights and good conversation. If Twitter isn’t your thing, fear not, you can always keep up with Mike on his [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on October 24, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology, News, Product Reviews
The first round of reviews of the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT started appearing last night. After reading a few and skimming through a few others, I’d sum up everything to tell you that first impressions are mixed. Everyone seems to appreciate the quality of the hardware. Everyone also feels that the limited platform and [...]
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